Alumni Updates

On January 8, 2019, Hayden Fishburn left Colorado for Lackland, Texas for Basic Military Training (BMT). Fishburn, a December 2018 graduate, has always dreamed of being a part of the Air Force, and now he is achieving that dream. BMT was a nine week long program of physical and mental training. Every day, he was yelled at and told what to do. Each week was something new, and he learned the first A...

It is crazy to think that someone from Fort Collins is researching the magnetic fields around Venus for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), but it is even crazier to think that she went to Fossil Ridge High School. FRHS graduate of 2015, Elysia Lucas is currently working at a laboratory for atmospheric and space physics (ALSP), which is a lab that connects to both Colorado Universit...

It all started when Sydney Boehler, class of 2018, participated in her first pageant when she was 13. She hoped to become a positive figure to those around her someday. She has looked up to her siblings for years and wanted to take what she has learned from them and be a mentor to those around her. Little did she know how much the pageant world would shape who she is today. She was crowned Miss Color...

In 2016, Tyler Hobbs graduated from Fossil Ridge High School. Since then she has been very busy running of Tyler.paige photography. While going to Fossil, Tyler Hobbs loved being the editor of the yearbook at Fossil, and it made her really want to continue photography and go into graphic design. Hobbs said, “It really helped me to learn time management and organization which has impacted me both aca...

Kincaid Hoffman was a crazy child with lots of energy. His parents wanted to find an activity where he could use all his energy, and they chose swim. He started swimming competitively at six years old, and continued for 16 years. Hoffman was captain of both the Fossil Ridge High School swim team and also his team at Whitman College. His primary stroke was backstroke in both high school and college...

To become Miss Colorado, one has to compete in the United States of America’s Miss Pageant System in Colorado. 21 girls and women from across the state competed for this title since 2018 when it first started. Aliza is the very first Miss Colorado USA 2019. In January 2019, Aliza Tinker competed in of the pageant that took place at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Throughout the weekend t...

Astronaut, singer, ballerina, and more—kids dream a lot about their future jobs and it is rare when someone actually pursues them, but Vivienne Edridge did. A 2014 graduate, Edridge is going after her dream of becoming an actress. She is currently living in Los Angeles, California and acting in independent films. The latest project that Edridge has been a part of is an independent film called She Walks The W...

The journey all started around the age of six when Kris Malinin first joined a summer swim team. His parents signed him and his brother up to help them learn how to swim and as an effort to get them to try new sports. Little did Malinin know that he would end up swimming for the New York University swim team. Kris Malinin graduated in 2017. He was a big part of the Fossil Ridge swim team throughout his f...

Mitch Hoog came from a basic town. He has a basic background, he graduated from a basic high school, and he is now living anything but a basic life. Hoog, a 2017 Fossil Ridge High School graduate is pursuing his dreams of becoming an actor and is starring in his first big film on Netflix; coming out March 8. Mitch will also have another movie coming out in theaters worldwide at the end of 2019 called H...

Many high school athletes dream about playing their sport professionally, but it’s rare when it actually happens. Codi Heuer, a 2015 graduate, fulfilled his dream and was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 2018 after he played for three years at Wichita State University. When asked how baseball has impacted him, Heuer said, “I have met some amazing people in my career in baseball. I have met some of...

“Soccer has impacted me in ways I never imagined. It's my backbone and my source of happiness, something that I can turn to no matter what. It has taught me life skills such as the importance of communication, accountability, reliability, hard work, and passion. It has introduced me to some of my absolute best friends, and just a whole new world of people in general,” says Sophie Smith. Smith g...

Lindi Pojar graduated from Fossil in 2018. While attending Fossil, Pojar was very involved in the Fossil Ridge Volleyball program and had big dreams for her future.  Pojar first started playing volleyball in third grade for a recreational league when her mom signed her up. She was really bad, but loved it and never gave up. Pojar always went to Colorado State University volleyball games growing up and...