Every year Yorba Linda High School hosts Senior Awards Night at the end of May. It is a time to recognize outstanding seniors that have worked all through high school to achieve so much. On May 23, 2023, many of our staff helped recognize these fantastic seniors and all their accomplishments. Here is a list of all the students and the categories they won for. Olivia Yackey (12) states, “The senior awards are something that we all look forward to until the time comes. It is a moment for us to celebrate our hard work and accomplishments together.”

Starting off is Community and National Scholarships and Awards.

National Awards 

College Board National Merit Finalist: Tyler Yang and Tanner Yoon 

National Merit Semi-Finalist: Matthew Lim

College Board National Merit Commended Scholarships: Gianna Chang, Justin Chiuwei, Lauren Delaney, Kacy DeMartino, Jeremy Duong, Kiera Flores, Julia Green, Caylen Jang, Rhys Kim-Dyer, Jasper Liu, Matthew Mancini, Eliott Masterjohn, Sean Murray, Tiana Salisbury, Tyler Yang, Haley Yoon, and Tanner Yoon

College Board National Hispanic Scholarship Recognition: Amy Martinez, Julian Lisboa, Christopher Sharp, Juliana Person, Kate Romero, and Kiera Flores

College Board National African American Scholar Recognition: Julian Lisboa 

Next awards to celebrate are Community Awards. 

Linda Vista Elementary PTA: Kristi Ikemoto

Yorba Linda Middle School PTA: Svetlana Makarian 

Golden Elementary PTA: Kristi Ikemoto

PYL Unified Council PTA: Kristi Ikemoto, Christopher Sharp, Fiona Salisbury 

Shawn Knutson Memorial Scholarship: Award Alyssa Fantes, Jake Milligan, Matthew Mortensen, Christopher Sharp, Zachary Stroozas, Nicholas Wilson, and Analiz Zavala, and Wyatt Olive

Memorial Scholarship: Sydney Rome and Zachary Stroozas

Yorba Linda Senior Citizens Club: Matthew Mancini

Richard Nixon Library Docent Guild: Matthew Mancini

Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award: Kristi Ikemoto

Scott Farer Soccer and Volleyball Memorial Scholarship: McKenna Rawley- Soccer, Abby Young – Volleyball

Association of Placentia Linda Educators (APLE): Lauren Delaney

Placentia Linda Unified Management (PLUM): Lauren Delaney and Abigail Huhn

East Hills Yorba Linda Little League: Jackson Magni and Christopher Sharp

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Alumni Scholarship:P Noor Shmara

Darryl Jones & JJ Real Estate Scholarship: Zachary Stroozas and Nicole Villanueva

After Community Awards is Department Awards (Medallion Recipients): 

Language Arts: Kacy DeMartino, Celina Fang, Kristi Ikemoto*, Rhys Kim-Dyer, Jaden Le, Nicole Villanueva, and Tanner Yoon

Social Science: Madison Austin, Celina Fang*,Kristi Ikemoto, Logan Kemp, Tyler Yang, Haley Yoon, and Tanner Yoon

World Languages: Josephine Kim*, Norah Li, Matthew McPartlan, Amy Martinez, and Tyler Yang

Mathematics: Katherine Rosen, Tiana Salisbury, Hong Shui, Tyler Yang*, and Tanner Yoon

Science: Lauren Delaney, Julia Green, Shridhi Seth, Chun Sang Tin*, and Lan Wei

Computer Science: Aaron Chiuwei, Seojoon Lee, Shridhi Seth, Tyler Yang, and Liyuhan Zhou*

Mustang Business Academy:

Business Pathway: Rawan Abousamra, Kylie de Best, Cassandra Dement, Kiera Flores, Kayden Goto, Joshua Haroutoonian, Leah Jennings, Kimberly-Mae Jeves, Camille Khong*, Jayden Kim, Emily Moon, Juliana Neemeh, Karyss Park, Clark Samson, Alyssa Selinske, Isabella Smith, and Nicole Villanueva

Culinary Pathway: Madison Austin, Ava Chappell, Megan Chou, Taryn Clare, Ashlyn Davis*, Abigail Huhn, Larisa Luciano, Jillian Marquez, Grace Peralta, Kaylee Pittman, Bella Saucedo, and Zachary Silberfarb

Publications & Media: Magdalena Aparicio, Kylie de Best, Drake Hammond, Matthew Mortensen, Natalie Neal*,  Katelyn Ruggles, and Sofia Stewart

Performing Arts: Megan Chou, Olivia Derby, Sierra Jones*, Svetlana Makarian, Noor Shmara, and Brooke Wackerman

Visual Arts: Celina Fang, Drake Hammond, Sophia Hsu*, Gavin Jerotz, Dilan Niroola, and Sasha Salcedo

Men’s Athletics: Jason Casacchia, Jeffrey Conrad, Will Cox, Jayden Flaig, Wyatt Mosier*, and Tyler Yang

Women’s Athletics: Gianna Gigliotti*, Lois Hansen, Clair Johnson, Natalie Neal, Anna Petrescu, and Sydney Rome

