MCLC Student Athletes Recognized
Letterman awards are awards that student athletes recieve for their tremendous effort in sports they’ve played whether it be soccer, volleyball, water polo, football, track etc. The letterman award is the MC logo that student athletes recieve along with pins for the sports they’ve played. Students also have the chance to receive one if they were captains for their respective teams or they are awarded an academic pin if they had outstanding grades during their sports season.
On the evening of June 7, 2010 none of MCLC’s student athletes knew what to expect as they entered the auditorium for the First Annual Athletes Recognition Night. Rose Low, our athletic director welcomed everyone who attended, both athletes and parents. Both Rosie Martinez (ALC Principal) and Heather Daims (MCLC Principal) gave brief speeches as to what the assembly was going to be about and how she and other administrators organized this special event. Later Barbara Fiege (CIF-LA Commissioner) was introduced and gave both student athletes and parents a quick lesson about sportsmanship and was later congratulated for her continuous work for not only our school but many more as well. As George Sandoval (LASGS Junior) says, “I was really interested with what Barbara had to say because it will teach us to become better athletes and am thankful for her effort to our athletics program.”
Following that it was time for what all student athletes had been waiting for: their letterman awards. Before they were to recieve their awards their sports coaches were introduced and congratulated for what they’ve done for the sports teams. Not only were coaches introduced but also all the assistant coaches who helped to make the athletics department such a success this year. As student athletes were walking up to receive their awards you could see the anxiety in their eyes wanting to receive the award already. As Baruchs Ramirez said, “I couldn’t wait…I wanted to get my award already it was so exciting” Students were called up by alphabetical order and as soon as the last student received their award the assembly wasn’t over, as the administrators who demonstrate their support in our athletics department by attending games to make sure everything goes fine and also cheer us on during games received their thanks. As Edson De Leon said, “ I think it should be a tradition to recognize all the student athletes for what they’ve done and I really enjoyed the ceremony.” To conclude the ceremony everyone who attended was thanked for making the first annual Athletes’ Recognition Night such a success.
