HIGH POINT, N.C. — When Aubrey Evans isn’t maintaining a 4.4 GPA, she’s involved in numerous clubs and crushing it on the volleyball court. Evans is one of the High School Scholars for Spectrum News.

What You Need To Know

  • Aubrey Evans has been playing volleyball since she was a freshman in high school
  • Evans is passionate about everyone having a voice and feeling seen and heard
  • She has dreams of playing volleyball on a collegiate level
  • While she is in many extra circulars, her grades are important to her

When Aubrey isn’t serving it up on the volleyball court, she finds other ways to serve, like going through schedules for teachers to make sure they have their plans when they’re supposed to.

“The counselors have a lot to do with schedules and schedule changes. So, if there’s something small I can do like this or putting stickers on envelopes or folding up schedules, I like to come in and just do that so I can help them,” Evans said. “I normally come in at the start of the new semester and work on the workdays.”

She volunteers in the counselor’s office at her high school, High Point Central High School. It’s something she’s been doing since she was in middle school, as her mom works at the school.

“It makes me feel like I’m actually contributing to my school, like with the production of things and not just sitting in classrooms,” Evans said.

Evans has been chosen as one of the High School Scholars for Spectrum News. She was nominated by her school counselor Susan Lindsay for her leadership and care for others. Aubrey has been accepted into 13 universities and is currently going through the recruiting process for volleyball and is currently undecided.

North Carolina Senator Michael Garrett visited High Point Central High School to present her with a $1,000 scholarship to help begin the next chapter of her life. 

Evans keeps her education top of mind to make her family proud.

“Education is very important to me, especially the college aspect. My parents have always pretty much just put college on my mind, so I’m looking really for it. I’m looking forward to it. My parents both went to college and got a degree, so it’s very important in my family,” Evans said.

She’s a student leader in school and it’s something she takes seriously. Helping others is something she enjoys doing by speaking up for other students in county meetings when asked on how students are feeling about safety and other ideas.

“I think it’s very important because sometimes students don’t always get to speak and share their true feelings. So, I think having a representative that would do so is really good. Just so everyone is being heard,” Evans said.

Making sure other students are heard is something she’s passionate about.

“It makes me feel good, because everyone’s opinion matters. Everyone’s thoughts matters, like how they feel about a certain situation. It’s all important we share that,” Evans said.

Although she’s currently undecided on where she wants to attend college in the fall, she knows she wants to major in business for accounting and play volleyball. It’s a sport she’s fallen in love with she started her freshman year of high school.

“I like volleyball because there’s endless possibilities for the game. You don’t really know what the other team is going to do, and you don’t know what your team is going to do. So that’s what makes it fun and exciting,” Evans said.