Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table - Athletics, Academics, and Ethics

MONICA BELTRAN, LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL Monica Beltran will leave Laguna Blanca to attend Princeton next year, and it’s no surprise that such a prestigious university accepted her. The four-year varsity soccer and volleyball standout carries a 4.52 GPA with courses such as AP Calculus BC, AP Latin, AP Environmental Sciences, AP English Literature and Spanish Literature. She is a National Hispanic Scholar and a member of the Cum Laude Society, and also received this year’s AP Scholar with Distinction … [Read more...]

NICK BERN, CATE SCHOOL Nick Bern of Cate School earned Athlete of the Week honors two years ago after he held the powerhouse Dunn boys soccer team to a season-low one goal. Soccer coach Dave Mochel called Bern the best high school goalie he's ever seen. Bern also is a standout track athlete. Bern carries a 4.185 GPA with a slate of course including AP Statistics, AP Calculus, AP Physics B, AP Physics C and English Literature. He participates in Mock Trial and is a Boy Scout among many other … [Read more...]

MILOS GOLIC, UCSB WATER POLO Golic, a UCSB sophomore from Serbia, holds a 3.8 GPA and volunteers his time coaching local youths in water polo. The business economics major was a First Team All-American last season for leading the Gauchos in scoring with 82 goals and plans to attend Harvard Business School to get his Masters degree. … [Read more...]

SPORTSPERSON OF THE MONTH — JOHN KINSELLA Kinsella has been the Tennis Director at La Cumbre Country Club for over three decades and has served for nearly that long on the board of the Santa Barbara Tennis Patrons. He has tirelessly worked in developing local youth tennis programs, and was called "the absolute core of tennis in Santa Barbara" by award presenter Roxanne Nomura. … [Read more...]

AMBER SIDDIQI - SBCC Siddiqi is an all-WSC cross-country runner for the Vaqueros and also runs on the school's track team. She carries a 3.71 GPA and hopes to major in Global Studies after transferring to a four-year college. … [Read more...]