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
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 MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Thank you to Forest Lawn MemorialParks & Mortuaries for the beautiful arrangements
CYPRESS COLLEGE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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
FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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
FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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
Rachel Lee
Andy Maldonado
Juliana Montenegro
Eric Mungai
Kaili Nguyen
Minh Nguyen
Ethan Ochoa
Antonio Ramirez Flores
Gian Ruiz
Byela Rwakatare
Diana Sanchez
Darian 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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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
Belen Mackay
Edgar Medina
Yara Mejia Morazan
Stephany Muro
Cecilia Perez
Gabriela Rodriguez
Celenya Rojo
Naibe Ruelas
Jessica Ruiz
Aubrey Sauls
Dawn Sotelo
Stephen Torres
Stephanie Villa
Hillside Memorial Park Scholarship
Melanie Boza
Brianne Halahmy
Spencer Thrall
Rin Lakandula
Ambika Sreedharan
Tessa Churchin
CYPRESS COLLEGE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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
FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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
Elijah Pannell
Minh Phan
Jack Rivera
Richard James Robillos
Abdelrahman Shamseldin
Amaya Smith Mercer
Cesar Soriano
Riyin Stewart
Arfan Tarik
David 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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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
FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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
Christian Pearson
Brianna Perez
Nico Pierce
Melody Remington
Jenna Rodelo
Ashley Nicole Salalac
Adriana Segura
April Smith
Savannah Williams
Rooh Yates
Outstanding Graduate Scholarship
Huey Hoang
CYPRESS COLLEGE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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
FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
The Scheetz Project
Jesse Aguilar
Anner Aguilar Chirinos
Darlene Aguilar Hernandez
Bianca Alcantara
Miguel Aleman
Ward Al-Keelany
RayRay Andres
Jason Bowman
Christopher Brantley
Valerie Brayton
Laura Brito
Timothy Cabalo
Maria Calixto - Martinez
Brian Carreto
Mario Cespedes
Breana Chauca
John Corralez
AJ Curtis
Taryn 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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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
Diem Trang Nguyen
Thi Nguyen
Michael Nordell
Brenda Nunez
Janelle Provost
Sofia Ramirez
Dario Reyes Cruz
Roxie Richards
Amaya Rico
Isabel Soto
Kelly Tiet
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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 FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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
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