| Name: | Mike Alert |
| School: | Hudson High School |
| Year in School: | 2017 |
| Height: | 6’0 |
| Position: | Point Guard |
| Current season stats or team record: | 11-2 |
| Basketball Awards or Achievements: | 5th Team All State, RCS MVP, Won Sectionals, State Final Four Contender, 1st Team Small School, All Tournament Team |
| Other sports you play in High School: | Football |
| Favorite moment from non-basketball sport: | Going undefeated in the Reinford Division for football and going to the Super Bowl. |
| Summer basketball team: | Dream To Achieve |
| Favorite class in school other than lunch or gym? | My favorite Class is Sociology because I’m learning about human society. |
| What are your plans after High School? | Go to school for business learn the ways of running a big corporation and start my own. |
| Do you plan on playing sports in college? If yes, which sport and have you committed yet to a school? | I plan on playing basketball in College and I’m not committed to a school yet. |
| What are your strengths as a player? | My biggest strengths are my quickness, my mid range shot and my on ball defense |
| What skills do you need to improve on as a player? | I can improve going left and my outside shot. |
| What improvements have you made recently in practice/training? | I practice going 110% so the games are easier and slower and one thing I really have been doing is going to the weight room to get stronger. |
| Favorite moment on the court: | Stealing the ball from Joe Girard at mid court. |
| Toughest moment on the court: | Guarding Joe Girard and fighting through all their screens. |
| What have you learned about team work? | In order to go far everybody has to work together and everyone has a specific role. Once everyone knows it, the sky is the limit. |
| Name a couple of people that have been role models over the years and what have you learned from them? | -My brothers they taught me to be tough and to never give up. -My mother taught me to look for the good in bad situations and to not stress over unnecessary things. -Michelle Nowak taught me to always have fun -Vern Cross taught me to put myself out there and that the only way I can get to where I wanna be is to work harder than everyone else. |
| What words of advice or encouragement would you share with younger athletes? | Never let anyone shoot yah dreams down because anything is possible you just have to work for it! |
| Do you have a saying or motto that you live your life by or maybe a team slogan? | Before every game I say ” Yah already know what to do, so let’s do this” |
| What is your favorite team activity, pregame or postgame,that you share with your teammates? | Before games my team just listens to music and we crack on each other. |
| How crazy are your school’s fans? | I honestly don’t know how they don’t get kicked out because the stuff they say gets the other team so mad to the point where they wanna fight. |
| What team do you want to beat to win the Sectional Final or other tournaments this year? | I want to play Glens Falls and vs Girard! |
| What is a typical day like for you? | Just chilling with my friends making music or playing basketball. |
| What are your interests outside of sports? | I like to be involved in my community as much as I can. |
| Favorite food: | Curry Chicken and Roti |
| Favorite local restaurant? | Wunderbar |
| Favorite song/artist: | A Boogie, I’m Not A Regular Person |
| What’s your favorite old school jam? | Step in the Name of Love. R Kelly |
| What are your favorite movies or books? | Gridiron Gang is my favorite movie and Black and White is my favorite book |
| Who is your favorite athlete (Any sport)? | Damian Lillard |
| Favorite NCAA, NBA or WNBA team: | Kansas Jayhawks, Portland Trail Blazers |
| If you could have dinner with anyone who would it be? | Zendaya |
| Anything else that you’d like to share about yourself, your family or team: | I’ve never been the strongest or the tallest but my will to win is something a lot of people don’t have! |