Associated Student Body: Abigail Alexis Alcoseba, Lauren Delaney, Lauren First, Julia Green, Abigail Huhn, Clare Johnson, Hergun Kaur, Grace Khamo, Julian Lisboa, Stephanie Mao, Renata Rodriguez Ruezga, Anita Tun*, Haley Yoon, and Abigail Young

Lastly, is all the Yorba Linda High School Senior Awards Recipients 2023: 

Stampede Awards 

Valedictorian: Camille Khong

Salutatorians: Celina Fang and Tiana Salisbury 

Mustangs of the Year: Lauren Delaney and Tyler Yang 

Mustang Stable: Magdalena Aparicio, Reyn Beal, Megan Chou, Lauren Delaney,Olivia Derby, Logan Kemp, Julian Lisboa, Stephanie Mao, Matthew Mortensen, Sydney Rome, and Tyler Yang

Mustang Scholars (Silver): Cameron Bragg, Kiana Brumbaugh, Zechariah Cheng, Megan Chou, Lauren Delaney, Mikala Enright, Natalie Esteban, Sarah Huynh, Kristi Ikemoto, Caylen Jang, Kimberley Jeves, Woormin Joo, Clare Johnson, Camille Khong, Josephine Kim, Ashley Lee, Eugenia Lee, Seojoon Lee, Norah Li, Jasper Liu, Matthew Mancini, Stephanie Mao, Amy Martinez, Eliott Masterjohn, Jake Milligan, Emily Moon, Juliana Neemeh, Nathan Nguyen, Darby Nicholson, Ryan Oh, Renata Rodriguez Ruezga, Katherine Rosen, Katelyn Ruggles, Fiona Salisbury, Tiana Salisbury, Shridhi Seth, Noor Shmara, Hong Shui, Elaine Thio, Lauryn Tran, Anita Tun, Francesca Valenzuela, Nicole Villanueva, Kimberly Williams, Matthew Williams, Tyler Yang, Haley Yoon, Tanner Yoon, and Yue Zhao

Principal’s Award (4.0): Aaron Chiuwei, Justin Chiuwei, Kacy DeMartino, Caylen Jang, Camille Khong, Jaeden Le, Amy Martinez, Eliott Masterjohn, Tiana Salisbury, Shridhi Seth, Tyler Yang, and Tanner Yoon

School Scholarships and Awards: 

Scholarships

YLHS Staffulty Club: Camille Khong

YLHS PTSA: Matthew Mancini, Tiana Salisbury, Kristi Ikemoto, Anita Tun, and Ashley Lee

YLHS Band & Guard: Brooke Wackerman, Eliah Williams-Gomez, Dylan Lee, Megan Chou, and Hong Shui

YLHS Cross Country Boosters: Tyler Yang and Alexandra Herrada

YLHS Dance Company Boosters: Ava Curran, Svetlana Makarian, Terri Neal, Angelina Pintang, and Kalia Renteria

YLHS German Club: Amy Martinez and Eloise Franklyn

YLHS AP Government: Magdalena Aparicio, Celina Fang, and Kristi Ikemoto

California Scholarship Federation (CSF): Kiana Brumbaugh,Ava Chappell, Megan Chou, Madison Huey, Kristi Ikemoto, Karyss Park, Khushi Patel, Renata Rodriguez-Ruezga, Fiona Salisbury, Tiana Salisbury, Hong Shui, and Lauryn Tran

Awards: 

Community Service Awards (500+ hours): Megan Chou, Caylen Jang, Matthew Mancini, Delanie Munger, Darby Nicholson, Fiona Salisbury, Tiana Salisbury, and Lan Wei

Mustang Scholars (Crimson): Abigail Alcoseba, Sydney Bell, Aaron Chiuwei, Justin Chiuwei, Max Cohen, Ashlyn Davis, Kacy DeMartino, Kiera Flores, Julia Green, Piper Guyton, Andrew Ha, Jake Hansen, Sarah Karcher, Hergun Kaur, Rhys Kim-Dyer, Grace Khamo, Madison Liao,

Jack Metcalf, Elena Moreno, Karyss Park, Anna Petrescu, Davis Rhee, Christopher Sharp, Emma Tamparong, Logan Tiborczszeghy, Ting-Shuo Wang, Lan Wei, Olivia Yackey, and Emily Zhang

Mustang Scholars (Navy): Rebecca Gutierrez, Jason Lee, Julian Lisboa, Lorelei Sellars, Jett Shih, Zachary Stroozas, Keilyn Tran, Dylan Warner, and Jessica Xu

CTE Pathways:

Design, Visual and Media Arts: Hannah Castro, Ava Chappell, Simone Chen, Taryn Clare, Emily Molendyk, Dylan Ross, Sasha Salcedo, and Kylee Stoner

Software & Systems Development: Aaron Chiuwei, Seojoon Lee, Adam Torres, and Liyuhan Zhao

Patient Care: Abigail Alexis Alcoseba, Eugenia Lee, and Svetlana Makarian

Congratulations to all the seniors nominated and winners of the 2023 Senior Awards Night. To all the seniors who have worked so hard all these four years, congratulations, and Yorba Linda High School is excited to see what the future holds for each and every one of you.