Aaliyah Collins leaves Glacier Peak High School having left her mark on three sports: basketball, soccer and track & field; and for that, she has been named the KRKO Radio Russell & Hill Female Athlete of the Year for 2021. She will continue her athletic pursuits at Chicago State University. Despite being hampered by the pandemic during her senior year; Aaliyah led the Grizzlies with 16 points; 4 assists and 3 steals per game during the shortened spring campaign for basketball. In track she was an All-Wesco First Team selection in five events: 100m, 200m, 400m, 4×100 relay and 4×400 relay. In soccer Aaliyah was a starter on a Glacier Peak team that went 7-1-1 (there were no playoffs held during her senior year). During her junior season, Collins led the Grizzlies to a third-place finish at the State 4A Basketball Tournament at the Tacoma Dome; she was named first-team all-tournament and all-area. She was a starter for the soccer team that qualified for the 4A State Tournament. As a sophomore GP finished in 4th place at the state basketball tournament; and Aaliyah placed in three events at the state track meet in Tacoma. As a freshman, Collins was First-Team All-Wesco in the 200m. Aaliyah was honored at the Snohomish County Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet on September 22, 2021.
Tom Lafferty
Tom Lafferty is the Sports Director at KRKO/KKXA Radio. He is a member of the Snohomish County Sports Hall of Fame; the Snohomish High School Hall of Fame; the recipient of the Dave Duvall Award from the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association District One and the Joe Martin Award for Service to baseball's Northwest League. Tom Lafferty & Steve Willits are co-hosts of Prep Sports Weekly, Mondays at 7 pm on KRKO.