Scholarship Awards Ceremony 2026 Program

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS MAY 22, 2026 CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT www.cypresscollegefoundation.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Curtis Scheetz PRESIDENT ELECT Dr. Barbara Dunsheath VICE PRESIDENT Dr. Damon de la Cruz TREASURER Bryan Bentson SECRETARY Carmen Koo PAST PRESIDENT Ken Vecchiarelli PRESIDENT, CYPRESS COLLEGE Dr. Scott W. Thayer MEMBERS

Stephen T. Blount Tony Cardenas Rick Darnell Shawna de la Cruz Pamela Kahn John Kelly Chief Mark Lauderback Les Lewis Dr. Margie Lewis Rick McAuley

Sandra K. McCarthy Shivon Ozinga Blake Perez Beth Piburn David Shawver Delight Sittman Kevin Tsao Phil Wendel Lynette Young

Howard Kummerman Executive Director

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY MASTER OF CEREMONIES Howard Kummerman Executive Director Cypress College Foundation

OPENING REMARKS Dr. Scott W. Thayer President Cypress College

ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR 2026-2027 Robert Friedman

PRESENTATION OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Thank you to Forest Lawn Memorial Parks & Mortuaries for the beautiful arrangements

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S A2MEND Scholarship Lavel Atkins Brook Tafesse Abel Education Fund Scholarship Behishta Bashiri Minh Phan Joey Huynh Laila Idrees Lisa Ngo Mai Huynh Huy Le Virgil Adams Jr. Memorial Scholarship Felipe Sanchez The American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship Cody Kindl Damian Corea Katherine Garcia Americana Community Leader Scholarship Samantha Sweiss

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Thomas W. Atkinson Endowment Scholarship Yumi Acquaye Meira Chattman Saniah Harris Vittorio Hua Alika Joshi Christian Kim Nguyen Le Eunseong Lee Justin Licudine Paul Morales Moses Perez Thalie Tran Automotive Department Scholarship Nathan Murguia Jose Licea Bermudez Alex Abacherli Miguel Rodriguez Astrid Venegas Saul Avelar Hugo Galvan Miguel Jimenez Anthony Rodriguez Gabriel Sotelo

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Ed Beamer Memorial Scholarship Brody Makua The Dr. Brinda Scholarship for Outstanding Engineering and Physics Students Ngoc Nguyen Jon Brooks Memorial Scholarship Ashlynn Lim Bruce Family Fund Health Science Scholarship Shalene Smith Bruce Family Rising Scholars Award Chris Woolsey Bruce Family Scholarship for Science, Engineering, Mathematics William Kato Masanja The Judith Brugger Scholarship for Outstanding Continuing STEM Student Daisy Nwosu Duy Nguyen Iris Dang Kaiwen Chen Brooke Treftlin Vincent Duong Justin Lee Chance Wilder

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S The Judith Brugger Scholarship for Outstanding STEM Transfer Student Nguyen Le Justin Licudine Dao Phan Matthew Bersalona Daniel Im Thu Do Aiden Ascura The Brugger Family Fund Scholarship Jorge Velasco Melvin Rodriguez Deann Burch Majors2Careers Scholarship Paul Morales Jerry Burchfield Photography Scholarship Valerie Brayton Communication Studies Department Outstanding Scholar Award Kenneth Eisley Roman

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Court Reporting Scholarship Rosa Herrera Ilma Cunningham Memorial Scholarship Hugo Leanos Delgado Cypress College Foundation Americana Division Scholarship Ashley Chumpitaz Freddie Czerniel Scholarship for Studio Art Phyllisia Rosen Freddie Czerniel Scholarship for Media Art Design Aseel Akile The Dr. Damon de la Cruz Scholarship Taryn Dallas Edouard De Merlier Photography Scholarship Juliana Montenegro David Drake Memorial Scholarship Martin Garcia "Dream Big" Scholarship Andy Le The Thomas J. Dunsheath Memorial Engineering Scholarship Ash Sousa

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Edison Innovation Grant Zachary Colinco Nathan Delgadillo Cat Duong Sophie Hua Angel Izelo Austen Johnston Joseph Jung Hyunmin Kim Se Min Kim Huy Le Justin Lee Louise Marie Maganto William Kato Masanja Hava Nguyen Dao Phan Skyler Plane Kiran Shahi Ryan Tomooka Erick Villarruel Eldon Young Scholarship Jack Rivera Mai Huynh Geralyn Ibarra John Foster Garcia

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S ENO Brands ESL Community Leadership Scholarship Laila Idrees Lisa Ngo EOPS Scholarship Katelyn Ong Buen Cypress ESL Scholarship Asya Alzyod Jewel Keusder ESL Scholarship Connie Cheng Jiyeon Lim Nhi Tran Excellence in Mortuary Science Alumni Scholarship Cara Delgado Taryn Dallas Follett Book Store Scholarship Taryn Dallas Carlos Chavez Isabelle Crisostomo Sara Guardado Grace Sabu George Cesar Soriano Link Flanagan Zuhra Arian

