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Senior Spotlight: Brianne Kuhr

By: Amaiya Ross, senior LHS journalism staff writer on January 16, 2025

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On October 19, 2006, at Columbus Community Hospital, a beautiful baby girl, Brianne Kay Kuhr made her debut into this world. Brianne is the daughter of Russ and Beth Kuhr.  She has 3 older siblings: Zach 29, Ben 28, and Holly 23. 

Brianne’s grandparents are Norene Kuhr and the late Dennis Kuhr of Creston, NE, and the late Urban and Alice Imholte.

To round out her family, she has a pet dog named Chipper.  

Throughout high school, Brianne has participated in FCCLA for 1 year; Volleyball, Basketball, Golf, Band, and National Honor Society for 2 years; Yearbook for 3 years; Track and Field, Journalism, Play Production, Speech, FFA, and Quiz Bowl for 4 years.   She is also an FFA officer and the president of the Leigh Youth Advisory Committee. She has been a member of St. Mary’s PRE throughout school. She was also a 2024 Cornhusker Girls State Graduate, and she was a participant of the 2024 Nebraska Agricultural Youth Institute.

Brianne has earned many accolades in high school. She was chosen to participate in EHC Conference Honor Band her junior and senior year.  She was the 2023 NECC Scholastic Day Biology champion. She was also chosen to receive Academic All-State awards in Speech, Play Production, and Golf. She was recently named “Best Performer” in the entire East Husker Conference in Play Production.  She also finished 4th place last year in NSAA Class D1 State Speech in Extemporaneous Speaking, and she was named as one of the 2023-2024 LHS “Students of the Year.”

Brianne says her proudest high school accomplishment was receiving 4th place in Extemporaneous Speaking at NSAA state speech. Her favorite high school memory is attending a play at the Orpheum Theatre with her classmates, playing in band, and participating in One-Act with the majority of the people in high school.

After high school, Brianne’s current plans are to attend Wayne State College for three years and major in pre-pharmacy. Then she will attend medical school for four years to become a pharmacist. 

In 10-15 years, Brianne sees herself working as a pharmacist and living in her hometown. 

If Brianne won the lottery, she would bet it all on red. If she could travel anywhere in the world, she would go to Alaska and Hawaii. Alaska has many recreational activities, and Hawaii would be a place where she would like to learn how to surf and go whale watching. 

Three things on Brianne’s bucket list include growing a few inches taller, hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live, and starring in a movie with Ryan Gosling. 

Brianne’s favorite subjects in school are band and science. Her favorite movies are La La Land and The Avengers. Brianne’s favorite TV show is by far The Office. Brianne has more than 1,900 hundred liked songs on her Spotify playlist, but her favorite song this week is “Hanging by a Moment” by Lifehouse. Her favorite sports team is the Nebraska Huskers. Her favorite hobbies include playing cards, hunting, ice-fishing, sledding, listening to music, and hanging out with friends. Some other favorites of hers include her favorite singers who are Bryan Adams, Pat Benatar, and Maroon 5. Her favorite actors are Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Chris Evans, and Ryan Reynolds. Her favorite pop is Diet MTN Dew. She says that one of the best decisions she made in high school was to join golf her junior year. Brianne’s biggest pet peeve is when there is a good song playing on the radio and someone either turns down the radio, changes the station, or skips the song.

Brianne’s most embarrassing moment was during last year’s EHC Band Wind Ensemble practice. She had no idea where she was in the song, so she started playing random notes. The song ended, but Brianne kept on playing the note. She was the only one playing, and no one realized it was her.

Another embarrassing moment of hers is when she was stick welding for the first time, she thought that she was supposed to attach the electrode holder back to the ground when she finished welding. Thank goodness Carter Brabec was her welding partner and stopped her.

Three words to describe Brianne are dedicated, determined, and short.

Someone Brianne admires in her life is her sister, Holly. “I admire my sister Holly because she is the best at everything she does,” Brianne said. “She has been a role model for me since I was born, and she is someone I turn to for advice.”

Before she graduates, Brianne leaves this advice to the underclassmen: “Participate in many activities throughout high school, but do not allow yourself to get burned out. If you do not like an extracurricular activity, try something new. Become friends with your classmates because you will spend the next four years with them, and they will be lifelong friends of yours.”