
Wrestling
Fremont High School Wrestling participates in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League, the Central Coast Section, and the California Interscholastic Federation. The acronyms of those organizations can be found to the left of the page and are linked to the respective organizations site.
ABOUT WRESTLING
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High school wrestling is a popular sport that involves individual competition in various weight classes. Wrestlers aim to pin their opponents to the mat or score points through takedowns, escapes, and other techniques. Wrestling helps develop strength, agility, endurance, and discipline among its participants.
Participating in high school sports programs, including wrestling, can offer numerous benefits to students. These programs promote physical fitness, teamwork, and sportsmanship. They also teach important life skills such as goal setting, time management, and perseverance. Furthermore, involvement in sports can enhance a student's overall high school experience, providing opportunities for personal growth, leadership development, and building lasting friendships.
Meet the Coaches
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Erik Duus
Head Coach
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Ernesto Ancona
Associate Head Coach
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Eleni Fakaosi
Girls Assistant Coach
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Austin Solari
Boys Assistant Coach
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Angelo Reyes
Assistant Coach
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Nela Feliciano
Volunteer Assistant
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Mike Schmidlin
Legendary Support Staff
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Sandy (Bacher) Fakaosi
Legendary Support Staff
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CCS Stats
Three Time Champs
Brendt Noon (1967, 1968, 1969)*
Filip Novachkov (2004, 2005, 2006)
Greg Crane (2004, 2005, 2006)
Three Time Finalists
Anthony Baza (1999, 2000, 2001)
Boris Novachkov (2005, 2006, 2007)
Melissa Lee (2018, 2019, 2020)
Annie Hua (2018, 2019, 2020)***
Two Time Champs
Oliver Salud (1991, 1992)
Anthony Baza (2000, 2001)
Boris Novachkov (2006, 2007)
Melissa Lee (2018, 2019)**
Two Time Finalists
Allen Dunn (1966, 1967)
Larry McCoid (1966, 1967)
Steve Wilhelm (1966, 1967)
Eric Ekern (1970, 1972)
Daniel Atondo (2002, 2003)
Gary Miltenberger (2013, 2014)
Taniela Feliciano Takafua (2017, 2018)
TJ Takafua (2020, 2022)***
Hana Duus (2020, 2022)***
State Stats
Three time placers
Filip Novachkov (4th, 2nd, 1st)
Two Time Placers
Boris Novachkov (1st, 1st)
Greg Crane (5th, 1st)
Evonne Evien (5th, 3rd)**
Melissa Lee (5th, 4th)**
Annie Hua (8th, 4th)** ***
Finalists
Frank Tamura (1974)
Bobby Soto (1990)
Joel Valencia (1995)
Filip Novachkov (2005)
Boris Novachkov (2006)
Filip Novachkov (2006)
Greg Crane (2006)
Boris Novachkov (2007)
NHSCA Senior Nations Place Winners
3rd Filip Novachkov (2006)
2nd Boris Novachkov (2007)
8th Gary Miltenberger (2014)
8th Cohle Feliciano (2019)
*Also won the Nor Cal Invitational all three years
** Placings were at the Girls Tournament
*** 2021 CCS and State was cancelled due to COVID-19
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Wrestling becomes the first CCS competition after the split from NCS in 1966
1966
FHS wins the first ever CCS Wrestling team title.
2nd Allen Dunn (148 lbs.)
2nd Larry McCoid (178 lbs.)
2nd Steve Wilhelm (Hwt.)
3rd Fogelman (123 lbs.)1967
FHS repeats as team champions and has five individual champions
1st Allen Dunn(145 lbs.)
1st Brendt Noon (154 lbs.) OW
1st Larry Noon (165 lbs.)
1st Larry McCoid (178 lbs.)
1st Steve Wilhelm (Hwt.)
4th Tom Morrison (106 lbs.)
4th Gene Delaney (123 lbs.)1968
FHS wins their third straight CCS team title and Brendt Noon becomes the first Indian to win back to back individual titles.
1st Tom Morrison (115 lbs.)
1st Walt Nakabayashi (136 lbs.)
1st Brendt Noon (168 lbs.)
2nd Hawthorne (130 lbs.)
