To know him was to like him. And if you knew him long enough, you loved him. He had that kind of personality.

Naseer was a curious, precocious, well-behaved and meticulous child. As he grew older, all of these traits matured so that he developed into the intelligent, charismatic, caring and disciplined young person everybody loved and admired.

In 2017, Naseer was a junior at Meadowcreek High School in Norcross, GA, where he was an academic overachiever, getting excellent grades, taking several Advanced Placement courses, as well as becoming  a very good athlete. He was a member of the track, cross country, and lacrosse teams. Naseer also worked at Chick-fil-a, where his supervisor praised him as being a special young man with a kind spirit, great work ethic and having a great touch with guests.

Naseer was tech savvy. He had intuitive knowledge of the workings of electronic devices and helped everyone out who asked. He chose to take German in school, the language of the tech world, he had explained. During the summer of 2017 Naseer was afforded the opportunity to intern at Cisco, a multinational technology company and he thoroughly enjoyed it. He took an interest in Engineering as a potential future career.

His peers remember him as being someone who was always willing to help out, be it through tutoring them through difficult courses, encouraging them through rough patches in life, or lifting the spirits of teammates through tough times. 

Naseer was a kind, loving, bright young man. In these most tumultuous times, when children are finding their way and stepping into adulthood, they are sometimes not their best selves. Naseer, however, was a great example, in his short life, of what every parent wants in a child. In fact, adults could take a lesson from him on how to be in the world.

In the spring of 2018, Naseer’s track team coach, Aimee Michael, who loved Naseer and had been so impressed by his sportsman-like attitude, named a track team award after him, the Naseer Alwakeel Track and Field Award for the “most coachable athlete.” She listed these attributes of Naseer that she wanted team members to emulate: teammate, friend, supporter, runner, coachable athlete. 

Naseer was taken from this earthly life in a tragic car accident on October 27, 2017, but his family and friends would like to commemorate his life with this continuing scholarship to encourage excellence and positivity in more students.