2 local athletes received recognition last night as part of the 2018 IHSA Academic All-State Team. There were a total of 26 students who were All-State Academic.
Senior Alex Harvey represented Rochelle Township High School. Alex participated in both football and wrestling to go along with a 4.64 GPA on a scale of 4.0 which ranks him number 1 in his class.
Harvey plans to attend Washington University in Missouri next fall.
Senior Samuel Winter of Stillman Valley High School was a member of the boys soccer team for the Cardinals along with an GPA of 4.0. He scored a 35 on his ACT test.
Winter has been accepted at both the University of Illinois and Iowa State University to study aeronautical engineering.
Also named to the IHSA All-State Academic Team were Rachel Hickey of LaSalle-Peru High School and Grace McLaughlin of Rockford Boylan High School.