CHARACTER COUNTS NOMINATIONS

Paradise Honors High School’s Addison Seabaugh has a picture of how to uplift others

Oct 29, 2024, 5:20 AM | Updated: 7:37 am

Paradise Honors High School senior Addison Seabaugh is a Character Counts finalist....

Paradise Honors High School senior Addison Seabaugh is a Character Counts finalist. (Courtesy Addison Seabaugh)

(Courtesy Addison Seabaugh)

Addison Seabaugh has a good picture of where she wants to go and what she wants to do in her professional life, but she’s doing the most in the present as a senior at Paradise Honors High School.

A finalist for the Arizona Sports Character Counts scholarship, presented by Parker & Sons, Seabaugh is a captain of the cross country and track and field teams, a member of the SkillsUSA digital photography club and in the National Honors Society.

In all of those organizations, Seabaugh, who is also in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, sees the importance of leading others simply by being there for them.

Take track, for example. There, she wants to be available to teammates during the difficult times as much as in the successful ones. She looks most forward to team bonding activities and dinners.

And Seabaugh goes out of her way elsewhere to make an impact on complete strangers, too.

“Last year in August, my nana lost her battle against cancer, and seeing her strength motivated me to cheer up people experiencing similar battles,” Seabaugh said. “I know how difficult the process was and I wanted to add a small deed that could empower others to keep fighting during such a challenging time.”

With that, she organized a service project to bake cookies, make bracelets and hand-write Bible verses into cards to hand out to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

“I didn’t realize the gravity of our gesture until I saw its influence,” she said.

So about Seabaugh’s future: She wants to study entrepreneurial business in college to help her pursue a professional career in photography.

Alongside her school, service work and athletic commitments, Seabaugh has gotten a headstart on learning how to operate a business by photographing couples, families and high school seniors on the side.

There, too, she understands that connecting with people and making them feel comfortable is key.

“Photography is special to me because I love making people feel beautiful in their skin,” she said.

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