Madelynn Conlin
Rolling Meadows
Swimming, basketball, soccer
Class rank:
1 of 494.
Athletics:
Earned 12 varsity letters in three sports; recipient of the Howard Lester Award for top female student-athlete in District 214; conference and sectional medalist all four years in swimming; member of 200-yard freestyle relay and 400 free relay teams that set school records; All-Sectional honorable mention in soccer in 2009; All-Mid-Suburban League in soccer in 2011; team captain for soccer, basketball and swimming teams.
Academics:
IHSA All-State Academic Team; National Honor Society; Spanish National Honor Society; High Honor Roll; received a 5 on the AP English Language and Composition and AP United States History exams; American Mathematics Competition 12 honorable mention; Student of the Quarter: Literature, Social Science, Biology, Math, Spanish; National Spanish Exam bronze medalist and honorable mention; first-chair clarinet; District 214 Honor Band; Chicago Fire All-State All-Academic team, Bausch and Lomb Science Award.
College:
Notre Dame, because of all the traditions and values. I really like the campus life and school spirit. Most importantly, because of the high academic standards.
Major:
Mathematics.
Dream job:
To get paid to travel around the world to evaluate different resorts.
I’d like to have dinner with:
Taylor Swift.
Bucket list:
Jump off rock cliffs in Greece, see the Rose Bowl Parade live, do a full triathlon.
Favorite movie:
“No Strings Attached.”
Favorite TV show:
“Gilmore Girls.”
Last book you read for fun:
“Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang” by Chelsea Handler. (Hilarious!)
On my iPod:
Lots and lots of country!
Pet:
A golden retriever named Cody.
Favorite sporting event:
NCAA Final Four basketball tournament.
Cubs or Sox:
Cubs.
Hobbies:
Scrapbooking, traveling.
Most people don’t know I:
am obsessed with keeping my color-coded assignment notebook organized and clean.
Best high school sports memory:
Winning our first conference basketball game in about five years against our rival, Prospect.
One word to describe your high school experience:
Unforgettable.
