Smoothie King February Student-Athlete of the Month

Junior Naeem West is the Alton High School Smoothie King February Student-Athlete of the Month selection. Naeem is a very good student and currently has a 4.034 GPA overall and had straight A’s the fall semester. Naeem is an outstanding cheerleader for the Redbird Cheer squad and was named SWC All-Conference last year. Naeem is a member of Link Crew, Upward Bound, Student Council and is the Junior Class President. Naeem would like to pursue Cheer in college and major in math and become a teacher someday.

Smoothie King February Athlete of the Month

Senior Gabe Futhey is the Alton High School Smoothie King February Athlete of the Month selection. Gabe is a 4-year letter winner for the Redbird Boys Bowling team and helped lead the Redbirds to an IHSA Sectional Championship last month and a trip to the IHSA Boys Bowling State Tournament. Gabe had the outstanding accomplishment of bowling a 300 this past season in a tournament for the Redbirds. Gabe is also a member of Jazz Band, Drafting club and Physics club at AHS.  Gabe plans to major in Astro Particle Physics in college and hopes to attend Wash U in St. Louis.