4th Bobby Garcia (106 lbs.)1969
Fremont takes second in the team standings to Los Gatos, Brendt Noon wins his third individual title.
1st Brendt Noon (178 lbs.)
2nd Bobby Garcia (106 lbs.)
2nd Terry Commons (115 lbs.)
2nd Gary Davis (157 lbs.)1970
1st Carl Ekern (194 lbs.)
1971
Fremont finished tied for 5th in CCS with Cupertino High.
2nd Lawson (98 lbs.)
3rd Ekern (178 lbs.)
4th Zucker (136 lbs.)1972
2nd Ekern (194 lbs.)
4th Lawson (115 lbs.)1973
4th Lawson (123 lbs.)
4th Staats (194 lbs.)1974
Fremont finished in a 3 way tie for 6th place with Mountain View and Los Gatos.
2nd Marty Mariani (136 lbs.)
2nd Frank Tamura (178 lbs.)1975
2nd Bobby Kayne (141 lbs.)
1976
4th Bert Ekern (178 lbs.)
1977
1st Bert Ekern (178 lbs.)
1978
Fremont takes second in the team standings with two individual titles.
1st Scott Mariani (178 lbs.)
1st Steve Zankich (194 lbs.)
2nd Jack Lawson (123 lbs.)1985
3rd Dan Savage (175 lbs.)
1986
3rd Dan Savage (175 lbs.)
1987
4th Albert Gaxiola (126 lbs.)
5th Bobby Soto (98 lbs.)1988
Fremont finished 10th as a team.
5th Richard Urbano (112 lbs.)
5th Albert Gaxiola (132 lbs.)
5th Phil Davis (245 lbs.)
6th Bryan Huggins (126 lbs.)1989
4th Bobby Soto (112 lbs.)
6th Bryan Huggins (138 lbs.)1990
After a decade without a CCS champion Fremont returns with an individual title at 112 lbs. Fremont finished 13th in the standings.
1st Bobby Soto (112 lbs.)
6th Macial Cruz (132 lbs.)1991
1st Oliver Salud (130 lbs.)
3rd Marcial Cruz (140 lbs.)
5th Warren Newsome (152 lbs.)1992
Oliver Salud becomes the second Fremont wrestler in history to win back to back CCS titles. Fremont finished 11th in the standings.
1st Oliver Salud (135 lbs.)
3rd Warren Newsome (152 lbs.)
5th Joel Valencia (119 lbs.)1994
4th Joel Valencia (140 lbs.)
1995
2nd Joel Valencia (140 lbs.)
6th Jeremy Piamonte (119 lbs.)1996
3rd Jeremy Piamonte (130 lbs.)
4th Geoff Beckstrom (285 lbs.)1998
Fremont took 28th in the team standings.
3rd Matt Sabraw (140 lbs.)
6th Jamie Kashitani (135 lbs.)1999
Fremont finished 11th in the standings.
2nd Anthony Baza (130 lbs.)
3rd Jamie Kashitani (140 lbs.)
5th Arturo Galano (103 lbs.)2000
Fremont finished 6th in the standings.
1st Anthony Baza (135 lbs.)
4th Chris Osian (103 lbs.)
4th Chris Healy (145 lbs.)2001
Fremont finishes 7th in the team standings, Anthony Baza becomes the third Fremont wrestler to repeat as champion.
1st Anthony Baza (145 lbs.)
2nd Chris Osian (112 lbs.)
4th Kia Garcia (125 lbs.)
5th Bayardo Sanchez (135 lbs.)2002
Fremont finishes 12th.
1st Daniel Atondo (160 lbs.)
2nd Alvin Cacdac (130 lbs.)
3rd Chris Osian (119 lbs.)2003
Fremont finishes 5th as a team.
2nd Daniel Atondo (160 lbs.)
4th Josh Desherlia (145 lbs.)
5th Joseph Seo (125 lbs.)
5th Bayardo Sanchez (152 lbs.)
6th Ernesto Ancona (215 lbs.)2004
Fremont takes 2nd in the team standings behind Gilroy.
1st Filip Novachkov (103 lbs.)
1st Greg Crane (140 lbs.)
