Being a Student-Athlete is exhausting. We are expected to give hours each day to our sports, which includes multiple hours before and after school. It doesn’t help going to Jenks where the word ‘excellence’ is around everywhere makes us feel the pressure of being the best in the state on the field and in the classroom. On top of that when we get to our sport we have a coach yelling at us and demanding that we do it this way instead of that way. However, in the moment we might not realize how much our coaches actually do.

While summer is coming to an end and pools are turning cold, the pool at the Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center is starting to heat up with many swimmers training for this upcoming season. This is where Senior Alexis Selden is staying busy motivating her teammates to return to gold.

Jenks’ athletic programs have a rather successful history, and one of the contributors to that is our leaders. Keep reading for a breakdown of Four Styles of Leadership from Our Captains.