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Foundation Scholars Award Paloma Aguilar Martinez Kevin Angulo Ayesha Arif Marwa Azizi Kaitlyn Benda Angelica Castorena Josue Coslaya Tamila Fanene Kayla Forester Lea Franco Geovanne Fregoso Zayden Gillon Mariah Henderson Kevin Hernandez Alcala Sokha Hor Delylah Kropf Fatema Labanieh

Rach el Lee Andy Maldonado J uliana Montenegro Eric Mungai Kaili Nguyen Minh Nguyen E than Ochoa Antonio Ramirez Flores Gi an Ruiz By ela Rwakatare Dian a Sanchez D arian Serratos Yekaterina Sin Dymond Thompson Jonathan J. Vasquez Savannah Williams

Aaron France Alumnus of the Year Scholarship Christopher Browning Dr. Donna Friess Communication Studies Scholarship Alec Amador Dr. Donna Friess Survivor Scholarship Celeste Balsells Pat Ganer Speech and Debate Scholarship Infiniti Montes De Oca The Debra Lynn Ganson Scholarship Isabelle Crisostomo

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Tracy Gentry Memorial Scholarship Amber Norwood Geography Department Scholarship Alyssa Torres Gober Cancer Survivor Scholarship Rooh Yates Kathy Godshalk Memorial Scholarship for Engineering Zaid Adassi Kathy Godshalk Memorial Scholarship for Mathematics Sophie Hua Kathy Godshalk Memorial Scholarship for Science Stella Park Golden State Water STEM Scholarship Zaid Adassi Matthew London Chansong Yang Matthew Bersalona Karlie Nguyen Joana Flores-Flores The Ray & David Haas Memorial Scholarship Alisa Kangas

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Hannah Family Scholarship Alicianicole Banquil The Paul & Ruth Hatcher Memorial Scholarship Edwin Melendrez Jesus Ugalde The Gail & Gene Haynes Memorial Scholarship Emily Martinez Aika Portis The William & Grace Henry Memorial Scholarship for Athletics Samantha Mohammed Jessica Rosalino Vicente Jack Rivera Jasmin De La Torre The Robert E. Hernandez Scholarship Logan Miller Richard Sabala

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Hilgenfeld Family Foundation Grant Kiara Bracho Anahi Cesareo Patrice Citizen Diana Cortez Taryn Dallas Allysa De Jesus Ashley Dioses-Opperman Maya Flores Mayra Flores Regan Giordano Christina Gonzales Andrea Herring Lizbeth Hidalgo Alyssa Jimenez Joseph Kelly

Lisa Lorenz Andria Luna Bel en Mackay Edgar M edina Y ara Mejia Morazan Stephany Muro Cecilia Perez Gabriela Rodriguez Celenya Rojo Naibe Ruelas Jessica Ruiz Aubrey Sauls D awn Sotelo Step hen Torres St ephan i e Villa

Hillside Memorial Park Scholarship Melanie Boza Brianne Halahmy Spencer Thrall Rin Lakandula Ambika Sreedharan Tessa Churchin

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S The Richard Hock Scholarship Deven Palomo Holocaust Education Scholarship Flor Campos Harvey Flores Honors Program Outstanding Academic Achievement Scholarship Nicole Lee Matthew Ronsael Bersalona Honors Program Outstanding Leader Scholarship Samaira Clive Hospitality & Travel Careers Scholarship Alisha Garcia Jennifer Tims Don Hudson Baseball Scholarship Eli Kasiski

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Sheron Huston Memorial Scholarship Aseel Akile Asya Alzyod Behishta Bashiri Lauren Carrillo Vicente Cortez Josue Coslaya Joselynne Cuevas Connor Foley Jordan Guerrero Will Holman Joey Huynh Honesty Interiano Alisa Kangas Ashley Killen Krispy Kris Rachel Leash

Monique Maldonado E lijah Pannell M inh Phan Jack Riv era Richard James Robillos Ab delrahman Shamseldin Amaya Smith Mercer Cesar Soriano Riyin Stewart A rfan Tarik Davi d Valenzuela Ariana Verastegui Helen Vu Michael Wright Eva Yu

The Becky Ishii Memorial Scholarship Grant Tingley Clark Johnson Memorial Scholarship Jose Alfredo Rodriguez

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Jusdeep's Legacy Scholarship Alfonso Andrade Joshua Bevins Brian Carreto Bryan Casas Irene Chung Geovanne Fregoso Sokha Hor Maria Khedid Changsoo Lee Dong Nguyen Adam Ruley Robert Salcido Karis Takahashi Melissa Velasco Aaron Villalobos Dale Kahale Corney Memorial Scholarship Jaime Silva Kasler Family Scholarship Josslyn Gomez Koo Family Scholarship Shalene Smith Thi Lan Chi Ta Aline Medina Nilane Lee Memorial Scholarship for Mathematics Sophie Hua

