Sequoia High School Athletics
Spring Sports Awards Night 11 • 30 • 2016
Welcome and Introductions
Athletic Director: Melissa Schmidt Sequoia Booster’s President: Susan Alley
Award Presentations
Team Awards
Girls Volleyball Water Polo
Cross Country Girls Tennis
Girls Golf Football
Perpetual Awards
Joe Mann Award
Adam Guida
Gary Beban
G.H. "Doc" Hartwell
Sequoia Girls JV Volleyball Coach: Yasmin Crociani, Jennifer Kaufman Sydrah Al-Saegh Katherine Loveland Daniela Anderson Alexis Navarrete Rebekah Grant Natali Petani Nyah Herbert Annika Schneider Marley Jackson Hannah Soden Kelly Kadlec Anne Stephens Irene Katakis Lovely Tautua'a Cassandra Lea Evangelina Teputepu
Sequoia Girls Varsity Volleyball Coaches: Felipe Gonzalez, Christina Gray Julia Carlson Sarah Robertson Emma Cheatham Grace Singh Corinne Cole Olivia Stubblefield Lauren Cresta Megumi Swarthout Jada Herbert Morgan Taradash Isabel Kelly Kathryn Uthman Gabriela Luna Victoria Makena Roberts
Sequoia Cross Country
Coaches: Bruce Wernick, Thomas Bastis, Mike McRae
Marvin Alvarado Gianna Colombo Alexander Kaattari-Lim Jared Peterson
Zoji Bomya Joseph Digel Weston Keitz Xander Posten
Beatrice Bugos Charlotte Fischer Zachary Klieman Angelina Salgado
Brighid Bugos John Gibbons Michael Lemus Bradley Schulz
Thomas Burt Evangeline Gillet Zachary Lo Chloe Sharratt
Lauren Burt Andrew Goddard Amanda Lowenstern Alejandro Suarez
Gabrielle Cattalini Alonso Gonzales Brandon Matsuoka John Utecht Villagran Nathan Cauwet Mary Mylod Vargas Noah Vauclair Isaiah Hand Christopher Charekian Owen Mylod Yee Grace Volonoski Phoebe Henige Shannon Coan Dominic Olson Michael Yu Zachariah Holder Isaac Collibee David Parduhn Munoz Jack Zhong Carl Hoynowski
Sequoia Girls Golf
Coaches: Gary Sowers, Jerry Cresta
Julie Ahmed Emily Holman
Leah Bondar Joely Langford
Samantha Ellard Nova Mitchell
Madyson FitzGerald Emalie Poulos
Jordan Schwartz
Sequoia JV Girls Water Polo
Coaches: Rob Griffin, Dave Knochenhauer
Jane Acreman Landon Pierce
Daniela Alvarado Ysabelle Punzal
Grace Armienti Kriti Shukla
Eleanor Campbell Alexandra Siri
Allison Carmichael Emma Taylor
Karina Dillon Joanna Vidal
Abigail Haas Krista Weaver
Sequoia Varsity Girls Water Polo
Coaches: Rob Griffin, Dave Knochenhauer
Grace Armienti Michela Imperiale Shelby Prosch
Zoe Bravo Leah King Gianna Raiti
Emily Calderaro Annika Krueger Alexandra Sehl
Eleanor Campbell Clara MacAvoy Emma Taylor
Emma Chatelain Isabella Montalvo Joanna Vidal
Abigail Clarke Julia Nemeroff Madeline Waddell
Maddilyn Giles Landon Pierce Miette Walton
Isabella Yee
Sequoia JV Boys Water Polo
Coaches: Francisco Andaluz, Kyle Gordon, Dave Knochenhauer
Victor Abou Serhal Luca Krueger
Joseph Adams Dario McCarty
Diego Andaluz Tate Metro
Joseph Berljafa Matthew Ogden
Simon Clarke Liam Stanley
Matthew Eisenberg Anthony Tanzillo
Jason Horovitz
Nico Kellenberger
Sequoia Varsity Boys Water Polo
Coaches: Francisco Andaluz, Kyle Gordon, Dave Knochenhauer
Francis Adams Jacob Masur
Benjamin Elliott Dylan Mecchi
Jabari Griffie Jonathan Paul
Connor Holden Jackson Peyton
Sajan Johal Florian Ruhstaller
Urs Kellenberger Roshone Sapp
Pedram Khajeh Layne Stanley
Ahmad Attari Dimitri Trikas
Sequoia Girls Tennis
Coaches: Vern Leslie, Cheryl Bains
Yasemin Agi Bianca Espinoza Castro
Julia Banfield Aviva Futornick
Dominique Chavis Margaret Martin
Karsen Culverhouse Isabella Navarro
Leah Dagum Madeline Pei
Clara Epelman Sarah Stampleman
Megan Weaver
Sequoia Freshman Football
Coaches: Jim Stubblefield, Nick Berry, Alex Cabezon, Jordan Cabezon, Alex Grauke, Brad Ramezane
Christian Bailon Mejia Angelo Salgado
James Bowman Lucas Seneca
Charlie Cocker Steve Talauati
Dangelo Diaz Angel Tellez Abarca
Julian Guerrero Sebastian Thompson
Dawit Hartman Albert Tuakalau
Edward Larios Tavake john Uasike
Kosilio Lauese Shane Ulrich
Aaron Ledo Yahir Valverde
Nicholas Lyzun Jason Vargas
Paul Mann Evan Velline
Andrew Oropeza Victor Villeda Guzman
Sepesi Otumaka Aaron Wilson
Connor Poulos Angel Zamora
Raul Ramirez Gomez
Travis Reeves
Branden Robel
Sequoia JV Football
Coaches: Mike Doyle, Rylan Ducker, Joe Lopiparo
Maximo Bahamondes Alex Hernandez Lemus
Jordan Barnes Adam Johnston
Jacob Carroll Edward Larios
Jesse Carthy Nicholas Lyzun
Rahul Chaudhry Paul Mann
Carlos Delgadillo Jose Maravilla
McKinley DesBrisay Robert Marticorena
Eric Esqueda Alejandro Martinez
Kolby Feliua'i Derick Martinez Lopez
Devansh Mehra Jonathon Sayamnath
Angel Merlos Nolan Tarzon
Aadyn Meyer Albert Tuakalau
Derek Milani David Tongamohenna Willam Tuakalau, Jr.
