School: Canterbury Achievements: National Merit Commended Scholar; AP Scholar with Honors; Indiana University Wells Scholar finalist; semistate runner-up at Optimist International Speech Competition; state finals qualifier in Original Oratory at Indiana State Speech Tournament; student body president; speech team president; debate team captain; “Engenius Solutions” team captain; Blessings in a Backpack student leader.
Activities: Speech and debate teams; opinion editor of “Untitled” school newspaper; varsity golf; junior varsity soccer; acting; St. Joe Valley Conservation Club skeet-shooting team; archery and bowhunting; Huntington County Teen Court defense attorney; Key Club; and peer mentoring.
Comments: For his Independent Project at Canterbury, “his avid interest in the law, the Supreme Court and political science led him to pursue the task of re-evaluating the ‘Pentagon Papers' case, New York Times v. United States,” said Dennis Eller, Skekloff's teacher and debate coach. “His work on the project spanned … nearly a year as he researched his topic … and defended his paper before a panel of experts.”
Plans: Skekloff plans to attend college to pursue a double major in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) and psychology.