Top 10 Spotlight: Jordan Sales Used To Hard Work, Dedication

Jordan Sales is used to high academic expectations.

“For all four of us children, we learned at a young age that our goals for doing well academically were very high,” said Jordan, one of the Top 10 graduates at Los Fresnos High School. “Our parents never took any excuses from us. No excuse from quitting was good enough. They believed that anything was possible if you worked for it.”

Jordan, the daughter of Wade and Lisa Sales, knows how dedicated her parents have been to raise triplets. “Their support for us has been unwavering all of our lives. I remember my mom reading so many books to us at a young age. My dad took us to practices for all of our sports and events for all these years.”

The Sales family is not your typical family unit. In 1997, Jordan, her sister Peyton and her brother Jake were born minutes apart from each other. The triplets have supported each other and followed the footsteps of old brother Conner, who graduated from LFHS in 2013.

“I know we are fortunate to have each other,” Jordan said. “We’re all very competitive, especially academically, and my brothers and sisters have been my support system and motivation to be better.”

Jordan’s brothers have played football many years, and sister Peyton played volleyball. Jordan found a sport she enjoyed when she was a freshman.
“My brothers and sister were more into sports than I was,” she said. “I didn’t start swimming until my freshman year.

I didn’t have a sport yet but I liked it. It wasn’t about being athletic, but about having fun and winning.”

Jordan swam several events in high school. “I really enjoyed the inconsistency. Everything was fresh. I got to work to become a better overall swimmer.”

She qualified for the regional swim meet in the 100 breaststroke event as a freshman and in the 100 butterfly event as a junior. She swam the 500 free style, and was part of the relay teams in the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay.

Jordan was also in FFA, where she was Chapter Secretary, and competed in the Leadership, Career and Business Development events. “I got high point at the Area Meet, which was one of my prouder high school moments.”

She has also been active in the FCA and National Honor Society. She was named an AP Scholar by the College Board, and also named a National Hispanic Scholar, which was a $20,000 scholarship.

She plans to attend Texas A&M University, and has also been awarded a Sentry Scholarship in the amount of $14,000, which is renewable each year with academic progress.

She plans to major in English in college. “Even though I don’t have a set plan for the future, it’s really what I want to do. I know that I want to get my degree in English and travel. God has made me to have patience and take one day at a time.”

Jordan’s father attended Texas A&M, her older brother Conner attends Texas A&M, and her triplet siblings will also attend Texas A&M.

“We’ve been to the school so many times with our father, and we’ve gotten to see his love of the school,” she said. “The campus fits our individual personalities so all four of us will be there next year.”

Wade was Valedictorian and quarterback at LFHS back in his day. “And he doesn’t let us forget it. He’s told us, ‘If I can do it, you can do it.’”
Jordan’s advice for other students wishing to succeed academically is to take advantage of any free time.

“You can’t mess around during the school day. Whenever you have a free 30 minutes, you have to be doing work for another class. You have to be organized and have a planner. You can’t coast your first two years and realize then that you want to get good grades to get into the college. To any freshman who are trying to do academics and do a sport or club, my advice is that you can’t go into this expecting to be easy. You have go into it with the idea that you have to put in a lot of work into it.”