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Aubrey Covington dances with her fellow Stingline dancers at the Spring 2026 Stingline Showcase. Photo by: Anthony Underbrink
Aubrey Covington has been a standout student and leader in her final year at Flour Bluff High School. She has committed time, energy, and gives it her all in every activity, modeling the success Flour Bluff promotes and encourages from all students.
“The relationships I've built with teachers, friends, and coaches make Flour Bluff special to me,” Covington said.
She has been at Flour Bluff since kindergarten, and Covington’s parents attend the school as well. Since she has such a connection to the school, she loves many individual things about the district.
“Getting to be a part of different organizations, sports, clubs over the years is something that stands out about going to Bluff,” Covington said.
Aubrey Covington dancing her solo at the Spring 2026 Stingline Showcase. Photo by: Anthony Underbrink
Covington is a part of Stingline, HOSA, Interact, Spanish Honors Society (SHS), National Honors Society (NHS), Student Council, Triumph Over Kids Cancer (TOKC), and Book Club. She enjoys all of her activities and has leadership roles in Stingline, SHS, and book club. However, there is one activity that helped Covington see how hard she had been working the last four years.
“A moment from stingline has been the last four years on the team,” Covington said, “From coming to tryouts the first year two days late and making the team with one day of preparation, to becoming first major my senior year without any dance experience, I have come such a long way since my first year on the team.”
Covington has made memories in high school, but when it comes to Stingline, there are a few that will stick with her for a lifetime.
“The most memorable moment so far has been performing a pom routine last year at our second competition,” Covington said.
Aubrey Covington dances with her fellow Stingline dancers at the Spring 2026 Stingline Showcase. Photo by: Anthony Underbrink
Covington learned valuable lessons in high school. From education to ones that shape her character, she learned a few from every activity, but there is one that distinctly prepared her for adulthood.
“These activities have taught me responsibility, reliability, integrity, and leadership,” Covington said.
While a part of many school spinsred activities, Covington also enjoys coaching in her free time. She used to be a cheerleader and competitive twirler and now she coaches young girls in the sport she used to participate in as well as cheer and dance. She shares this love with her friend Bailey and became reconnected with the sport throught her old youth coach.
“I love coaching the twirling and dance teams because it allows me to watch the girls grow and be connected to what I love to do,” Covington said.
Flour Bluff is home to several great teachers, but there are two that helped make Covington’s high school experience. She dedicates a part of her dancing journey to her current coaches Sally Weishwill and Kennidi Hughes
“They have helped me grow as a person,” Covington said, “They have taught me to have confidence in myself especially while dancing considering I don't come from a dance background.”
Covington’s favorite subject in high school is science and she is currently a part of the medical program. When she graduates, she hopes to be a radiologist.
“I am choosing to become a radiologist because I have always been interested in all sciences and I am very detail oriented,” Covington said.
Though Covington is well accomplished already, she still has many more years of accomplishments ahead of her. Ready for adulthood, she has already started planning and plotting out her future.
“In the next few years, I hope to graduate from UT, get into a good med program, and become a radiologist,” Covington said.
Though many words come to mind when Covington reflects on high school, she chose three that describe high school: leadership, service, and growth. She also looks back on her time fondly as she finishes her final year.
“If I could relive any moment from high school it would be the Michael Jackson dance I performed and the spring show with two of my best friends,” Covington said. “While Spring Show is serious, that dance helped me focus on the fun side of it while still having a good clean dance in the end.”
One thing she hopes to leave behind is a legacy of leadership on Stingline, hopingc to leave behind something that could help future officers. If she had a few closing words of advice to future and current Hornets, it would be as follows:
“Focus on balancing both what you want to do and what you need to do. Don't get too caught up in the moment or in the necessities because you may miss something,” Covington said.
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