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May 29, 2015
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Glovinsky gives final speech as CASL president Jason Kang
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Nathan Glovinsky (12) has seen the same ceremony done at the California Association of Student Leaders (CASL) State Conference four times before. The current president would stand on the podium, give a speech, and hand the gavel to the president-elect to signify the transition into a new administration. This time, however, on March 2, he would no longer be watching from the crowd as one member of Westview ASB, but as the voice behind the microphone and president of CASL. Before 2,000 students and staff, he spoke without any scripted speech or outline. Two years of serving on the CASL board, once as the southern director the year before and now as the president, had sent him up and down the state to meet and teach students anywhere from San Mateo to Riverside—students whom he was now able to pick out from the crowd before him. The formality of the scene masked the weight of the moment, and before long he had handed the gavel and left the podium. It wasn’t until the new president began introducing himself to the responsibilities he had just inherited
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Natalie Garces (12) stood amidst her teammates during the final game she would be playing as a Wolverine. The realization of it all set in. This was her last game, these were her final moments, and she desperately wanted to end it strong. As a four-year varsity lacrosse player, Garces could not believe her team had, for the first time in Westview history, made it past the first round of CIFs, and then won it, qualifying them to the championships. Her eyes wandered to the stands, where she saw her parents, aunts, uncles and cousins, the support system that had nurtured her into the athlete she was today. But one face was missing, her sister, who lives across the country and is the reason she first picked up a lacrosse stick seven years
SENIOR 65.68% $17,000,000 18.86% STATS The approximate amount of scholarship money earned by the class of 2015, reported as of May 19
that Glovinsky began to take in the image that was in front of him. And, when the weekend recap video was aired on the screen behind him, he saw that moment and every other moment of the past three days projected to the people he had grown to call a family. “I teared up because it hit me that it’s ending,” Glovinsky said. “I realized all of these smiling faces and all this productivity and all this change was a result of my leadership. I’ve clocked in and out. I’ve done my time. I’ve done everything that I could.” Only a moment ago, he was presiding over thousands of students spread over 2,200 schools up and down the state. Now, he was another graduating high school senior waiting, and anticipating what his next step might be. Even though he teared up, Glovinsky doesn’t see it as a sad moment. It was just the ending of one chapter and the beginning of another. As the president-elect finished his speech and left the stage, Glovinsky realized that no one had formally adjourned the convention. Though technically he no longer was allowed to speak, with a smile, he walked back to the podium. “Sorry I left my car keys here, oh and my heart!”
Garces scores game-winner for CIF title
Graphic by Andrew Kim Design by Tess Cooper and Shereen Nikzad
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ago. And it was her sister she wanted most to make proud. It was the second half of overtime and the score had been neck-and-neck the entire game. It was still tied, 9-9. Kayle Kaesbauer (11) darted towards Garces in possession of the ball and Garces was wide open. Garces gained possession and saw she had a straight shot down the field. She didn’t hesitate. She took off, running faster than she ever had. Her heart thumped loudly over the cheers from her family as she sprinted. As she neared the goal, two defenders approached her to guard the net. With the ball to her right side, she cradled but was blocked. She did a spin move, moving the ball to her left, faked and then launched the ball, watching it hit the back of the net with the winning goal.
The adrenaline rushed inside of her, making her dizzy with excitement. Her team had pulled ahead, and now they only had to keep their lead. With 50 seconds left on the clock, Garces nervously watched the draw. When the Wolverines reclaimed possession, she knew they had it. As the clock ticked down to the final seconds, she ran towards Kaesbauer jumping into her arms. They had done it. After three years of exiting after the first round of CIFs, Garces and her team had not only made it past round 1, but won it all. Overwhelmed with an influx of emotions, Natalie looked up into the stands to see her family on their feet screaming, the support that fueled her. “I cannot imagine a better way to end my senior year,” she said. “It was the best season. One for the books.” Photo by Alex Smyth
