Week 11 Student-Athlete of the Week: Rome’s Reece Fountain

Reece Fountain, a 6-foot junior quarterback at Rome, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Fountain has passed for 2,101 yards and 20 touchdowns this season for the Wolves, who are 8-1 and ranked No. 6 in Class 6A. Rome clinched its second consecutive region championship, and fifth in seven seasons, with a 30-0 victory over Creekview last week. Fountain has a 4.17 GPA with all honors and AP courses. He is on the varsity baseball team and a member of both the National Honor Society and the National Society of High School Scholars. Fountain also is active in his community both at school and in his city. His coach described him as a competitor who “is tough and thrives under pressure” when he is on the field, and when he is off the field he is both consistent and a hard worker. “You can count on Reece to give you all he has every day,” Rome head coach John Reid said.