Between Classes and Competitions, Trevecca Freshman Builds a Life on the Ice
Kamrym Sanderfer
Staff Writer
Elena Mills receiving gold medal in Latin American Championship 2025 / Photo from Elena Mills socials.
On Monday morning, exactly one week before final exams took place on Trevecca’s campus, freshman Elena Mills packed her bookbag, ice skates, and a week’s worth of clothes onto an airplane set for São Paulo, Brazil. It is here that she studied in preparation for her final exams on December 9th-11th, while simultaneously representing Brazil as an international figure skater in the Brazilian National Championship that same week.
On December 6, 2025, she won first place in the women's junior level of the Brazilian National Championship. Two days later, on Monday, Dec. 8, she flew back to Tennessee, arrived at Trevecca on Tuesday night, Dec. 9th, and t...