Class of 2020: Senior Spotlight


Gabe Koska

Jacob Fansler
Years at Liberty: Three
Favorite Memory: Delivering my Junior Thesis.
Faculty Shout-Out: Mr. Hann for being a very professional and knowledgeable rhetoric teacher
3 Things You Can't Live Without: My Catholic Faith, Burberry, and my Land Rover.
Favorite Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
College Plans: Attend the University of St. Thomas for Pre-Medicine and continue on to medical school.
Dream Job: Emergency Room doctor.

Graham Pelton


Ben Horn

Jack Dobrotka

Landon Smith
Years at Liberty: This is my 9th year at Liberty.
Favorite Memory: Making class videos together was always a blast.
Faculty Shout-out: Shout out to Mr. Acosta or Mr. Marti (since Acosta doesn’t work here anymore)
3 Things I Can’t Live Without: I can’t live without my phone, chocolate, and games with the boys.
Favorite Book: I don’t really like reading or have a favorite book, but I’m trying to read more recently because of quarantine.
College Plans: I enlisted in the MN Air National Guard so I have to complete my training for that before I start classes at the U of M in Spring 2021; my planned major is Chemical Engineering, but I’m also going to look into Materials Science and Engineering.
Dream Job: My dream job would be to work for Nike or Adidas helping create the materials that go into the soles of the shoes because I am very interested in new materials, and I love shoes.

Karsten Anderson
Years at Liberty - Since 3rd grade, so...10 years?
Favorite Memory - Playing Wall Ball™ with the boys
Faculty Shout-Out - Shout out to Mr. Zieman for lighting the table on fire with a Tesla coil that one time
3 Things You Can't Live Without - That perfect temperature right between 55-65 °F, music, and water
Favorite Book - The Wheel of Time Series
College Plans - (hopefully) graduate from Grand Canyon University with a BA in Computer Science
Dream Job - Game Developer

Levi Button
Years at Liberty: I've been at Liberty for five years.
Favorite Memory: My favorite memory of high school would have to be either History class with Mr. Vaala or going on the college trip in 2018 to California.
Faculty Shout-out: As far as teachers are concerned, all of mine have been amazing. But I have especially appreciated Mrs. Struck and Mr. Vaala. They put in a lot of hard work at their jobs and it is evident that they are passionate about their subjects. Also, I have very much valued Mrs. Jang's teaching of Calculus. She has helped me to understand a difficult subject that I never thought I would be able to comprehend. I have a newfound respect for every teacher at Liberty for being able to manage the changes which have come about due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Three things I can't live without are coffee, sports, and friends.
My favorite book is The Great Gatsby.
College: Next fall, I am going to Grand Canyon University, in Phoenix, Arizona. I plan to pursue a business major while I'm there.
Dream Job: My dream job is to open up my own coffee shop and make coffee for others and for myself.