Senior Melliyah Edwards is the Alton High School Smoothie King January Student-Athlete of the Month selection. Melliyah is a member of our Redbird Cheer squad who is an excellent student and has a 4.145 GPA overall taking numerous honors classes during her high school career. Melliyah has cheered for 4 years and is a member of NHS and the AACE Leadership group. She is currently undecided on college at this time, but would like to major in Nursing or Psychology in college.

Senior Kaylea Lacey is the Alton High School Smoothie King January Athlete of the Month selection. Kaylea is a 4-year starter for the Lady Redbirds and currently leading the team in scoring at 15.8 ppg as well as the teams leading rebounder in helping the state ranked Lady Redbirds to a 16-2 record overall.  She surpassed the 1,000 career point plateau back at the end of December. Kaylea recently was named to the All-Tournament team at the Mascoutah Holiday Tournament where she helped lead the team to a 3^rd Place finish. Last week she was named the MVP of the Alton game at the Highland Shootout. Kaylea is also an outstanding Track athlete and has been a state qualifier in the past. Kaylea is a member of the AHS Band as well as NHS and is a terrific student. She has signed to play Div I Women’s Basketball at Wichita State University next year.