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2026 Senior Spotlights

NDA News & Events

Our hearts are bursting with pride and excitement for all 16 of our 2026 graduating seniors! We can’t wait to watch each of your in your next chapter!

Alexa Zweiback

  1. High School: Olentangy Berlin
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 7 years 
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Going To Nationals in Destin
  4. Activities outside of dance: Going on Walks, doing pilates, yoga, i am also apart of my school’s cape club to help kids with special needs
  5. Plans for the future: To attend University Of Nebraska- Lincoln and study child life development and become a child life specialist or child life psychologist

Ava Geisler

  1. High School: Olentangy Orange High School
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 15 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Meeting my littles every year at Leeds Farm
  4. Activities outside of dance: Orange varsity cheer, Orange yearbook editor, ATTP member, National Honors Society
  5. Plans for the future: I plan to go to OSU in the fall and major in primary education.

Ava Opel

  1. High School: Olentangy Orange High School
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 16 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Competing with all of my best friends and cheering them on!
  4. Activities outside of dance: OOHS Varsity Cheerleader, Member of National Honors Society, and ATTP Member.
  5. Plans for the future: I plan to go to college and major in Kinesiology (Pre-Physical Therapy).

Chloe Nieset

  • High School: Olentangy Orange High School
  • How many years have you danced at NDA: 15 years
  • Favorite NDA memory:  Learning and Performing Somebody to Love at The Dance Awards Orlando with my team! . 
  • Activities outside of dance: Olentangy Orange varsity cheerleader, National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, ATTP
  • Plans for the future: Majoring in Health Sciences at The Ohio State University

Devlyn Lewis

  1. High School: Olentangy Orange High School
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 15 years 
  3. Favorite NDA memory: 2024 Winning Nationals in Destin with my best friends
  4. Activities outside of dance: Olentangy Orange varsity cheerleader, ATTP member
  5. Plans for the future: I plan to go to college and major in Business, and hopefully join a dance team!

Emma Carpenter

  1. High School: Buckeye Valley High School
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 9 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Going to Nuvo and Nationals with my small group team!
  4. Activities outside of dance: 4-H, National Honors Society, and ATTP member
  5. Plans for the future: I plan on going to college to be a sonographer (Ultrasound) and minor in dance!!

Jillian Fahnestock

  1. High School: Olentangy High School
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 14 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: I’ve loved competing and cheering on my best friends at every competition and convention!
  4. Activities outside of dance: National Honors Society Member, ATTP Member, and Health Occupations Students of America Member.
  5. Plans for the future: I plan to go to college and major in Biology on the pre-med track. I also hope to join a dance team!

Julie Lucore

  1. High School: Olentangy Orange
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 6 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Doing a tap duet
  4. Activities outside of dance: Drawing, Cooking and Baking
  5. Plans for the future: Study Forensics at Bowling Green and join their Dance club.

Kaitlyn Marrero

  1. High School: Olentangy Orange High School
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 12 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Competing at competitions and cheering on my friends and my littles!
  4. Activities outside of dance: Olentangy Orange varsity cheerleader, National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, and a teacher at Northpointe Dance Academy.
  5. Plans for the future: Go to college to major in nursing, and hopefully make a dance team!

Katie DelBianco

  1. High School: Olentangy Orange High School
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 16 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Competing with all of my best friends and cheering on the littles!
  4. Activities outside of dance: Orange Varsity Cheerleader, member of National Honors Society, and ATTP Member.
  5. Plans for the future: I plan to go to Miami University and major in nursing to hopefully become a NICU nurse!

Kayla Drakeford

  1. High School: Westerville Central High School
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 10 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Doing my solo last year and seeing it posted on a social media page for the competition
  4. Activities outside of dance: Bass Drum player in the Marching Band and Web design
  5. Plans for the future: Become a web developer  

 Lauren Rafferty

  1. High School: Olentangy Orange High School
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 15 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Getting to compete at competitions and conventions with my best friends!
  4. Activities outside of dance: Olentangy Orange varsity cheerleading, National Honors society
  5. Plans for the future: I plan on going to college and majoring in Nursing.

Loren Sonk

  1. High School: Olentangy Orange High School
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 14 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Getting to go compete at Nuvo and doing good
  4. Activities outside of dance: OOHS varsity cheerleader, member of NHS, interact club, spanish club
  5. Plans for the future: I plan to go to college for physical therapy

Mady Dobo

  1. High School: Olentangy Berlin High School
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 15 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Going to Mark of Excellence nationals during the summer of 2024 and competing stellar groups for the first time!
  4. Activities outside of dance: OBHS varsity cheerleader, Clawteam leader, NHS, Social manager for Journalism, UNICEF member, Student council leader, FCA member
  5. Plans for the future: I plan on going to college to major in health sciences on the pre med track to become a physician

Makena Takacs

  1. High School: Olentangy Orange High School and Olentangy STEM Academy
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 10 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Winning the Group Excellence Award at Mark of Excellence for Rama.
  4. Activities outside of dance: I am part of Letters for Rose, Gardening Club, Be Wise, on the leadership team for NHS, president of Young Women in Engineering, on ATTP, a teacher at NDA, and an intern for an architecture, engineering, and design company.
  5. Plans for the future: I plan to go to college to major in Architecture and minor in both construction management and historical preservation.

Nicole Even

  1. High School: Olentangy Berlin
  2. How many years have you danced at NDA: 15 years
  3. Favorite NDA memory: Getting to go compete at Nuvo and doing good
  4. Activities outside of dance: Activities outside of dance: 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and am an instructor.  Marching band, Symphonic Band, and Chamber Orchestra.  I play the clarinet and the violin.  Member of National Honors Society.
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