3rd Joseph Seo (130 lbs.)
3rd Ernesto Ancona (215 lbs.)
4th Kurtis Ogasawara (135 lbs.)2005
Fremont finishes 3rd in the team standings behind Gilroy and Los Gatos. Filip Novachkov and Greg Crane become the 4th and 5th Fremont wrestlers to win back to back CCS titles.
1st Filip Novachkov (112 lbs.)
1st Greg Crane (152 lbs.)
2nd Boris Novachkov (103 lbs.)
2nd Tommy Staats (189 lbs.)
3rd Kurtis Ogasawara (140 lbs.)2006
Fremont finishes 2nd in the team standing to Gilroy who sets a team points record. Filip Novachkov and Greg Crane become the 2nd and 3rd Fremont wrestlers to win 3 CCS titles.
1st Boris Novachkov (103 lbs.)
1st Filip Novachkov (119 lbs.)
1st Greg Crane (160 lbs.)
3rd Kurtis Ogasawara (140 lbs.)
3rd Tommy Staats (189 lbs.)2007
Fremont finishes 11th in the team standings. Boris Novachkov becomes the 6th wrestler to win back to back CCS titles.
1st Boris Novachkov (125 lbs.)
4th La Qunitin Cathey (130 lbs.)
5th Mark Scandalis (135 lbs.)2008
Fremont finished 12th in the team standings.
3rd LaQuintin Cathey (130 lbs.)
6th Daunte Mills (160 lbs.)
6th Donnie Mena (215 lbs.)2009
Fremont finishes 16th in the team standings.
5th Casey Johnson (140 lbs.)
2010
Fremont finishes 8th in the team standings.
1st Joe Johnson (140 lbs.)
5th Casey Johnson (145 lbs.)
5th Hector Cristobal (215 lbs.)
6th Felix Lugo (189 lbs.)2011
Fremont finishes 25th in the boys standings.
Fremont has its first girls CCS finalist in the second year of the tournaments history.
2nd Athena Herrera (165 lbs.)
2012
Fremont finishes 19th in the team standings.
6th Edward Garcia (132 lbs.)
6th Samer El Nounou (145 lbs.)2013
Fremont finishes 16th in the team standings.
2nd Gary Miltenberger (287 lbs.)
5th Joey Caires (115 lbs.)Fremont has its second girls CCS finalist.
2nd Evonne Evien (189 lbs.)
2014
Fremont finishes 2nd in the team standings.
1st Gary Miltenberger (285 lbs.)
3rd Ezra Clark (132 lbs.)
6th Modan Goldman (145 lbs.)
6th Dominick Huerta (160 lbs.)Girls CCS
3rd Evonne Evien (189 lbs.)
2015
Fremont finishes 3rd in the team standings.
2nd Dominick Huerta (160 lbs.)
3rd Ezra Clark (132 lbs.)
6th Christian Reyes (145 lbs.)2016
Fremont finishes 10th in the team standings.
3rd Angelo Reyes (113 lbs.)
5th Louis Gueziec (126 lbs.)Girls CCS
4th Sarah Guettaf (126 lbs.)
2017
Fremont finishes 5th in the team standings.
2nd Angelo Reyes (120 lbs.)
2nd Taniela Feliciano Takafua (182 lbs.)
5th Eli Clark (132 lbs.)Girls CCS
Fremont places multiple girls in CCS for the first time since the inception of the tournament and has the highest team finish in FHS Wrestling history, 15th. Nicole Lee becomes the 3rd CCS finalist for Fremont, as a sophomore. Melissa Lee becomes the 2nd freshman to place in CCS, unfortunately the first Sarah Guettaf moved to France her sophomore season.
2nd Nicole Lee (106 lbs.)
4th Kyanna Gonzalez (160 lbs.)
6th Melissa Lee (101 lbs.)2018
Fremont finishes 7th in the team standings.
2nd Eli Clark (132 lbs.)
2nd Taniela Feliciano Takafua (195 lbs.)
3rd Cohle Feliciano (285 lbs.)Girls CCS
Fremont finishes 11th in the team standings.
1st Melissa Lee (101 lbs.)
