Pursuing Victory with Honor Awards

The Pursuing Victory with Honor Task Force, a sub-committee of the Interscholastic Athletic Committee (IAC) met on March 29, 2005 to select the 2005 “Pursuing Victory With Honor” award recipients. The award winners from the CIF Los Angeles City Section are as follows:

Athlete: Jonathan Pahed, Eagle Rock High School
Parent/Spectator: Sara Sanchez, Cleveland High School
Coach: Arman Mercado, Taft High School
School: Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies
Program Administrator: Miranda Ra’off, Manual Arts High School
Official: Laverne Thenarse, LA Basketball Officials Unit
Athletic Administrator: Sue Kamiyama, Posthumously, Former AD, Bell HS

As you may or may not know, the CIF Los Angeles City Section has partnered with two other youth sport organizations to form the “Los Angeles Sports and Recreation CHARACTER COUNTS! sm Partnership.” This partnership was formed to standardize the message of CHARACTER COUNTS! sm and Pursuing Victory with Honor that is delivered in each of the three sport programs. The other two organizations are the Los Angeles Unified School District Youth Services program, which organizes sport and recreation programs for elementary and middle school students, and the City of Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Department.

The CHARACTER COUNTS! sm Partnership hosted its fifth annual honor banquet to recognize award recipients on May 16th in the Empire Room of the Sportsmen’s Lodge. Anita DeFrantz, member of the International Olympic Committee, was the keynote speaker.

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