Dreaming of Disney
Hines hopes to create at 'happiest place on Earth'
By Nora Ashton
Published Feb. 28, 2023
When people look at Breanna Hines, they see a sweet girl with a lot of patience, someone who wouldn’t hurt a fly. If you were her tennis opponent, you might think differently. Breanna is competitive on the tennis court and sometimes you wouldn’t recognize the calm and collected Breanna Hines. “In tennis, we teach them to control their emotions,” her mom, Dawn Hines, said. “In tennis, if you show you are angry you are letting the opponent get a level up.” Dawn described one time when Breanna kept her cool but her sassy side came out. An opponent of hers asked Breanna, “Are you sure you made the right decision?” Breanna doesn’t like to be questioned because she is not the type of person to lie or cheat to win. In response, she said, “Pretty sure.” And that was how the conversation ended.
Breanna has big plans after high school. She wants to become an engineer at Disney World and create a new castle others would love. She wants this castle to stand out and be crazy and creative. Breanna is deciding between going to the University of Iowa and the University of Northwestern in Minnesota. She wants to get a degree in mechanical engineering or graphic design.
Breanna has had a great tennis career at Aitkin High School. She took third in sections in 2022, took first place at miscellaneous major tournaments, and was voted MVP for two years in a row. She was also nominated for Granite Ridge All-Conference.
Aside from taking her tennis career very seriously, she is also a committed student. Breanna’s favorite elective class she is taking her senior year is Intro to Piano. She likes this class because she has taken five years of piano earlier and she enjoys getting to play piano for an hour a day and keep her skills sharp. She was having a hard time deciding between piano and senior prep as her favorite hours. She likes senior prep as she can sit alone in the commons and catch up on work or watch her favorite shows. Breanna is an artistic person who enjoys taking painting and art classes. When Breanna was asked if she had a favorite teacher the response was exactly what most were expecting, “Well it's a tie between four and I can’t choose because I like them all.” Breanna said. She couldn’t decide between Mr. Richters, Mr. Miller, Ms. Grater, and Mrs. Pool.
Breanna couldn’t think of many things she regretted doing in high school. The first thing that popped into her mind was the accuplacer. She wished she would have studied harder so she could have taken pre-calculus her junior year and gotten that out of the way. When asked if she wished she would have asked for help more often she immediately said, “Not really, I ask for help so much and I think it helps me learn better.” When asked who her best friend was she immediately said Emma Ostrowski, although Blaise Sanford is an honorable mention. He seems to lose points in the friend category by the day when he plays tricks on her. Although Breanna and Emma are best friends, they have different viewpoints when it comes to projects. Breanna leans toward being the perfectionist of the group. She doesn’t like the pencil marks left on a poster, but Emma could care less as she is a big-picture person.
If you know Breanna at all you know she loves Star Wars and Marvel movies. Emma does not know anything about the movies but listens anyway. When Blaise was asked the main difference he sees between Breanna and Emma he had one word: height. Breanna was asked if there is anything she should have done differently in high school. She was very certain that she wished she would have become closer to Emma sooner because it would have made high school more lighthearted and fun. Breanna has a few traditions with her friends after school dances. She enjoyed the school dances, but she liked hanging out with her friends afterwards even more. She recalled one time when her friends all piled into a car, went to McDonald’s, and gossiped in the car until one in the morning.
Breanna can be very indecisive when it comes to making decisions. While Breanna is a lighthearted person she does not like to be accused of things she in her mind would never do. With that being said Breanna is the type of person anyone would want as their friend or companion.
Published Feb. 28, 2023
When people look at Breanna Hines, they see a sweet girl with a lot of patience, someone who wouldn’t hurt a fly. If you were her tennis opponent, you might think differently. Breanna is competitive on the tennis court and sometimes you wouldn’t recognize the calm and collected Breanna Hines. “In tennis, we teach them to control their emotions,” her mom, Dawn Hines, said. “In tennis, if you show you are angry you are letting the opponent get a level up.” Dawn described one time when Breanna kept her cool but her sassy side came out. An opponent of hers asked Breanna, “Are you sure you made the right decision?” Breanna doesn’t like to be questioned because she is not the type of person to lie or cheat to win. In response, she said, “Pretty sure.” And that was how the conversation ended.
Breanna has big plans after high school. She wants to become an engineer at Disney World and create a new castle others would love. She wants this castle to stand out and be crazy and creative. Breanna is deciding between going to the University of Iowa and the University of Northwestern in Minnesota. She wants to get a degree in mechanical engineering or graphic design.
Breanna has had a great tennis career at Aitkin High School. She took third in sections in 2022, took first place at miscellaneous major tournaments, and was voted MVP for two years in a row. She was also nominated for Granite Ridge All-Conference.
Aside from taking her tennis career very seriously, she is also a committed student. Breanna’s favorite elective class she is taking her senior year is Intro to Piano. She likes this class because she has taken five years of piano earlier and she enjoys getting to play piano for an hour a day and keep her skills sharp. She was having a hard time deciding between piano and senior prep as her favorite hours. She likes senior prep as she can sit alone in the commons and catch up on work or watch her favorite shows. Breanna is an artistic person who enjoys taking painting and art classes. When Breanna was asked if she had a favorite teacher the response was exactly what most were expecting, “Well it's a tie between four and I can’t choose because I like them all.” Breanna said. She couldn’t decide between Mr. Richters, Mr. Miller, Ms. Grater, and Mrs. Pool.
Breanna couldn’t think of many things she regretted doing in high school. The first thing that popped into her mind was the accuplacer. She wished she would have studied harder so she could have taken pre-calculus her junior year and gotten that out of the way. When asked if she wished she would have asked for help more often she immediately said, “Not really, I ask for help so much and I think it helps me learn better.” When asked who her best friend was she immediately said Emma Ostrowski, although Blaise Sanford is an honorable mention. He seems to lose points in the friend category by the day when he plays tricks on her. Although Breanna and Emma are best friends, they have different viewpoints when it comes to projects. Breanna leans toward being the perfectionist of the group. She doesn’t like the pencil marks left on a poster, but Emma could care less as she is a big-picture person.
If you know Breanna at all you know she loves Star Wars and Marvel movies. Emma does not know anything about the movies but listens anyway. When Blaise was asked the main difference he sees between Breanna and Emma he had one word: height. Breanna was asked if there is anything she should have done differently in high school. She was very certain that she wished she would have become closer to Emma sooner because it would have made high school more lighthearted and fun. Breanna has a few traditions with her friends after school dances. She enjoyed the school dances, but she liked hanging out with her friends afterwards even more. She recalled one time when her friends all piled into a car, went to McDonald’s, and gossiped in the car until one in the morning.
Breanna can be very indecisive when it comes to making decisions. While Breanna is a lighthearted person she does not like to be accused of things she in her mind would never do. With that being said Breanna is the type of person anyone would want as their friend or companion.