Emory Homan
If you’re in any way familiar with Friday Five — TFS’ most popular profiling series — you are probably well aware of what kinds of LFHS community members are most often featured. You know all the clichés: capability of balancing school and extracurriculars with ease, particularly bright smiles that typically can be noticed in hallways for whatever reason, all of it. Some people are immediately featured here because they epitomise those qualities.
But then there are some who just dominate them.
By all accounts from peers throughout her time at LFHS, senior Emory Homan is that kind of figure.
“When I met her, she was playing JV/Varsity [Water Polo], but she pulled me aside and she asked during her sophomore season if she could just stay on Varsity. I obliged, and I don’t regret that decision to this day,” Varsity Water Polo coach Anna Colletti said. “Emory is a force to be reckoned with.”
Homan’s radiating confidence stretches beyond her three-season-Varsity Water Polo career for the Scouts, as many friends do not hesitate to point out its omnipresence.
“She’s like the bestest friend ever and biggest hype beast out there,” said senior Mackenzie Tanksley. “She isn’t afraid to put herself out there and state her opinion even if she is the only one with it.”
But it is more than just confidence that makes her special to those that she has interacted with. “Emory is incredibly loyal. She’ll always stick up for you and be there for you whenever you’re struggling,” senior Catherine Terkildsen said.
While confidence can be off-putting if not used correctly, friends in the classroom and teammates are grateful for it — understanding it is rooted in that deep support she has for all of them.
“Emory is one of the best friends you could ask for. She takes such good care of those close to her. I admire her work ethic and she has always been one of my biggest role models,” junior teammate Tierney Sassen said.
Being a senior in high school often causes a lot of admiration and appreciation of one’s character from peers around them, but as Homan heads to the University of Colorado (Boulder) pursuing a career as an environmental lawyer, the gratitude extends to family.
“Emory has been a leader in all areas and is such a bright, fun and kind person to be around,” sister Ainslie Homan said. “She is very intelligent and will go on to great places, no matter where that may be. I think that the world is so truly lucky to have her around!”
While she was able to finish her career as a Scout for both Swimming and Basketball (two notably well-finishing teams for 2020), the global pandemic put the brakes on the sport that which Homan has competed on the varsity level since her freshman year — a heartbreaking “what could’ve been” for the sport she is perhaps most known for.
The hypotheticals, however, show undoubtedly positive things for Homan — a reflection of the all-around dominant high school career that forever will be.
“She is the powerhouse of our team and she puts it all on the field…or in our case, the pool. She has the drive to do better. Just in the few short weeks of us in the pool this season she has taken the time during practice to help the new players and teach them skills,” said coach Anna Colletti.
“This was her final year, and I know she would have been a key player as she has proven the last couple of years of coaching her. Needless to say, I am really going to miss her and I know she is going to do amazing things in this world.”