Irvine Valley College recently hosted the 38^th Annual Irvine Senior Scholar Athlete Awards Event recognizing graduating seniors from Irvine high schools who combined outstanding scholarship and athletic achievement.

The event, co-sponsored by the Exchange Club of Irvine and held in the Performing Arts Center, honored 32 athletes from Irvine's four high schools.

Award recipients ranged from students with 4.6 GPAs to nationally ranked athletes, who often were involved in many community service organizations as well.

These students have been selected to attend many premiere colleges in the fall, including Harvard and Stanford, and two have selected IVC to continue their educational and athletic careers.

Past recipients of these awards include, baseball great Tim Wallach, NBA veteran Adam Keefe, Olympic gold medalist Amanda Beard and many others.

The night's festivities featured IVC's Director of Extended Education, Dave Anderson, as the Master of Ceremonies, and Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang was on hand to present the athletes with medals.

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Max Neser and Gabrielle Scott of Woodbridge	Christiana Lasich and Kevin Barbrick from Irvine
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Tyler Perkins and Rebecca Tuttle of Northwood ​	Sarah Forthal and Christopher Wong from University