For the second week in a row, the Scholar-Athlete Award was given to a senior who won the Phil Womble Ethics Award as a junior (it's no surprise that ethics and academics correlate). Laguna Blanca's Seth Judson will be attending Stanford next year after a phenomenal high-school career. He currently holds a 4.64 GPA with a course-load including AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP Statistics, AP Biology, Greek and Illustration. He is an AP Scholar with Distinction, a member of the Cum Laude … [Read more...]

SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Melissa Georgi, a Bishop Diego senior who plans on attending Notre Dame next year, has captained the volleyball, soccer and track teams in her time as a Cardinal. She is the defending Frontier League champion in the 100, 200 and 400-meter dash and also won a league title on the 4x100 relay team. She is the two-time reigning Defensive MVP for the soccer squad as well. But that's just when she's playing sports. She carries a 4.27 GPA and is taking three AP classes. … [Read more...]

Meagan Bellefeuille is a soccer and track standout for Dos Pueblos who was described by soccer coach Molly Imel as "just one great young lady and one great student-athlete." Bellefeuille has a 3.87 GPA (unweighted) and is a lifetime member of the National Honors Society and the California Scholarship Federation. She was a first-team all-Channel League selection last year and volunteers as a referee for AYSO. She plans to play soccer in college, with some of her early choices being Cal Poly, … [Read more...]

San Marcos' recipient this year is Jenny Ann Martinez, who received the Phil Womble Ethics Award as a junior last year. Martinez is a two-time all-league selection on the soccer team who carries a 4.5 GPA. She took AP Chemistry as a sophomore and is currently taking AP Environmental Science and AP Economics. She hopes to major in medicine or kinesiology in college, and is considering such schools as Stanford, Westmont, Pepperdine and UCLA. She is in the top four percent of her class and is … [Read more...]

The Santa Barbara High senior was honored as her school’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year at Monday’s Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table luncheon, and her list of accomplishments make her one of the most worthy recipients you’ll find. The softball star carries a 4.8 GPA, taking four AP classes as well as college-level Astron omy at SBCC. She is Editor in Chief of the SBHS student newspaper. She is a National Merit semifinalist and recipient of the Wellesley Book Award. She volunteers at Cottage … [Read more...]