2nd Annie Hua (137 lbs.)
5th Annabel Garcia (160 lbs.)2019
Fremont finishes 9th in the team standings.
2nd James Ost (138 lbs.)
2nd Cohle Feliciano (285 lbs.)
6th Joseph Kashitani (106 lbs.)Girls CCS
Fremont finishes 4th in the team standings.
1st Melissa Lee (101 lbs.)
1st Nicole Lee (106 lbs.)
2nd Annie Hua (137 lbs.)
3rd Annabel Garcia (150 lbs.)2020
Fremont finishes 8th in the team standings.
2nd TJ Takafua (285 lbs.)
3rd Mark Justin Ramirez (106 lbs.)
4th Branden Bulatao (138 lbs.)
6th Derek Lee (113 lbs.)Girls CCS
Fremont finishes 4th in the team standings.
1st Annabel Garcia (150 lbs.)
2nd Melissa Lee (101 lbs.)
2nd Annie Hua (143 lbs.)
5th Nicola Tyburski (137 lbs.)2021
CCS is cancelled due to COVID-19
2022
Fremont finishes 4th in the team standings.
1st TJ Takafua (285 lbs.) OW
2nd Jayden Bautista (106 lbs.)
3rd Mark Justin Ramirez (120 lbs.)
5th Omar Arias (138 lbs.)
5th Darragh Howard (145 lbs.)Girls CCS
Fremont finishes 8th in the team standings.
1st Hana Duus (143 lbs.)
1st Ariana Varona Rodriguez (189 lbs.) OW
6th Aila Duus (126 lbs.)2023
Fremont finishes 5th in the team standings.
2nd Mark Justin Ramirez (120 lbs.)
3rd Nova Takafua (285 lbs.)
4th Justin Tan (132 lbs.)Girls CCS
Fremont finishes 7th in the team standings.
3rd Hana Duus (143 lbs.)
3rd Aila Duus (131 lbs.)
4th Hannah Ramirez (111 lbs.)
5th Myra Pressnell (116 lbs.)2024
Fremont finishes 5th in the team standings.
2nd Drew Croft (165 lbs.)
4th Davon Walker (120 lbs.)
4th Jameson Moore (138 lbs.)
4th Kane Ngov (175 lbs.)Girls CCS
Fremont finishes 5th in the team standings.
1st Myra Pressnell (115 lbs.)
2nd Aila Duus (140 lbs.)
4th Hannah Ramirez (110 lbs.) -
The California State Tournament began in 1973. Before this CCS was the qualifier for the Nor Cal tournament.
1974
2nd Frank Tamura (191 lbs)
1978
6th Steve Zanich (191 lbs)
1990
2nd Bobby Soto (112 lbs)
1991
5th Marcial Cruz (140 lbs)
1992
6th Warren Newsome (152 lbs)
7th Oliver Salud (135 lbs)1995
2nd Joel Valencia (140 lbs)
1998
7th Matt Sabraw (140 lbs)
2001
5th Anthony Baza (145 lbs)
2003
4th Daniel Atondo (160 lbs)
2004
Fremont finished 23rd in the State
4th Filip Novachkov (103 lbs)
2005
Fremont finished 13th in the State
2nd Filip Novachkov (112 lbs)
5th Greg Crane (152 lbs)2006
Fremont finishes 3rd in the State, Fremont’s highest state finish in history. Fremont also has its first three individual State Champions in history. Prior to 2006 Fremont had 4 state finalists and no state champions.
1st Boris Novachkov (103 lbs)
1st Filip Novachkov (119 lbs)
1st Greg Crane (160 lbs)2007
Fremont finishes tied for 31st. Fremont has its first ever two time state champion.
1st Boris Novachkov (125 lbs)
2013
Fremont has its first ever girls state placer.
5th Evonne Evien (189 lbs.)
2014
Fremont got back on the podium at state after a 7 year drought.
7th Gary Miltenberger (285 lbs)
Fremont has its first ever two time girls state placer.
3rd Evonne Evien (189 lbs.)
2018
Fremont has its first ever freshman girls state place winner.
8th Annie Hua (138 lbs.)
2019
5th Melissa Lee (101 lbs.)
