Top Seniors: Oak Mountain High School

Lacey Cencula 

What are your college and career aspirations?

I’m going to the University of Alabama and majoring in Business. I’ll then go to law school and hopefully become a corporate attorney.

What do you remember most about your Freshman year?

Probably the amount of school spirit Oak Mountain has. Everyone is so energized about our school.

What’s an object that you can’t live without?

Definitely my cell phone, I’m all about Twitter.

Who was your most inspirational teacher?

Mrs. Bittinger. She taught me AP Calculus and she is an angel. She’s very understanding of each students’ lives so she’s very patient with us.

What’s the study secret to your success?

I make online notecards on a website called quizlet.com. I make one for every test and a lot of classmates end up using them too since they know my user name.

Are you a dog or a cat person?

Dog! Cats are the worst.

What did you recently learn from someone younger than you?

The girl I babysit is really involved in a lot of things. She’s taught me that the more you get involved in things, the more people you meet and the more opportunities you create for yourself.

Sarah Rourke

What are your college and career aspirations?

I’m going to the University of Alabama and majoring in business. Then I plan to attend law school.

What do you remember most about your freshman year?

I remember trying to get involved as much as possible. I joined a lot of clubs, sports teams and made a lot of new friends through my involvement.

What’s an object that you can’t live without?

It’s not necessarily an object, but I can’t go through life without taking naps.

Who was your most inspirational teacher?

Mrs. Bittinger.

What’s the study secret to your success?

I learn when I write so when I’m studying I’ll usually rewrite my notes over and over again until I’ve got it memorized.

Are you a dog or a cat person?

Cat.

Michael Matthews

What are your college and career aspirations?

I will attend Auburn University and major in Biomedical Sciences. Then I’ll attend med school.

What’s one thing that helped you stand out on your college application?

My musical background stood out. I play piano and guitar.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon growing up?

I’ve got to go with Spongebob Squarepants.

What’s an object that you can’t live without?

My piano.

How many hearts have you broken?

Too many to count.

Are you a dog or a cat person?

I’m a CatDog person.

What would you buy if you were given $1 million and had to spend it in one day?

I would buy a baby grand piano, and then give the rest of it to Mrs. Bittinger.

What do you remember most about your freshman year?

The sense of community that Oak Mountain gave me as soon as I started.

Stephen Wiley

What are your college and career aspirations?

I will attend Auburn University and major in some kind of engineering.

What’s an object that you can’t live without?

Water food and shelter.

Are you a dog or cat person?

Definitely a dog person.

What’s the study secret to your success?

Pretty simple, just reading over my notes works for me.

What would you buy if you were given $1 million and had to spend it in one day?

I’d buy a beach house in Destin, Florida.

If your citizenship was taken away and you had to live in a different country, where would it be?

Probably Guatemala, I just visited there for a mission trip.

If you were locked in a windowless room for a month, what one book and movie would you bring?

I would bring the Bible and the movie “Shooter.”