The first thing that hit me interviewing Jeye was she must be a master of the use of her time. This senior at All Saints High School is a cheerleader, manager of the girls volleyball and basketball teams, president of the National Honor Society, founder of the Sharon Kingston Literary Society and has hundreds of volunteer hours for Meals on Wheels, at High Point Village, Lubbock Impact, Second Helpings, Ronald McDonald House, Women’s Protective Services, University Medical Center, Morris Safe House, the Lubbock Dream Center, the Science Spectrum, First Methodist Church and she writes for LakeRidge Magazine.

No surprise that she has been awarded the 2024 Youth in Philanthropy Award from the Lubbock Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the YWCA Woman of Honor Award.

When I sorta flippantly asked, “Anything else?” She said, “I also have a baking company “Polka Dot Patisserie” and started a library in the men’s prison called ‘Read Along with Dad’ that puts children’s books in the visiting room so the fathers and visiting children can read together.”

Her Polka Dot Patisserie each month sends a box of home baked goods to a different soldier deployed in a foreign country and provides the pastries for the annual All Saints Theatre Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre – for about 200 people.

“I also crochet and love to ride horses. I went to horse camp when I was younger, and love to ride,” she adds. “And I love college sports, especially basketball. I watch all the games – no matter who is playing.”

Jeye is the daughter of Sara and J. J. Johnson. Her mom is a fifth grade teacher at All Saints and her dad just retired as Athletic Director for LISD. 

She has three dogs, Brody, Ally, and Maddie Jean. 

Jeye is a big fan of live music and when I asked her where she would go with a plane ticket to anywhere, she said, “New York. I want to see the Rockettes and Rockefeller Center at Christmas.”

She is a Zach Bryan and Taylor Swift fan and saw Taylor in concert in Arlington last April. “I don’t understand all this media talk about Taylor ruining football. She is just a girl going to a game to watch her boyfriend play.”

“We have season tickets for the Broadway series at the Buddy Holly Auditorium and I got to see ‘Hamilton, she adds. “I have loved that music for years and cried through the whole thing. I also saw ‘The Lion King,’ ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ and ‘On Your Feet.’”

What are this Young Achiever’s plans after high school? 

“I am looking at Texas A&M or Oklahoma University for a double major in psychology and nutrition and later a doctorate in clinical or developmental psychology.”