Female Scholar Athlete of the Year: Jasmine Loyola (Women's Cross Country/Track & Field)
Jasmine Loyola competes all season long for the Panthers as she runs Cross-Country in the fall and is a member of the Track & Field team in the spring. This past fall, she helped the Cross-Country team repeat as Big 8 Conference Champions. She was the Big 8 Conference Runner Up and earned 1st Team All-Conference Honors. Loyola finished in 10th place at the Nor-Cal Cross-Country finals and 57th at the State Championships (out of 161 individual finishers).
Loyola's work is not done yet, as she will be competing at the Nor-Cal Finals for Track & Field this Friday at Hughes Stadium and looks to qualify for the State Championship in Bakersfield May 18-19. This spring she has already won an individual Big 8 Championship in the 3000m Steeplechase, finishing with her best time of the season, (12:29.95) and finished 3rd in the 5000m (also her best time of the season for this event).