{"id":2458912,"date":"2020-05-28T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/graduation-2020-basalt-high-co-valedictorians-to-lead-graduating-class-during-saturday-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2020-05-28T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T06:05:00","slug":"graduation-2020-basalt-high-co-valedictorians-to-lead-graduating-class-during-saturday-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/graduation-2020-basalt-high-co-valedictorians-to-lead-graduating-class-during-saturday-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation 2020: Basalt High co-valedictorians to lead graduating class during Saturday ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.469387755102\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-326461-92\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled gallery-container\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/BHSvals-atd-052820-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/BHSvals-atd-052820-1-899x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy photo | Basalt High School class of 2020 co-valedictorian Anne Schrock\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Basalt High School class of 2020 co-valedictorian Anne Schrock<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/BHSvals-atd-052820-1-899x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Basalt High School class of 2020 co-valedictorian Anne Schrock\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/BHSvals-atd-052820-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/BHSvals-atd-052820-1-1-768x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy photo | Basalt High School class of 2020 co-valedictorian Sasha Brucker\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Basalt High School class of 2020 co-valedictorian Sasha Brucker<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/BHSvals-atd-052820-1-1-768x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Basalt High School class of 2020 co-valedictorian Sasha Brucker\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/BHSvals-atd-052820-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/BHSvals-atd-052820-1-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy photo | Basalt High School class of 2020 co-valedictorian Sasha Brucker will take a gap year to pursue her hockey interests.\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Basalt High School class of 2020 co-valedictorian Sasha Brucker will take a gap year to pursue her hockey interests.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/BHSvals-atd-052820-1-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Basalt High School class of 2020 co-valedictorian Sasha Brucker will take a gap year to pursue her hockey interests.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/BHSvals-atd-052820-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/BHSvals-atd-052820-1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy | Basalt High School\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Basalt High School<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/BHSvals-atd-052820-1-3.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Basalt High School\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/graduation-2020-basalt-high-co-valedictorians-to-lead-graduating-class-during-saturday-ceremony\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/graduation-2020-basalt-high-co-valedictorians-to-lead-graduating-class-during-saturday-ceremony\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">For the better part of her junior and senior years at Basalt High School, Sasha Brucker lived in Canada to play hockey and attended BHS remotely. Her plan had been to return home this spring for a final few months in the classroom with her peers and maybe play on the Longhorn soccer team before the novel coronavirus pandemic changed all that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI was planning on coming back and seeing all my classmates again for the last three months of school. Obviously, I haven\u2019t been able to see them and I\u2019m really excited to be able to catch up with them and see all their faces one more time,\u201d Brucker said. \u201cThe senior class in Basalt has definitely gone through quite a lot the past few years. We are hanging in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Despite her remote learning, Brucker did enough to still be named co-valedictorian for the BHS class of 2020, alongside close friend Anne Schrock. The two will give a joint speech during Saturday\u2019s 9 a.m. drive-in graduation ceremony in front of the high school, which is being limited to students, immediate family and staff. BHS plans to hold a car parade through Basalt and Willits immediately following the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe want to try to somewhat inspire our classmates, but we were also hoping to bring some light-hearted humor into it,\u201d Schrock said of their speech. \u201cObviously it\u2019s an unconventional ceremony that we are having, but knowing that we\u2019ve all been through a lot and we\u2019ve been through it all together, I\u2019m really excited to get back together with them and celebrate everything and be together one last time as a class.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Here\u2019s a closer look at both of Basalt\u2019s class of 2020 co-valedictorians:<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">HOCKEY FUELS BRUCKER\u2019S PLANS<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Brucker once played for Aspen Junior Hockey, including the first AA girls team that made it to the national tournament. But the constant travel wore on her, so she took an opportunity to move to Ontario and play through the Hockey Training Institute near Barrie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After graduation, and once the pandemic has passed, Brucker hopes to return to Canada to play hockey during her gap year before moving onto college a year later. Given a choice, she\u2019d like to play hockey for Yale University in Connecticut. But she\u2019s also willing to keep her options open in regard to both hockey and her academics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">When she finally makes it into the college classroom, Brucker has plans to take a pre-med route, although even that remains in flux.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cMy goal is to play at Yale. I was talking to them a bit this season, but it just didn\u2019t work out, but they are still interested for 2021,\u201d Brucker said. \u201cI can\u2019t really imagine going to school and not doing something that I love at the same time. But if it comes down to it, if I get into an amazing school without hockey, then I might just go to school and maybe play club or something. Because definitely education is more important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Even though she spent most of the past two years in Canada away from her classmates, Brucker feels a special bond with this group and is excited to represent Basalt as a graduate and as one of its valedictorians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cFor me, it\u2019s just kind of a validation of having to work a little extra hard to do school on my own time,\u201d Brucker said. \u201cI\u2019m excited I get to be part of Basalt High School in this big of a way, even though I wasn\u2019t necessarily there the whole time. I\u2019ve gone to Basalt my whole life and I always wanted to be part of the school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">SCHROCK OFF TO THE BIG APPLE<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Schrock has had her eyes set on Columbia University for a few years now. Since a trip to the school\u2019s New York City campus ahead of her sophomore year, there was little doubt about her goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI visited Columbia and I really like the city and I love the campus,\u201d Schrock said. \u201cIt will be a transition for sure, but I\u2019m excited for the change and living in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She was especially drawn to Columbia\u2019s Core Curriculum, which requires undergraduates to take classes in many areas. This is a fit for Schrock, who has a multitude of academic interests. For example, she plans to double major in English and physics, two areas of study that couldn\u2019t be further apart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019m not really sure how exactly I want to fit them together, but they are the two things I really fell in love with in high school,\u201d Schrock said. \u201cI just like the idea that you are trying to understand the mechanical aspect of the world around you and pairing it with English, I\u2019m able to understand more of the social impacts and more humanities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Schrock is the middle of three girls. Her older sister, Kate Schrock, was a 2018 BHS graduate and standout athlete who currently is studying exercise science at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Her younger sister, Grace Schrock, will graduate from BHS next year and also is a standout Longhorn athlete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Anne Schrock said she enjoyed working with Brucker on their co-valedictorian speech.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI thought it was easier, because we had a lot of the same things we wanted to say to the class,\u201d Schrock said, \u201cso being able to combine them and work together on a speech that would bring in the humor part and some good inspiring words we want to say, I thought it went really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:acolbert@aspentimes.com\">acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/graduation-2020-basalt-high-co-valedictorians-to-lead-graduating-class-during-saturday-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basalt High School class of 2020 co-valedictorian Anne SchrockCourtesy photo Basalt High School class of 2020 co-valedictorian Sasha BruckerCourtesy photo Basalt High School class of 2020 co-valedictorian Sasha Brucker will take a gap year to pursue her hockey interests.Courtesy photo Basalt High SchoolCourtesy Show CaptionsHide Captions For the better part of her junior and senior [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 05:50:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}