5th Cohle Feliciano (285 lbs.)2020
4th Melissa Lee (101 lbs.)
4th Annie Hua (138 lbs.)2021 (No official State Tournament due to Covid)
2022
4th TJ Takafua (285 lbs.)
2024
7th Myra Pressnell (115 lbs.)
8th Aila Duus (140 lbs.) -
Before the creation of the state tournament was created in 1973 there was a Northern and a Southern championship tournament. This is the history of Fremont's wrestlers at that tournament. All information was gathered from a database of California Wrestling Statistics.
Listed below is the year, weight class, place, and last name of each Fremont wrestler who placed and the team finish (if Fremont finished in the top 10).1953
127 lbs. 1st Frank
Team Results: 5th1955
138 lbs. 1st Bermundes
145 lbs. 1st Venagas
Team Results: 3rd1956
103 lbs. 4th Tsuchimoto
138 lbs. 1st Bermudez1957
103 lbs. 3rd Tsuchimoto
112 lbs. 2nd Echavaria
133 lbs. 2nd Nelson
138 lbs. 1st Stewart *Outstanding Wrestler
145 lbs. 1st Ilse
Hwt. 2nd Holbrook
Team Results: 2nd1958
Hwt. 3rd Delgado1959
120 lbs. 1st Echavarria
Team Results: 9th1960
154 lbs. 1st Regalda1962
Hwt. 2nd Wilhelm1963
Hwt. 1st Wilhelm
Team Results: 10th1966
120lbs. 2nd Fogelman
145lbs. 2nd Dunn
Team Results: 4th1967
145 lbs. 1st Dunn
154 lbs. 1st Noon
175 lbs. 3rd McCoid
Hwt. 2nd Wilhelm
Team Results: 1st1968
103 lbs. 4th Garcia
112 lbs. 3rd Morrison
133 lbs. 3rd Nakabayashi
165 lbs. 1st Noon
Team Results: 2nd1969
175 lbs. 1st Noon
Team Results: 7th1971
133 lbs. 4th Zucker
175 lbs. 4th Ekern
Team Results: 9th1972
112 lbs. 1st Lawson
191 lbs. 2nd Ekhern
Team Results: 4th
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Sunnyvale High CCS and NCI Place Winners
Sunnyvale High School was closed in 1982.1962 (NCI only)
NCI 4th Garza Heavyweight
1964 (NCI only)
NCI 4th Rosecrans 95 lbs.
1965 (NCI only)
NCI 2nd Steve McKeown 138 lbs.
1966 (first year of the CCS Tournament)
1st Dave Kendrall 141 lbs. (2nd at NCI 138 lbs.)
1970
4th Rivera 106 lbs. (also placed 4th at NorCal)
4th Araujo 130 lbs.1971
3rd Rivera 103 lbs. (also placed 6th at NorCal)
1974
3rd John Baza 130 lbs.
1975
4th Bud Coons 157 lbs.
1978
3rd Ed Baza 130 lbs.
1979
3rd Brian Canali 103 lbs.
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2015 - Ezra Clark (Skyline) 7th at 141 lbs.
2013 - Monet Goldman (Skyline) 8th at 149 lbs.
2005 - Josh DeSherlia (West Valley) 4th at 165 lbs.
2004 - Alvin Cacdac (West Valley) 7th at 133 lbs.
1994 - Warren Newsome (West Valley) 3rd at 167 lbs.
1992 - Marcial Cruz (West Valley) 1st at 142 lbs.
1991 - Marcial Cruz (West Valley) 7th at 142 lbs.
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2018 Cadet Nationals
UWW Freestyle WTT
2nd Melissa Lee (40 kgs.)Folkstyle 3rd
Annie Hua (138 lbs.)2007 Junior Nationals
Greco Roman 1st
Boris Novachkov (125 lbs.)
Freestyle 2nd
Boris Novachkov (125 lbs.)2006 Junior Nationals
Greco Roman 3rd
Boris Novachkov (112 lbs.)
Freestyle 3rd
Boris Novachkov (112 lbs.)
Freestyle 7th
Filip Novachkov (125 lbs.)2005 Junior Nationals
Greco Roman 1st
Boris Novachkov (98 lbs.)
