Four high school seniors who live on the Irvine Ranch have been awarded $10,000 each in scholarship funds in The Irvine Co.'s annual Investing in Education Student Leadership Awards Program. Some 32 high school seniors were honored recently; the awards program hands out $120,000 in scholarship money.
The students go through a rigorous program in which they have to demonstrate future leadership skills by planning to build a community from scratch.
This year's four finalists are: Patrick Baker, Foothill High School; Emma Bindloss, Northwood High School; Daniel Herrador, Villa Park High School; and Sam Trusley, Laguna Beach High School.
To be eligible for the awards, the students were required to have a cumulative gpa of at least 3.0 and be a college-bound senior from one of the 16 participating high schools.
"The Student Leadership Awards program is an effort to identify and encourage future leaders who will make a real difference in their communities," says Robin Leftwich, vice president of community affairs for The Irvine Co.
The students are: Caitlin Adams, Corona del Mar High; Juan Arellano, Costa Mesa High; Patrick Baker, Foothill High; Bryan Beard, Irvine High; Emma Bindloss, Northwood High; Jonathan Bjorndahl, Beckman High; Anjun Bokhari, Tustin High; Rachel Cane, Foothill High; Michael Chen, Northwood High; Cameron Cler, Laguna Beach High; Megan Cunningham, Canyon High; Daniel Herrador, Villa Park High; Linh Hoang, Costa Mesa High; Rosa Hong, University High; Thomas Hutchinson, Corona del Mar High; Raymond Lapena, El Modena High; Andrew Le, Canyon High; Arielle Little, Newport Harbor High; Taylor McClanahan, Estancia High; Aseem Mulji, Tustin High; Shannon Parsons, Estancia High; Paul Pham, Orange High; Annette Rice, Villa Park High; Crystal Saucedo, El Modena High; Joshua Smith, Newport Harbor High; Mai Khanh Tran, Orange High; Sam Trusley, Laguna Beach High; Carol Tsai, Beckman High; Ketki Warudkar, Irvine High; Josh Wasbin, Woodbridge High; Wesley Yu, University High; and Anna Zhou, Woodbridge High.
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