Ellie Oates

  • Name:  Ellie Wilder Oates

  • Year that you graduated EDS: 2012

  •  Where are you in school or work now? I graduated from Aspen High School in Aspen, Colorado in the Spring of 2019 and I am now a freshman at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

  •  What do you miss about EDS?  All my friends and getting greeted by Jay St. John every day before school.

  •  Share some of your successes / accomplishments since EDS?   I was a 4 year varsity soccer player and played soccer in Europe for on a Danish/Swedish Soccer Club.  I was also a varsity alpine ski racer in high school.  I also competed in Big Mountain and Freeride Skiing and went to the North American Junior Championships.  I competed in the World Freeride Qualifier Series as an adult last year with multiple podium results, even winning the 1st Competition of the 2019/20 season in Beartooth Basin, Montana.

  •  Share organizations or clubs in which you have membership or support? National Honor Society, International Baccalaureate Program, H2O committed to bringing clean water to people worldwide.

  • Share any advice that you have for current students or families at EDS.  Go out and realize your dreams!  EDS is a great place for kids to learn to be successful and happy.

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