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Feb 03 2025
Calleigh Neal, a senior at Avon High School, serves as president of the Student Body, where she promotes comprehensive educational experiences in her school, including work with performing arts, business clubs, and sports. She is a National Merit semifinalist. As a Distinguished Young Woman of Avon, she will compete in the Distinguished Young Women of Indiana scholarship program.
She served two terms as Indiana youth governor in the YMCA Youth and Government program where she served as Indiana youth advocate and speaker of the House. Calleigh is the 2024 Optimist International Oratorical Contest World champion. She is a semifinalist for the Coca-Cola Scholars program and a state semifinalist in the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen award. She is actively involved in her local Vacation Bible School and has created and led Avon’s Youth Civic Engagement Council to work directly with the town council, enhancing the local community with initiatives such as developing community gardens and registering young voters.
She has been a four-year member of the golf team. She is a three-time top 5 finalist in Indiana DECA’s State Career Development Conference and represented Indiana at the 2022 International Career Development Conference. She has a love of musical theatre and has been active in show choir and more than a dozen theatrical productions. Calleigh hopes to study public policy and economics in college.
Chosen as alternates to the 2025 program were Ms. Dani Rae Montgomery, a resident of Westfield, who attends Westfield High School and Ms. Shivani Ankit Desai, a resident of Carmel, who attends Brebuef Jesuit Preparatory School.