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Legacy Phoenix Award Abigail Abraham Patience Derden Farias Moriah Sanders Josiah Sylvers Legacy Female Transfer Scholar of the Year Elnora Reddick Legacy Male Transfer Scholar of the Year Alec Gibson Legacy Female Freshman of the Year Meira Chattman Legacy Male Freshman of the Year William Kato Masanja Legacy Leader of the Year William Kato Masanja Legacy Scholar of the Year Meira Chattman Harry Lester Scholarship Elijah Pannell Kaylynn Mabin Tom and Bernice Mack Memorial Scholarship Eunseong Lee MaNaMi Scholarship Zaid Adassi

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S The Dr. Cheryl A. Marshall Endowed Scholarship for Leadership Vittorio Hua Lupe Mosqueda Memorial Scholarship Angelica Castorena Shamir Rojas Ava Alvidrez Diana Sanchez Keysi Coss Hideo Nakayama Memorial Scholarship Ryan Ruth The Crystal Neer Health Science Scholarship Rachel Leash The James & Shirley Nielsen Scholarship Jason Bowman Nursing Scholarship Fund Kaitlyn Benda Yekaterina Sin Kayla Forester Lauren Curtius Daisy Magdaleno Violet and William O'Brien Writing Scholarship Kelly Green Diana Olson Memorial Nursing Scholarship Ilana Robinson

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S George and Sharon Orff Scholarship for Excellence Juan Bustamante Jonathan Ibarra Kaleigh Longmeyer Joe Maldonado Danh Nguyen Erick Robles Kenneth Rodriguez Christopher San Nicolas Amber Secor Zachary Wang Muntather Zerj Bernard Osher Memorial Scholarship Ian Dumatol Gina Gadelkarim Brooke Henry Jill Huett Lwam Kibrom Joe Maldonado Alex Martinez Christopher Martinez Micaela Mendoza Matthew Miller Godess Miranda Eva Montes

Ashlee Moy Chris tian Pearson Bri anna Perez Nico Pierce Melody Remington Jenna Rodelo Ashley Nicole Salalac Adriana Seg ura April Smith Sa vannah Williams Rooh Yates

Outstanding Graduate Scholarship Huey Hoang

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Robert Parelli Memorial Scholarship Celeste Balsells Petersen Automotive Technology Scholarship Alan Arce Valdez Anastasia Domozhirov Kimberly Aguilar Kimberly Palencia Michael Gomez Dr. Jim Phillips Economics Scholarship Claire Jung Beth Piburn Expendable Scholarship Abigail Interrante Beth Piburn Nursing Transfer Student Sydney Phethean Political Science Scholarship Samantha Sweiss Nancy and Charles Pound Memorial Scholarship for Social Science Sindi Gonzales Walter Pray Memorial Scholarship Helen Vu

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Presidential Scholars of Distinction Jesse Aguilar Zimal Amir Tara Ballantyne Timothy Cabalo John Foster Garcia Alec Gibson Angel Hernandez Jasmine Hernandez Mia Navarro Pure Ox Memorial Scholarship Alex Nguyen Rayfield Auto Entrepreneur Scholarship Ashley Hartwig LaTeceshia Rhymes CTE Scholarship Joshua Bevins Robert Thomas Gober Memorial Scholarship Matthew London

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Rotary Club of Anaheim Scholarship Narin Chung Lanz Alcantara Rotary Club of Cypress Scholarship Ethan Reese Sanchez Interdisciplinary Scholar Award Maximus Young Kekoa Reyes

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S The Scheetz Project Jesse Aguilar Anner Aguilar Chirinos D arlene Aguilar Hernandez Bianca Alcantara M iguel Aleman Ward Al-Keelany RayRay An dres J ason Bowman Chris topher Brantley Va lerie Brayton La ura Brito Timothy Cabalo M aria Calixto - Martinez Brian Carreto Mario Cespedes Breana Chauca John Corralez AJ Curtis T aryn Dallas Cara Delgado Daniel Espinoza Maya Flores Connor Foley John Foster Garcia Alisha Garcia Maria Garcia Alec Gibson Kelly Green Ashley Hartwig Daphne Hayes Angel Hernandez Jasmine Hernandez Raylene Hildebrand Huey Hoang