Freestyle 1st
Boris Novachkov (98 lbs.)2004 Cadet Nationals
Freestyle 1st
Boris Novachkov (84 lbs.)
Freestyle 5th
Greg Crane (145 lbs.) -
2020-2021 Season StatsDue to COVID-19 this season only consisted of dual meets.
2019-2020 Season Stats
Wins
45 - TJ Takafua
38 - Mark Justin Ramirez, Derek Lee
36 - Branden BulataoFalls
27 - Mark Justin Ramirez
23 - Branden Bulatao
19 - TJ Takafua, Derek Lee2018-2019 Season Stats
Wins
33 - Cohle Feliciano
31 - James Ost
26 - TJ TakafuaFalls
23 - James Ost
22 - Cohle Feliciano
19 - TJ Takafua2017-2018 Season Stats
Wins
36 - Taniela Feliciano Takafua
33 - Eli Clark
31 - Cohle FelicianoFalls
26 - Taniela Feliciano Takafua
22 - Cohle Feliciano
14 - Eli Clark, Branden Bulatao2016 - 2017 Season Stats
Wins
39 - Angelo Reyes
32 - Ryan Lee
29 - Taniela Feliciano TakafuaFalls
24 - Angelo Reyes
22 - Ryan Lee
18 - Taniela Feliciano Takafua2015 - 2016 Season Stats
Wins
38 - Angelo Reyes
34 - Joshua Aceves
32 - Taniela Feliciano TakafuaFalls
26 - Joshua Aceves
25 - Angelo Reyes
15 - Samuel Ibanez2014 - 2015 Season Stats
Wins
41 - Ezra Clark
35 - Angelo Reyes
33 - Dominick Huerta
31 - Christian Reyes, Ryan LeeFalls
25 - Josh Aceves
23 - Ryan Lee
22 - David Tran
21 - Ezra Clark
COACH
Webber Lawson
The call to " go west, young man" was taken seriously by Webber Lawson as he left his native Oklahoma and landed in California where he pursued his wrestling career at Inglewood High, Cal Poly-SLO, and LA Athletic Club where he won the 1948 Western Regional Olympic Trials and was named the Outstanding Wrestler. In addition, he won three Far Western Championships. He refereed and coached for twenty-five years in three different CIF Sections, most notably at Fremont High School in the Central Coast Section. His teams won 52 straight duals, four consecutive Central Coast Section (CIF) Titles, and a Northern California Invitational Team Championship.
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Webber Lawson Memorial Scholarship
2011 - Adam Wigginton, $1,000
San Jose State (Graduated in 2017) Major: Mechanical Engineering
2012 - Samer El Nounou, $500
San Jose State, transferred to UC Davis (Graduated in 2016) Major: Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior (Minor: Managerial Economics)
2013 - Joey Caires, $750
Cal Poly (Graduated in 2017) Major: Kinesiology
2014 - Ben Murphy, $500
UC Berkley (Graduated in 2018) Major: Computer Science
2015 - Christian Reyes, $1,000
San Francisco State University (Graduated in 2019) Major: Child Development (Minor: in Education)
2016 - No Qualified Applicants
2017 - Angelo Reyes, $750
San Francisco State University (Graduated in 2021) Major: Computer Science
2018 - Taniela Feliciano Takafua, $750
Simon Fraser University (Graduated in 2024) Major: Sociology
2019 - James Ost, $500
Rochester Institute of Technology (Graduated in 2023) Double Major: Accounting and Finance
2019 - Nicole Lee, $500
Stanford (Graduated in 2023) Major: Computer Science
2020 - Melissa Lee, $500
Stanford (Graduated in 2024) Major: Computer Science
2021 - Branden Bulatao, $750
Stevens Institute of Technology
2021 - Annie Hua, $750
Columbia
2021 - Annabel Garcia, $750
Simon Fraser, Umpqua Community College, King University
2022 - Darragh Howard, $500
San Diego State
2023 - Hana Duus, $500
Simon Fraser University
2024 - Myra Pressnel, $500
Umpqua Community College
2024 - Drew Croft, $500
Cal Poly
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