SEATTLE and RENTON, Wash. - The Seattle Seahawks, CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) and Q13 FOX (KCPQ) announced Dylan Zuber of Klahowya Secondary School as the week six CenturyLink High School Athlete of the Week. Dylan will be recognized on the field at CenturyLink Field during the November 7 game vs. the Buffalo Bills.
Dylan, a senior at Klahowya Secondary School, was selected Athlete of the Week based on his dedication to academics, community involvement, leadership, and athletic performance. Dylan maintains a 3.84 GPA while taking both Honors and Advanced Placement classes. He is drawn to the field of electrical engineering and excels in his math and science classes. Dylan is organizing a school wide tutoring program to mentor struggling middle school students and is in his second year as a Teen Mentor with the Central Kitsap School District where he provides academic, social, and emotional support to at-risk elementary school students. Dylan is an active member of ASB, the National Honor Society, Debate Club, and helped establish a Seabeck area flag-football league. He was also selected to attend the Evergreen Boy's State Leadership Camp as well as the United States Coast Guard Academy Summer Program. Dylan is Klahowya's varsity football captain and moved from wide receiver to quarterback this season. Dylan is known as a true leader, a powerful role model, and for his exemplary character within his community.
Each student athlete will be recognized at his or her school in front of families, peers and teachers, as well as at a Seahawks game. Each winner will also receive a $1,000 equipment grant to their school from the Seahawks for their school's Athletic Department along with media recognition, tickets and sideline passes to a Seahawks game, a customized football, and a customized 2016 Seahawks jersey. A total of $10,000 will be awarded to high schools over the course of the program.
For more information and to nominate an outstanding student athlete, visit: http://www.seahawks.com/highschool
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company enabling millions of customers to transform their businesses and their lives through innovative technology solutions. CenturyLink offers network and data systems management, Big Data analytics and IT consulting, and operates more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The company provides broadband, voice, video, data and managed services over a robust 250,000-route-mile U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-route-mile international transport network. Visit CenturyLink for more information.
About Q13 FOX and JOEtv
Q13 FOX is the Seattle/Tacoma FOX Network affiliate and the home of Q13 News, which provides 10 hours of local news programming weekdays. Q13 FOX is the official television partner of the Seattle Seahawks, Sounders FC and WNBA Seattle Storm. JOEtv is the Seattle/Tacoma My Network TV affiliate broadcasting on channel 22 and carries a variety of entertainment programming in addition to Sounders FC matches, Storm games, and re-broadcasts of preseason Seahawks games. In addition, Q13 FOX News at 9 airs nightly on JOEtv and is the #1 nine o'clock news program in the market.
