Congrats to the Class of 2026. Over the next few weeks the paper will feature
Q&A Senior Spotlights. Remember Once a Panther, always a Panther.
Christian Thorbahn
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Go into oil & gas as a chemical engineer.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
Always keep in mind that you are constantly changing and learn to accept it and invite it.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
Coming to school during finals week to finally be able to relax in my classes instead of work.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Hopefully with the start of a family and a stable job.
Samuel Ikechukwu
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Attend University of North Dakota and join the Air Force as a pilot.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
Dont give up. Focus on your goals. So long as something is within the realm of possibility and achievability, do all in your power to complete it.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
Spirit Team for the football games.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
An officer in the Air Force, either as a pilot or managing avionics & ordinance.
Haider Murtaza
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Living.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
You can make it further than you ever thought possible.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
Sitting at the lunch table with my friends and being goofy.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Still living.
Matthew Garcia
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Become a world renowned painter.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
You dont need to be involved in everything, pick a few and stick to them.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
The small moments, the ones where I could focus solely on literature and art with like minded people.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Gone as far as possible.
Mohammed Tayabali
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Attend the University of Houston and major in Health.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
When a opportunity presents itself, always take it.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
Homecoming.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Hopefully in residency to become a surgeon.
Kaylor Hadley
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Get my degree in Education.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
Get involved and dont procrastinate,
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
Meeting all my friends and boyfriend.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Becoming a music teacher.
Jaidah Randle
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Go to university and pursue dance.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
You have four years to make the most of your time here, take all the opportunities.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
I enjoyed the pep rallies.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
I would like to own a dance studio and be a head founder of a dance company.
Katie Restrepo
Q: What are your plans after high school?
To become a nurse.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
Don’t take your time for granted.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
My whole freshmen year.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Having a big family and living life.
Sureidis Gamez Saldivar
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Go to University.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
May you keep moving forward and strive for the impossible; may you enjoy excellent health and earn that degree you so deeply yearn to hold.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
Being in class with my friends.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
I’m heading to South Korea to work and live—to start a big family and be happy there.
Maria Gomez
Q: What are your plans after high school?
Joining the US Navy.
What is a message you want to leave your underclassmen?
Enjoy the time you have with your friends especially if you do a sport or club! It’s the small moments that count.
What is your favorite Cy Springs memory?
Making the Drill Team when I first tried out.
Where do you see yourself or what are your plans 10 years from now?
Still in the Navy hopefully studying education and getting my degree.