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Victoria Huynh Bryn Mawr College Angela Zhang California Baptist University Rachel Bell California Institute of Technology Diandra Almasco California Lutheran University Olivia George Stephanie Rolfson California Maritime Academy Ainsley Manlapaz Stephen Rosenfeld Cal Poly Pomona Desirae Martin Jun Lee Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Alexander Bailey Carlton Bjork Kaitlin Breed Taylor Cates Melanie DelaCruz Anna George Jacob Hanson Rachel Hernandez Kasey Hetzel Natalie Keelan Natalie Lopato Owen McDonald Allyson Millard Natalie Ressler Rakan Richardson Torrey Sanseverino Donna Seo Joseph Shafie Megan Sorenson Christopher Toth Christopher Young Jamie Zaleta California State University, Chico Alejandro Berg Anna Trujillo California State University, Fresno Maria Horan Morgan Howe
Alexandria McWherter Mandy Wang California State University, Los Angeles Madeline Tondi
Florida Atlantic University Jaxon Travis Gonzaga University Mayra Blanco Jenna Dangelewicz
Montana State University, Bozeman Katrina Griffin New York University Hayley Baek Philipp Tereshenko
California State University, Sacramento Elliot Dohna
Grand Canyon University Carol Kress
Northeastern University Pratik Dubey
California State University, San Marcos Gabriela Davila Joshua Doney Stacy Eang Javad Hedayatzadeh Nicholas Hoang Alexandra Hober Veronika Kudrna Jessica Le Rebecah Linn Vanessa Madruaga Nathan Maniquis Gabriel Mendoza John Julian Pilapil Nathan Poblete Daniel Quach Lillian Rasooli-Zadehe Medina Sadat Tristen Spencer Luke Troftgruben Vinny Vue Diana Yacoub Phil Vu
Greenville College Francisco Mata
Carnegie Mellon University Joseph Stone Brenda Thayillam
Lindenwood University Madison Shetter
Chapman University Landon Budenholzer Bridget Rogers Claremont McKenna College Bhavika Anandpura College of William and Mary Julia Jalonen Colorado State University-Pueblo Ellie O’Brien Columbia University Michael Yitayew Adelaide Zou
California State University, Fullerton Carter Bratt Trevor Fortin Taylor Mactal
Emerson College Erin Hussey Vivien Liu
California State University, Long Beach Sarah Barstad
Enstitute Juan Misas
Grinnell College Danielle Evans-Schreiber Grossmont College Jesi Ramos Harvey Mudd College Brenner Ryan Humboldt State University Zacharias Affolter Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music Brenden Chien Lafayette College Drew Carleton Laguna College of Art and Design Noemi Palihnich
Marquette University Geraldyn Directo Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kevin Li Chetan Sharma Baula Xu McGill University Aymen Rumi MiraCosta College Gilad Barzilai Cady DeLay Grant Krogsdale Sean Setran Blake Snyder Yves Wagner Kayla Wilson Mississippi State University Kyle Downey Missouri Valley College Jordan Mauch
Northern Arizona University Halle Bark Ryan Cox Gregory Donlon Allan Goetz Ally Hurst Jack Overby Sophia Putman Ariel Sedlun Phoebe Smith Ryan Werdeman Kenna Xitco Ohio State University Erin Hurley Oregon State University Alec Dyer Jaiden Manning Bryna Rackerby Marc Wiederhold Oxford University Jordan Houri Palomar College Mark Anthony Capitle Brandon Majano Ryan Petty Nicole Pleasant Ruffie Pletado Emmuel Reyes Alexander Rufino Stephanie Russo Carolyn Sanford Pitzer College Christine Leung Peter Leung Point Loma Nazarene University Jeffrey Carr Dominique Imson Pratt Institute Amy Ng Purdue University Robert Groome Jun Soo Kim Eric Lu
PUSD Transition Program Brandon Randolph Rice University Donni Staley Rochester Institute of Technology Irvin Do Rutgers University-New Brunswick Cassandra Taniguchi Saint Louis University Erica Bondoc Sarah Reich Salt Lake City College London Barlow San Antonio College Clarissa Campos San Diego State University Lobna Allam Jordan Blackman Justice Calica Monica Chao Harrison Clark Stanley Craychee Robert Dill Rachel Glovinsky Jasmin Hamidi Hailey Horan Daniel Jabasa Yasmin Javed Madison LaBarbera Aimee Lin Joshua Rendler Laura Nguyen Jennifer Sih Nicolette Smith Cameron Wadstrom Stacy Walden Leon Yang Sherwan Zada San Diego Mesa College Ava Fakhrabadi Victoria Guadarrama Jacqueline Konzen San Diego Miramar College Laura Abalos Mayyadah Abduljabbar Samira Ahmadi Haley Alexander Kenneth Juan Bernabe Andrew Boghossian Elizabeth Brehm Max Brett Han Bui Natalie Calkins
