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Skipper Showcase: Aiden Zapzalka
Hopkins Public SchoolsFriday, November 21, 2025
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[0:01] Sometimes I sit down to write a tweet
[0:03] and my idea just doesn't fit.
[0:07] Wish there way to take me ideas beyond
[0:09] 40. I've got it.
[0:15] [music]
[0:18] Hey Tona, ready for the second senior
[0:20] showcase for the class of 2026? [music]
[0:22] Someone who impacts entire team and
[0:24] school. Let's go meet this month's
[0:26] senior showcase. It's the 102nd senior
[0:28] [music] showcase. This person uh a
[0:31] natural leader positivity.
[0:32] >> All right. This month's senior showcase
[0:34] is Aiden Zepel cup.
[0:36] >> Congrats Eden on being this month's
[0:38] senior showcase. We always want to start
[0:39] out with your family.
[0:40] >> Obviously, [music] my two parents um
[0:42] Nicole and Dan. Uh but then I've got uh
[0:45] two older siblings. I'm the middle
[0:47] child. So I've got a very I've got a
[0:48] older sister and an older brother. And
[0:51] then [music] I've got two younger
[0:52] brothers.
[0:52] >> With a large family, what do you enjoy
[0:54] doing together? sit down together and
[0:55] watch like Vikings games [music] are
[0:56] huge for us. That's like a time that we
[0:58] all like kind of mark off if we can and
[1:00] uh we uh hang out and uh [music] watch
[1:03] the game together.
[1:03] >> You've been involved with football for a
[1:05] long time. What is it that you enjoy
[1:06] about football?
[1:07] >> Just the brotherhood, the sense of
[1:08] community.
[1:09] >> What role do you think you play to have
[1:11] that positive leadership on the team and
[1:14] that positive impact on others? [music]
[1:15] >> Energy like a practice. If you ever came
[1:17] and watched a practice, I'd be the one
[1:19] yelling yelling at everybody. I'd be
[1:21] saying like, "Let's go pick it up next
[1:23] level." What's the best class that
[1:24] you've taken? [music]
[1:25] >> Biology. Um, I really enjoyed biology.
[1:29] Um, I had a great teacher, uh, Finch,
[1:32] who's [music] also my track coach, so
[1:33] that was a really fun class for that
[1:35] reason.
[1:35] >> He's kind to his classmates. [music]
[1:37] He's humorous. Um, he has a lot of fun,
[1:40] and he really goes above and beyond.
[1:42] >> He's always there for me when I need
[1:43] him. And just overall, he brings like
[1:46] some a lot of kindness into like
[1:48] everyone's lives.
[1:49] >> What is your go-to song before the big
[1:51] game? I made the push to play [music] um
[1:53] Hoist the Colors before the football
[1:54] games.
[1:55] >> If you could have dinner with any person
[1:56] from history, [music] who would it be?
[1:58] >> Darwin for biology and George
[2:01] Washington.
[2:02] >> If your life had a soundtrack, what's
[2:03] one song that be [music] part of that
[2:04] soundtrack?
[2:05] >> Live life like you were dying by Tim
[2:07] McGrath.
[2:08] >> Best app on your phone?
[2:09] >> Probably Clash Royale.
[2:10] >> What are you thinking about for next
[2:11] year?
[2:12] >> Attend St. Olaf. Uh I'm going to
[2:14] obviously be on the pre-med track.
[2:16] >> So, what advice would you give to be
[2:18] successful [music] to anybody in high
[2:19] school? There are a lot of reasons not
[2:21] to do something at this high school.
[2:22] There's a lot of reasons to, you know,
[2:24] not join that club or not try hard in
[2:26] that class [music] or, you know, not
[2:29] talk to that friend. But, um, at the end
[2:31] of the day, you're going to wish you
[2:32] had. So, might as well try everything.