Senior Spotlight: Emma Hughlett, Forestview High
Emma Hughlett will graduate from Forestview High School on Friday, May 28.
Hughlett remained active throughout high school as a cross country athlete, Girl Scout, a volunteer of the BackPack Weekend Food Program and Tim Tebow’s Gastonia edition of the Night to Shine prom and board member of Teens Changing Gaston County.
Who has been your greatest influence and why?
HUGHLETT: My greatest influence in high school is John Hunsucker. Through the environment he created in the Forestview Cross Country team, I was able to become confident in myself to take off as an active student, athlete, and member of my community. Coach Hunsucker’s ideology of being a “lady first, scholar second, and athlete third” is one that I take to heart and choose to apply in my day-to-day life. The teachings of Coach Hunsucker have inspired me to stay strong when the going gets tough and not listen to “the monkey on my back,” as he would s