De Anza college student athletes were honored at the seventh annual De Anza College Student-Athlete Recognition Ceremony.
Female Scholar Athlete of the Year is Casey Showalter of the softball team.Male Scholar Athlete of the Year is Rayshone Fu of the swimming and diving team.
Runner ups are: Melody Kuo of the badminton team and Bryce Nelson of the soccer team.
Other awards were presented in alphabetical order, from badminton to water polo, as coaches went to the front of the room to present them with their certificates, after telling the audience a little bit about the athletes themselves.
“It’s to honor our scholar athletes throughout the year and those are sophomores, student athletes that have a 3.0 or higher, overall grade point average,” said Matt Trosper, academic advisor for the student athletes, regarding the ceremony, “the runner-ups get a $750 scholarship each, and the winners get a 1000 dollar scholarship each.”
President of De Anza Brian Murphy also attended to congratulate the students.
