LAUREL \u2014 Going into his senior year at Meridian High School, Logan Jacoby said he is focused on his friends. After all, for many of them, it could be their final year together.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If asked to have his friends describe him, Jacoby said he thinks they would say he\u2019s fun to be around, typically happy and overall curious.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurious is probably the big one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said he also considers himself pretty bold, at least with his friends. He\u2019s not scared to hold back or jump into a deep conversation when needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While spending time with his friends, Jacoby also plans on spending a lot of time on the golf course as he takes up the helm as golf captain this year, following the graduation of his friend Matthew Blankenburg.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Initially, Jacoby played baseball in the spring, but he quit his freshman year. Not long after, Blankenburg convinced Jacoby to come out for the high school golf team.<\/p>\n
Jacoby said he has grown up playing golf with his grandpa for nearly as long as he can remember. The summer before his sophomore year, while out with his grandpa, he said he kept thinking about joining the team. So, he decided to give it a shot.<\/p>\n
\u201cEver since then, it\u2019s been something I\u2019ve been in love with,\u201d Jacoby said.<\/p>\n
He said he is always trying to try different shots and figure out what works best in each scenario.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI like the challenge it brings to me,\u201d he said. \u201cIt kind of feels like a puzzle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jacoby\u2019s favorite course is North Bellingham, which works out well considering it is also Meridian\u2019s home course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While he loves golf, he said he doesn\u2019t plan on attempting to play at the collegiate level. He said he thinks he could probably hang with the other golfers, but it would suck the fun out of the game he loves. Instead, he plans on attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and participating in the PGA Golf Management Program. Here, he is able to continue with his love of golf, make new connections, find new friends and learn about the industry. By the end, he will have a degree in hospitality management.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat gets me prepared,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Prepared for what? The dream of running his own course. While it\u2019s the dream now, he said he could never even have imagined the option a few years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not something I ever thought I would see myself saying,\u201d Jacoby said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When it comes to school, he said he doesn\u2019t think he stands out, but he does have a good relationship with several staff members, especially Assistant Principal Rob Zabel.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019m just another student in the pack,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
While being \u201cjust another student\u201d, Jacoby joked his senior year he is \u201cbecoming an art major,\u201d as he has four art classes for the year. He said he is most excited for pottery and enjoys being taught by art teacher Mike Holz.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe makes it fun. He\u2019s fun to be around,\u201d Jacoby said.<\/p>\n
He added that, like with golf, he likes the challenge he will get from pottery. While he might complain about the challenge, he said he promises he enjoys it.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAUREL \u2014 Going into his senior year at Meridian High School, Logan Jacoby said he is focused on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":866088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[15856,427,3,99],"class_list":["post-866087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-academics","tag-golf","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}