Senior Spotlight: Megan Anne Bahns
Megan Anne Bahns was born in West Point, Nebraska on August 8, 1999, to Laura and Darrell Bahns. She was joined six years later by her brother Nathan, who is now 11. Megan also has two cats but says she absolutely hates them.
It is her family who Megan says she admires the most. “They push me to do my best and they want me to succeed in life,” she says.
Megan has been extremely active throughout her high school career. She has been involved in FCCLA for six years; softball, band, yearbook, and FFA for four years; basketball, journalism, and One-Act Play for three years; National Honor Society for two years, and track for one year.
She has also been a part of St. Mary’s Youth Group and the Leigh Youth Advisory Committee. Honors that Megan has earned throughout her high school career include EHC Conference Honor Band, FCCLA Chapter Officer, Softball Varsity Letter, Journalism and One Act Letter, FFA and FCCLA competition awards, One-Act State Participant, Softball All-State Honorable Mention, and Softball All-Conference First Team,
She was also named as an Academic All-State selection for softball and One-Act play.
Megan says her proudest high school accomplishment was being a part of the One-Act teams that made it to state over the past three years.
Outside of school, Megan’s favorite hobbies include watching ESPN, watching and playing sports, and, of course, being a good person.
Her favorite movies are The Sandlot, The Office, and Spongebob. Her favorite food is Macaroni and Cheese. She does not have an embarrassing moment that she wants to say because there are way too many.
When asked which three words best describe her, Megan said, “super nice, delightful, and sarcastic.” Those who know who her best, know this is definitely true.
When asked where she sees herself in 10-15 years, this sarcasm came out when she responded, “in a mirror.”
If Megan ever won the lottery, she would save most of it in the bank, but give part of it to people in need.
She would also use part of it to travel the world. If she could travel any place in the whole world, she would go back to Italy, where she visited with the Travel Club two years ago. “I’d like to spend more time there than what I had,” she said.
Megan says her biggest pet peeve is when people don’t help themselves first and when people use your and you’re incorrectly.
After graduating, Megan plans to attend the University of Nebraska-Kearney. She hopes to eventually earn a Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology.
Before she leaves the halls of Leigh High School in a few months, Megan has this advice for underclassmen: “Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time. Procrastination can be a good thing!”