The 5-foot-2 senior raced to the Class 7A individual state championship this past year with a time of 17:06.33, leading the Rebels to second place as a team. The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year in girls cross country, West also won the Jesse Owens Classic Gold Race and the Chickasaw Trails Invitational Large School title. She placed sixth at the Eastbay South Regional Championships.
West has maintained a 4.09 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at the University of Alabama this fall.
A devoted member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, West has volunteered locally as a mentor for elementary school students and has raised funds to benefit the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center.