Uikilifi Nalesoni Sione Tuiaki
Andrew Oropeza Tavake john Uasike
Sepesi Otumaka Shane Ulrich
Taniela Pohahau Andres Valle
Travis Reeves Yahir Valverde
Branden Robel Aurelio Valverde Morales
Elijah Rollins Christopher Vasilakos Jr.
Angelo Salgado Jacob Walker
Andrew Williams
Sequoia Varsity Football
Coaches: Rob Poulos, James Beekley, Rick Carbonneau, Cameron Farris, Soparith Mao, Ross McGowiann, Jesus Rodriguez, Ed Tatola, David Trujillo
Lucas Ball Dezmond Frazier Andrew Pohahau
Gavin Beene Paul Garcia Duncan Stewart
Leamanaia Brown Yader Gomez Garcia Nathan Talakai
Matthew Casey Kyle Greene Kyle Tarzon
Matthew Caturegli Jackson Hohe Owen Tatola
Hector Contreras Baez Bryce Long Moses Tonga
Christopher Cook Paul Lopez Elton Torres
Bryce DesBrisay Patrick Lopiparo Ponove Veimau
Alexander Fogel Bryan Madrigal Adalberto Villalobos
Samuel Fraley Nathaniel Otterby Shayan Weerasekera
Tyson Fraley Taniela Otumaka Joaquim Jacob Yam Perpetual Awards Criteria & Background Information
Joe Mann Award One male and one female senior athlete per season. All around exemplary athletes, students and citizens. Invaluable to their coaches, excellent role models to their team. Joe Mann was a 1946 Sequoia graduate who attended every football game until his death in 2003. Joe awarded this trophy to one male senior athlete for Varsity Football and Varsity Baseball each year. After his death the Booster Club decided to continue this award in his memory and give it to one male and one female senior athlete each season.
Adam Guida Memorial Pride Award One Varsity football player who exemplifies the courage and pride that Adam had during his years at Sequoia.
Gary Beban Award Varsity Football Most Valuable Player Beban, known as "The Great One", excelled in both academics and athletics, majoring in European history while quarterbacking the UCLA Bruins to three straight victorious seasons. As UCLA quarterback, he was named to the all-conference team three times. In the 1966 Rose Bowl, Beban scored both UCLA's touchdowns in the Bruin's 14-12 victory over #1 ranked Michigan State. In his senior year, Beban played in the 1967 USC vs UCLA football game, widely regarded as one of the best college football games of all time. The game pitted #4 AP/#2 UPI ranked USC and their Heisman Trophy-candidate running back O.J. Simpson, against the #1 Bruins and Beban -- also a Heisman Trophy candidate -- with National championship on the line. Badly injured with bruised ribs and in great pain, Beban threw for over 300 yards and two touchdown passes to lead the Bruins in scoring. Though USC eventually won the game, 21-20, by the margin of a blocked Point After Touchdown attempt, and went on to the Rose Bowl, Gary Beban would go on to win the Heisman Trophy. Both Beban and Simpson were featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine. Commenting on Beban's heroic effort playing through injury, Famed L.A. Times columnist Jim Murray wrote that if "Gary Beban wins the Heisman Trophy, they ought to fill it with aspirin". In addition to the '67 Heisman, Beban was unanimously named to the All-America Team, won the Maxwell Trophy (given annually to the college football player judged best in the United States by a committee of college head coaches, sportscasters, sportswriters, and members of the Maxwell Football Club), and was awarded the Washington Touchdown Club Trophy and the 1967 W.J. Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast. Beban was also named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete, and received the Dolly Cohen award, given to the player best combining academic and football achievement. In 1991, Beban was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.
G.H. "Doc" Hartwell Given to an outstanding Cross Country team member.
Congratulations!!! To all of Sequoia’s incredible student-athletes for a job well done this season.
Special thank you’s… The Sequoia Athletic Department would like to thank the following individuals for their continued hard work with our sports program…
Sean Priest, Principal Michael Kuliga, Vice Principal (Athletics) Gary Gooch, Vice Principal (Facilities) Lisa Picchi, Secretary (Athletics)
Beri Dwyer, Athletic Trainer Linda Gordon, Treasurer Susan Alley, Booster’s President