Bryan Chan Lucca Chor Nathan Dang Dakota Dickerson Jason Dimagiba Christopher Fileccia Matthew Gerami Zachary Gibbs David Gorial Jacob Kelley Allen Klein Andrew Knaiger Joshua Kvarnstrom Minh Le Hanus Lewit Alissa Linville Carlo Lopez Joseph Musacco Christian Nguyen Kelvin Nguyen Serina Nguyen Cadin O’Connor Sean Provencio Katherine Pugh Brock Rasor Joran Raymond Tatianna Reyes Realiza Rodriguez Justin Rosa Liam Satnick Kimberly Soto Gonzalez Christian Stewart Candice Tiernan Christopher Templin Alex Vu Allen Wilcox Elias Yako San Francisco State University Alexis Adams Kateryna Chunikhina Daniel Espino Taylor Hart Ambika Khetarpal Eddie Mercado Nicholas Noel Austin Pardi Alice Shen Kenric Stoloff Jena Soykok Kyan Tran San Jose State University Maxwell Albertson Matthew Jeanson Santa Barbara City College Devon Surges Santa Clara University Evan Misuraca
Terry Shih Amaka Trimble-Agbo Nicholas Wu Sonoma State University Skyler Shea Alicia Zajaczkowski Stanford University Alex Zaheer Stephens College Hallyn Hatfield Swarthmore College Clara Howe Syracuse University Cynthia Wang Texas Christian University Sarah Zirpolo United States Air Force Academy Trevor Siniscalchi United States Army Cheyenne Bradrick James Zondervan United States Coast Gaurd Kayelee McKeehan Ryan Wilbur United States Coast Guard Academy John Pope United States Marine Corps wJordan Seidlitz United States Navy Timothy Chin University of Alabama, Birmingham Ryan Mohaimany-Aponte University of Arizona Cameron Brown Davan Dutra-Smith Erika Friedemann Cassandra Kozak Brenden McDonnell Kyle Melnick Trevor Rongey Tyler Venegas University of Arkansas Hannah Servetter University of British Columbia Paul Kang
University of California, Berkeley William Jiang Keming Kao Ju Yeon Lee Cynthia Leu Sakshi Madan Robert Mao Alexander Oanta Tushar Pankaj Julia Pene Grant Posner Jacob Posner Daniel Shi Alison Tanubrata Eric Vengrin Adam Victor Angela Wang David Zhang Jiying Zou
Michael Zhang University of California, Merced Ryan Ganton University of California, Riverside Alessandra Buonassisi Matthew Ryan Castelo Kayleigh Cousar Kevin Dinh Catherine Drzewiecki Emily Halverson Mindie Hsu Ho-Ren Kang Alam Kaur Jonathan Lam Alexander Nguyen Diane Tran Catherine Vu Quinten Yurek
University of California, Davis Lucas Bennett Ezekiel Cerezo Natalie Garces Aileen Lam Christine Nguyen Mary Qin Kathy Tran Jacob Wagner Allen Wilhelm Xinke Yu Claire Zhao
University of California, San Diego Anne Chu Kenneth Huang Brianna Inghilterra Betina Karshaleva Christa Kloha Joseph Lee Kevinw Lee Edward Liang Solomon Liu Jason Ma Treven Moore Elaine Ngo Kien Nguyen Ye Eun Park Tara Shamblin Max Shen Griffin Stamp Victoria Tom Cassidy Tran Lily Vo Heidi Wang
University of California, Irvine Jeffrey Cando Alesa Gin Arya Kalantar Kristin Kopko Justin Lau Kirsten Lee Lance Lee Patrick Mang Keith Nuzzolo University of California, Los Angeles Jack Creed Ian Derr Omar Ebrahim Nathan Glovinsky Prathyush Katukojwala Jacob Laundroche Shaoxiong Liu Jerry Ngo Kaley Powers Ryan Powers Hunter Saling Victoria Wang Willie Wu Lucia Yang Sandra Yang Christopher Zhang
University of California, Santa Barbara Sarah Dahl Tara Ghai An Nguyen Angela Olsen Ivy Tran Mitchell Wong University of California, Santa Cruz Paige Burns Eric Chen Justin Ferrari Nina Haas Lindsey Meyers Alexandria Sun Anna Wang Marina Warren
Benjamin Wilson University of Colorado, Boulder Gavyn Doty Andre Freed Daniil Lukoyanova Gabriella Scott Samuel Tari University of Columbia, Missouri McKenzie Jester University of Hawai’i at Manoa Austin Moore University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Brian Choi University of Jamestown Joy Muniz University of Louisville Timothy Campbell University of Maryland Baltimore County James Nagro University of Miami Kolby Bird University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Heather Porter Mallika Prasad University of Nevada, Reno Michael Tyree Jake Perrotti Joshua Tibbs Rachel Ward Andrew Watson
University of Saint Andrews David Turnbull University of San Diego Carmen Hanson Sydney Pidgeon Joanna Zhang University of Southern California Alec Chen Sampreeti Chowdhuri Nicki Karimi-Mostowfi University of Tennessee Sara Hanshaw University of Texas, Austin KyuHyun Kwack University of Washington Carly McCray Nikita Morozov Kelly Xu Utah State University Emma Clark Vanguard University of Southern California Haley Bruce Washington State University Courtney Monaco Wellesley College Karina Lin Aya Ross Western Oregon University Christopher Frost Western State Colorado University Ocean Grohman
University of New Mexico Taylor Blanchard
Westminster College Preston Taylor
University of North Texas Daniel Chevallier
Westmont College Macy Gipson
University of Oregon Sydney Bostarter Brittany Calabria Mingue Jin Victoria Ruiz Sandoval Escarpita
Whittier College David Paul
University of Puget Sound Mary Aquiningoc Jacob Mobley University of Redlands Nicholas Graff
Williams College Anna Sun Xavier University Alexander Paul Yale University Sienna Gough
Information courtesy of Kathy Bloomfield *This information is as of May 26. Some students declined to state.