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Football: Twenty-six players get academic honors

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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The Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation will honor 26 of the best scholar-athletes from the area Monday evening during a banquet at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena.

The honorees: Shawn Abbott, Montclair; Manny Acosta, South El Monte; Luke Ayala, El Monte; Oscar Bauman, Glendora; Nathan Burgett, Bonita; Nathan Chakerian, Glendora; Matthew Chan, Charter Oak; Tramel Clipper, Muir; Thomas Flores, West Covina; David M. Goldstein, La Canada; Daniel Emekia Imaa, Alhambra; Kyle W. Lengyel, Diamond Ranch; Alec Storrie Lombardi, Flintridge Prep; Jonathan Medina, Arroyo; Tyree Mills, Muir; Kevin Mitchell, St. Francis; Thomas Munson, Bonita; Alonzo Nevarez, West Covina; Fernando Noriega, El Monte; Gregory J. Perea, California; Chris Perez, Cantwell Sacred Heart; Kevin Resurreccion, Hollywood; Jordan Scanlan, Cantwell Sacred Heart; Jacob Walker, Crescenta Valley; Michael A. Weston, La Canada; Evan M. Williams, Charter Oak.

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--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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