Athletics honors scholar-athletes

Saddleback athletics honored 138 student-athletes on Thursday at the annual Scholar-Athlete Banquet in the Saddleback College gymnasium.  Athletes, coaches and administrators were on hand to have lunch, collect awards and celebrate success stories from the 2022 calendar year.

The scholar-athlete banquet went off without a hitch on Thursday after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Saddleback had a total of 354 athletes during the 2022 calendar year, with nearly 39% of them achieving a 3.0-or-higher GPA. 

A total of 17 student-athletes achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA during the required time frame, with both baseball and men's golf being recognized as the CCCAA State Scholar Team winners for their respective sports.

Women's soccer player Zoe Chung was recognized as the female scholar athlete-of-the-year while football player Connor Grace was recognized as the male scholar athlete-of-the-year.