“Sometimes I wonder, why me? Why are all these great things happening now? All I can say is thanks,” Knight said in the press release. “These are dreams I had forgotten. Only now that they are starting to come true do I remember that I had them at all.”

Kayla Culver is studying multimedia journalism and public relations at Concordia College. Once she graduates she will be pursuing a career as a music journalist. She blogs irregularly at chameleonears.com.