Students arriving as Freshman and leaving as Seniors

by John Wilkins

Some of us, our freshman year at NSA find ourselves wondering if I will be here from now until I graduate.  Unfortunately after doing some research I discovered that the amount of students lasting from there freshman year to there senior year at NSA has been decreasing. 

            In the Freshman Class of 2003-2004, their were 15 student athletes  that started their freshman year, and seven of those 15 stayed for their four years and are now Alumni of NSA.  Jena Jacobs, Laura Klinger, Dave Loftus, Pete Freire, Chis Lamb, Michelle Zimmerman, and Jonathon Norton were the seven that stayed.

            The Freshman Class of 2004-2005 only had nine student athletes, and 3 of those 9 stayed the four years.  These three were Zach Liebowitz(ski racer), Trey Sanderson(ski racer), And Jake Smith Finch(ski racer) better know as “Pee-wee”.

            In 2005-2006 the Freshman class held 13 student athletes yet only five of them stayed.  Erin Kotz (snowboarder), Brechin Muller(ski racer), David Simon(ski racer), Coleman Lieb(Ski Racer), and Steph DeMars(Girls Hockey) were the five.

            There are only two students from the freshman class of 2006-2007 and they both started as 8^th graders their first year in 2005-2006.  Matty Saehrig and John Wilkins have been goin to NSA for the past five years.  Matty, a ski racer, and John a Freeride snowboarder will be graduating this spring being the only two from our freshman class to also graduate.

            The number off freshman that stay their entire four years of high school have been dropping every year.  Is there a reason for this?