Katie participated in Basketball from 9th through 12th grade earning the most improved player award in 9th, JV Captain in 11th and varsity in 12th. She was involved in track in 9th and 10th grade and Varsity Letterman in Tennis in 11th and 12th.

Her academic awards include the Superintendent’s Academic Award from 9th through 11th, Outstanding math student 9th through 11th, was the highest ranking Sophomore and Junior girl. She also received the DUKE TIPS State Recognition Award and was also Executive Woman International Scholar.

She’s been in the National Honor Society from 120th through 12th grade and served as Treasurer during her senior year. She was Sophomore Class President and has also been involved in LEAD from grades 9-12th. She organized the PHS food drive to benefit ACCEPT and Blue Santa Toy Drive. She attended MADD Leadership camp and has been in student council from 9th through 12th and was the Treasurer during 10th grade. She’s a member of Christ 4 Life from 9th through 12th grade and a leader during three of those years and has also cleaned and organized the storage room for the Salvation Army. She’s been in FCA from 10th through 12th grade, and has been very involved in cheerleading and Pep Squad from 9th through 11th, Captain in 9th and 10th and Varsity cheerleader in 11th and 12th and earned UCA All-American Cheerleader. She’s been involved in the School Health/Safe and Drug Free Advisory Council Committee 9th through 12th as well as a Career and Technology Educations Committee Member in 11th and 12th. As PHS Kick-off Mentor in 12th grade, she performed 6 hours of community service and attended the Texas Teen Leadership Summit for Anti-tobacco.

She has done so much to serve her community. She volunteered 180 hours of community service with the special ed class at the Primary, was a field day volunteer at the Primary and Elementary schools in which she assisted Coach Eichman, handed out blue ribbons and even served as the target for the water balloon toss. She was on the Chamber of Commerce Cowboy Homecoming Court, coached Little Dribblers basketball 5th and 6th grade girls who were undefeated in 2008, assisted at the Go Pink, Go Wild Breast Cancer Gala, and participated in Hermann Son’s Dance for 12 years.

She’s worked as a CPR certified Lifeguard at the Jourdanton pool 2008/2009, and at the Pleasanton pool in 2009. From March 2008 to this year she worked at Red Crown and has also been catering assistant and has babysat from 2006 to present.

As if this were not enough to wear a young person out, she has also done a great deal at church. She’s gone on mission trips to Kenya Africa with Cowboy Fellowship in which she participated in water well installation, education and outreach at schools and orphanages, installation of playground equipment and helping to build a schoolhouse for elementary age students. On her FBC mission trip to Utah, she helped repair church grounds, did yard work and other activities. She’s been a FBC youth counselor and lifeguard at HEB pre-teen camp, volunteered with VBS, Fall Festival, Church Bible Time Fashion Show and has even done caroling at nursing homes. Also, for FBC Youth Camp mission work she helped clear brush from an elderly disabled man’s home.

Pastor Pete of Cowboy Fellowship wrote a lovely letter in which he had so many great things to say about her. Some of what he wrote is that she’s a positive influence and role model for young people and has a very high moral and ethical standard that she practices in her own life. She’s honest and is truly a young woman of integrity and character and an outstanding leader. He said she’s fun to be around and work with and during the mission trip to Africa while working in some of the toughest and dirties situations, she never complained throughout their trip.

Katie is the daughter of Dr. Edward and Laura Elmer