Geralyn Ibarra Aida Jimenez Jose Juarez Aneth Kirk Hayden Le Hugo Leanos Delgado Changsoo Lee Emily Martinez John Moreno Desiree Mosqueda Gabriel Mosqueda Yunis Nasla Chantee Nguyen Kaili Nguyen Josselyn Ocampo Zoe Oliver Isaias Orozco Zion Park Dario Reyes Cruz Gabriel Rodriguez Melvin Rodriguez Ryan Ruth Geronimo Salgado Albarran Felipe Sanchez Joel Sandoval Lucy Schleper Jason Servin Gregory Simon Samantha Sweiss Jennifer Tims Jesus Ugalde Maddie Vuong Jasmine Webb Chris Woolsey

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S SCI Riverside Care Center Scholarship Margaret Amaya Taylor Fessenden Elaine Flores Janelle Juarez Diana Munoz Melissa Ng Amber Pham Briann Pina Greyson Ramos Shaw Memorial Scholarship Ashley Flores The Ruth Siegel Memorial Scholarship Amber Norwood

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Catherine Sorensen Alumnus Excellence Award Leo Aispuro Lanz Alcantara Ward Al-Keelany Diana Alvrtsyan Zimal Amir Dianne Marie Baetiong Tara Ballantyne Maham Bawany Angel Camacho Flor Campos Camille Capulong Ashley Chumpitaz Kevin Dajay Vincent Gaspar Hannah Grove Ashley Hartwig Rachel Lee Timothy Ly

Mia Navarro D iem Trang Nguyen Thi Nguyen Michael Nor dell Br enda Nunez J anelle Provost S ofia Ramirez Dario R eyes Cruz Roxie Richards Amaya Rico Isab el Soto Kelly Ti et Nicole Ton Amy Tran Xiomara Velazquez Zepeda Chansong Yang Joo Yeom Heajung Yoo

Jordyn's Sparkle Scholarship Destiny Alcaraz Marla Stripling Memorial Scholarship Josiah Sylvers Study Abroad Scholarship Austen Johnston

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S TEM Cool Inc., Cypress Leader Scholarship Danh Nguyen Ethan Reese Jose Alfredo Rodriguez Christopher San Nicolas Zachary Wang Keron Thomas Memorial Scholarship Bianca Alcantara Kier Keith Craig Tomooka's Organic Chemistry Excellence Scholarship Angel Izelo Matthew London John Mai Karlie Nguyen Jonathan J. Vasquez The Don Tyrell Scholarship Matthew Lee Ummi Scholarship Israel Hernandez Ursula Lowenbach-Foster Holocaust Memorial Scholarship Madelynn Freilich Phyllisia Rosen The Bob Vandergrift Scholarship Christian Nguyen

CYPRESS COLLEGE F O U N D A T I ON S C H O L A R S H I P S Waltmar Scholarship Jerry Aguayo Perez Meira Chattman Taylor Clay Vincent Duong Josslyn Gomez Jack Kim Hieu Le Rachel Leash Brody Makua Aline Medina Angie Michel Sepulveda Angelica Munoz Aaren Nguyen Ethan Reese April Smith Aubrey Villafuerte Ivette Virgen Darlie Wasicek Memorial Scholarship Dominic Almazan We Take This Journey Together Scholarship Brody Makua Madeleine Wheeler Memorial Scholarship Gianni Andazola The Dick Wilson Memorial Scholarship Justin Malone

S C H OL A R S H I P R E V I E W C OM M I T T E E Virgil Adams Jacqueline Aguet Kati Angelov Jill Bauer Anne-Marie Beck Michael Brydges Vicky Castle Sarah Coburn Lori Collins Jennifer Coopman Nancy Corrales Larry Curiel Samanta de Frutos García Damon de la Cruz Robin De Roo Angela deDios Temperance Dowdle Carolee Freer Amanda Gargano Ed Giardina Jolena Grande Anthony Hall Gay Hannah Maria Haro Jenelle Herman Alex Herrera Lisa Hoang Joshua House Donivan Howard Brittany Hubble Joshua James Joseph Jimenez Jeanette Jones Summer Justice Lawrence Keel Michael Klyde Liana Koeppel Louis Krebs John Lambros John Lasater Kassandra Lawrence Karen Le Cornet

Nicole Ledesma Eunju Lee Cliff Lester Rick Lester Annette Letcher Mihoko Luther Jaclyn Magginetti Tony Maher Melanie Nabahani Ryan Ortega Aydinaneth Ortiz Janet Owen Driggs Shivon Ozinga Jennifer Page John Payne Colleen Peralta Francisco Perez Justin Perkins Kirk Pickler Christina Plett Colin Preston Dario Resendiz Hilary Reuter Regina Rhymes Bree Rios Alison Robertson Angela Sardan Gary Shin Samantha Simmons Kathryn Sonne Brinda Subramaniam Thomas Sutfin James Tapia Craig Tomooka Cristina Torres Ed Valdez Juan Valenzuela Keith Vescial Kathryn Wada Lynette Young Gary Zager

Thank you to Forest Lawn Memorial Parks & Mortuaries for the beautiful arrangements

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