GGUSD Honors Athletes and Coaches of Character for 2024-2025

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Santiago Athletes and Coach of Character

The Garden Grove Unified School District (GGUSD) Board of Education recognized Athletes and Coaches of Character from each of the district’s seven comprehensive high schools, and for the first time, recognized a coach and athlete of character from Hare High School, at the January 21 Board of Education meeting. The coaches and student athletes represent a wide variety of sports and help develop and enrich GGUSD athletic programs by modeling respect, teamwork, and a winning attitude.

GGUSD participates in 13 leagues - Coast, Crestview, Empire, Freeway, Golden West, Grove, Kappa, North Hills, Omnicron, Orange, Orange Coast, Sigma, and Tango Leagues and fields over 22 sports with nearly 5,500 high school athletes.

“These students are exceptional role models on and off their fields of play and inside the classroom,” said GGUSD Board of Education Trustee Bob Harden. “They dedicate themselves, not only to academic endeavors, but to athletics which requires them to delicately balance school work, practices, and competitions.”

The Athletes of Character are student scholars who excel in academics, serve as leaders in their sport, and are role models in their schools. Congratulations to:

Bolsa Grande: Zusana Jardon Figueroa, water polo
Garden Grove: Drue Anzai, basketball
Hare: Brayden Allen, basketball, flag football
La Quinta: Lesly Perez, soccer, track, volleyball
Los Amigos: Alexander Pineda Gonzalez, cross country
Pacifica: Tyler Lewis, football, track
Rancho Alamitos: Christina Trinh, volleyball
Santiago: America Hernandez, flag football, softball, soccer, volleyball

The Coaches of Character have helped develop CIF league champions and teach students important skills like determination and confidence. Congratulations to:

Bolsa Grande: Albert Vargas and Mayra Sarinana, water polo
Garden Grove: Andrew Scimeca, basketball
Hare: Jay Rivero, basketball, flag football
La Quinta: Michelle Rose, girls volleyball
Los Amigos: Andrew Rodriguez, cross country, track
Pacifica: Kyle Murphy, football
Rancho Alamitos: Karyn Allen, volleyball
Santiago: Sam Galdamez, wrestling