Senior Spotlight: Autumn Barger

When you think about curly, blond hair in Madison High School, you think about Autumn. Autumn Grace Barger is a seventeen-year-old with a fascinating life. Her family has six members; she has one younger brother and two half-siblings. If Autumn had $5 million to spend in a day, but not on herself, she would pay for her family's expenses. She takes part in sports, working, and of course shopping.

She plays volleyball for the varsity team and has been working to get to that spot every year prior. “I recommend playing sports, you learn a lot and make memories,” she said. Autumn works at the outdoor pool and the community center. This job attracted her because “what’s better than getting a tan and getting paid for it!” she explained. One of her favorite things to do is to go shopping. She loves going out and finding new clothes and the latest fashion. If she had a YouTube channel her content would be about fashion, beauty, and wellness.

Autumn has a list of favorite foods starting with pizza, mac and cheese, sushi from Crave, vegetables, raspberries, chocolate, and pink starbursts. If she was on death row her last meal would consist of lots of candy, Starbucks drink, supreme pizza, and asparagus. One item she can not live without is water. Whenever you see her you will see her giant blue water bottle as well. 

After high school, Autumn plans to attend USD for a degree in medical or elementary education. 10 years from now she wants to have a career with an income to support herself, maybe a family, and possibly live in Minneapolis. On her bucket list, she wants to go parasailing. Also wants to travel the world, particularly Europe, because if she could live anywhere in the world it would be Greece. She would live there because of how beautifully blue the ocean is.

In her off time, you can catch Autumn watching her favorite show Keeping Up With the Kardashians. If she could compete on a game show in her life, Autumn feels like she could win Family Feud. Autumn would play Eleven off show of Stranger Things. She wants to play her role because of the way Eleven saves people's lives. She believes that if an animal could describe her it would be a cheetah. You might even see her wearing cheetah print clothes.