The Orange County Chapter of the National Football Foundation held its Scholar-Athlete Banquet on Monday at Anaheim Convention Center.
Seventy graduating county high school and college football players were honored for being all-league or all conference first team while maintaining a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.
The chapter distributed $23,000 in scholarship monies at the event. Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Mark Sanchez was keynote speaker. Sanchez, who played at USC, was an NFF-OC Chapter honoree his senior year at Mission Viejo High.
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National Football Foundation/Orange County Chapter
Scholar-Athlete Honorees
Brea Olinda – Diego Oropeza, Jacob McEntee; Brethren Christian – Ryan Garner; Buena Park – Jaylinn Hawkins; Calvary Chapel – Joseph Cox; Capistrano Valley – Jimmy Grasso, Trevor Wise; Century – Jesus Carrasco; Corona del Mar – Cole Collins, Parker Chase, Justin Hess, Bo St. Geme, Hoyt Crance, Hugh Crance, Brett Greenlee, Harrison Carter, Barrett Barbato; Crean Lutheran – Matthew Frisbee; Cypress – Nick Buras; Dana Hills – Jay Schuyler; Edison – Taylor Kane; El Dorado – Ethan Bernstein; El Toro – Joseph Schottmiller; Fullerton – Jack Sellas, Kaene Soto; Godinez – Pablo Urtiz; Irvine – Noah Miller; JSerra – Nick Robinson, Daniel Bailey, Sam Philippi, David Eugenio; Kennedy – Nick Della Rocco; Laguna Hills – William Sedgwick; Loara – Josh Moran; Los Alamitos – Matt Locher, Jacob Painter, Nikolaus Correa; Mission Viejo – Chris Brown, Julian Owens, Connor Hill, Cole Smith; Newport Harbor – Brett Beaudette, Trevor Shaw; Orange Lutheran – JD Pickell; San Clemente – Sam Darnold, Jake Russell, Riley Whimpey; Santa Ana Valley – Alejandro Aguilar, Cesar Ibarra; Segerstrom – Kenari Drayton; Servite – Travis Waller; Sonora – Octavio Delgadillo; St. Margaret’s – Charlie Beall, Oscar Gomez, Dalan Cragun; Sunny Hills – Joe Ha; Tesoro – Nick Fehrenbach, Matt Buoncristianti; Trabuco Hills – Jacob Breeland, Kevin McKinney, Noah Thompson; Troy – Thomas Becerra, Dominic Vaccher; Valencia – Jake Watkins; Villa Park – Kyle Harlin, Xavier Hernandez; Yorba Linda – Jake Gigliotti, Michael Mossett; Fullerton College – Kourey Gabriel; Chapman University – Markus Trujillo.
