The daughter of a UNC alumna, Reece spent her childhood attending Carolina games, sporting UNC gear, and posing for endless photographs with Rameses (always wearing a grin that extended from ear to ear). She was born bleeding Carolina blue.
Reece grew up in Eden as the middle child among three girls. She is particularly close with her sister, Blair, who is two years her senior in school. Blair exemplifies many of the positive attributes to which Reece aspires: positivity, leadership, and service. When Reece was a sophomore at Morehead, Blair received her acceptance to officially join the Tar Heel family as a student. Reece was ecstatic. She also felt a burning desire to emulate Blair.
Before that point, Reece didn’t have an overarching goal in mind. She was a solid student who conducted herself respectfully, however her sister’s success caused her to recalibrate her personal standards of success. Reece now had a goal to power her effort.
Reece became a member of nearly every club available at Morehead. Among her most impressive involvements, she is the president of the student body at MHS, a Morehead mentor, and a member of the varsity cheerleading and cross country teams. She is also the vice president of the Eden City Youth Council. As her responsibilities grew, so did her confidence and leadership ability.
Even with all her stellar achievements, Reece spent much of her senior year worried about her admission decision from UNC.
In January, Reece’s dream of becoming a Tar Heel became a reality when she was accepted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The next day, she and a close friend (who was also admitted to UNC) met one another with a tear-filled embrace. From there, they proceeded to ride around Eden, blaring songs like Carolina Girls, Carolina on my Mind, and the UNC fight song.
Endless hours of studying, leading, serving culminated in relief. Reece was finally a Tar Heel. Just as she had always been.
