Jessica Alexander

Hometown & High School:  Lincoln, NE; Lincoln East High School 2002

Year in school: Transfer Senior from Morningside College

Major(s): Theatre

G.P.A.: 3.85

Number of Years on the Squad: 1

Number of Years Dancing: 18

Dance experience:  Began dancing when I was 3 years old.  Studied Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Irish, Jazz, Modern, Lyrical, Repertory, and Cheerleading Jazz at Karen McWilliams School of Dance where I also taught some classes there.  I have had many solos and performed with the Nutcracker.  I have studio with teachers from all over the world including a ballet teacher from Russia.  I have attended many dance summer camps and countless workshops.  I was on my high school dance team as well as the dance team for Morningside College and now Doane.  Before I transferred schools I was studying dance as a minor and was also a member of the Siouxland Ballet Company.

Ambitions and Aspirations:  Be the best dancer I can be, possibly one day teach dance at the college level or own my own studio.

Favorite Style of Dance: Pointe and Jazz

Favorite DDT Memory:  Homecoming in my room after the game!

Extra-Curricular/Leadership/Work:  I am the president of Alpha Psi Omega which is a national theatre honorary society and a member of Phi Sigma Tau social sorority.

Favorites of mine:  Dance is a given, I also love theatre and my cat Pas de Chat (her name means step of the cat in French, and it is a ballet move!)