The Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table board has announced its 2020 scholarship awards.
Pioneer Valley seniors Lauren Carandang and Christian Morin are the 2020 NSBCART Female Athlete of the Year and Joni Gray Heart and Soul Award winners respectively.
Lompoc seniors Ryan Morgan and Amy Bommersbach are the Male Athlete of the Year and Female Scholar Athlete of the Year respectively. Righetti senior Kai Karamitsos is the Male Scholar Athlete of the Year.
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The NSBCART customarily awards its scholarships at its annual awards dinner. The organization's 2020 awards dinner was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Joni Gray "Heart & Soul" scholarship is worth $1,500. The other scholarships are worth $1,000 each.
The late Joni Gray, a former county supervisor, was a former long-time NSBCART president.
The Pioneer Valley senior's mother passed away when he was in the eighth grade. Growing up, Christian Morin said, he could not have asked for a better single parent.
Carandang carries a 4.18 GPA at Pioneer Valley. She holds the girls triple jump record at 36 feet, 2 inches.
Morin played football, basketball and baseball at Pioneer Valley. In 2020, he helped lead the Panthers basketball team to a playoff appearance after the team lost its first 10 games and was 1-15 at one point.
Morgan, like Morin, played football, basketball and baseball. Morgan recently signed with Arizona State on a football scholarship.
He helped Lompoc win three consecutive league championships and will team up with former Lompoc teammate, and cousin, Jacob Nunez at ASU. Morgan, a tight end, led the Braves in receptions (41), reception yardage (680) and touchdown receptions (six) in 2019.
We have been able to tell Christian Morin's story through our Senior Spotlight series. Through this project we'll publish more than 40 stories on high school seniors (and Hancock College sophomores).
The Lompoc tight end was an All-Area selection.
Karamitsos carried a 4.71 GPA at Righetti. He is a high school water polo All-American and helped the Warriors to another league championship.
He was the Mountain League MVP and was an All-CIF Central Section selection.
Bommersbach carried a 4.40 GPA at Lompoc. She was also a four-year varsity soccer player there.
“I want to be an elementary school teacher,” she syas. “Of course I got my interest in the education field because of my parents.”
Her father, Paul Bommersbach, is the Lompoc High School principal. Her mother, Mary Bommersbach, is a first grade teacher at Clarence Ruth Elementary School in Lompoc.
Amy Bommersbach aspires to be an educator as well. Earlier, she said she chose Fresno State because of its early education program.
Bommersbach was the stopper for a Lompoc girls soccer team that earned a share of the 2020 Channel League championship. The Braves made it to the second round of the playoffs.
Carandang, Morgan and Morin all saw their final seasons of high school sports cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CIF state office formally announced on April 3 that all spring sports post-season events were cancelled.
The last sports events on the Central Coast took place March 13.
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Lompoc's Ryan Morgan fields a Cabrillo hit at Lompoc High School in March.
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Lompoc's Ryan Morgan waits for a pitch during batting practice.
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Cabrillo's Reggie Orr goes up to block a shot by Lompoc's Ryan Morgan.
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Lompoc's Ryan Morgan shoots against Cabrillo's Jonathan Jones and Alec Brown.
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Lompoc basketball player Ryan Morgan is introduced during Monday's Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table luncheon at Giavanni's Pizza in Orcutt.
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Lompoc's Ryan Morgan questions a foul call during Friday night's game in Vandenberg Village.
CIF football: Lompoc vs. Glendora

Adam Lazaro of Lompoc celebrates with teammate Ryan Morgan #5 after scoring a touchdown in the first half of a Division 5 prep playoff football game against Glendora at Citrus College on Friday, November 8, 2019 in Glendora, California. (Photo by Libby Cline-Birmingham)
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Lompoc's Ryan Morgan tries to shake off Dos Pueblos' Baylor Huyck and Conner Gleissner after catching a pass during a game in October.
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The Lompoc Braves celebrate Ryan Morgan's long first-quarter catch-and-run for a touchdown against Santa Ynez last month. Lompoc begins the CIF Southern Section Division 5 playoffs Friday night against Glendora.
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Lompoc's Ryan Morgan takes off after catching a long pass to score as Santa Ynez' Camron Prendergast and Jacob Davies chase in the first quarter.
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Lompoc's Ryan Morgan runs against St. Joseph's Josiah Acosta during a game in September. Morgan has committed to play for Arizona State.
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Ryan Morgan tosses the ball to an official after hauling in a Lompoc touchdown
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Pioneer Valley's Lauren Carandang was named the winner of the Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table Female Athlete of the Year last week.
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Pioneer Valley's Lauren Carandang was named the winner of the Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table Female Athlete of the Year last week.
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Pioneer Valley's Lauren Carandang was named the winner of the Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table Female Athlete of the Year last week.
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Pioneer Valley's Lauren Carandang, center, was named the winner of the Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table Female Athlete of the Year last week.
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Pioneer Valley's Lauren Carandang was named the winner of the Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table Female Athlete of the Year last week.
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Pioneer Valley's Lauren Carandang, second from right, was named the winner of the Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table Female Athlete of the Year last week.
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Pioneer Valley track and field athlete Lauren Carandang is named Athlete of the Week during a Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table at Giavanni's Pizza in Orcutt in March.
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Pioneer Valley track and field athlete Lauren Carandang is named Athlete of the Week during Monday's Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table at Giavanni's Pizza in Orcutt.
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Righetti's Kai Karamitsos looks in on goal during a Mountain League game against Morro Bay this past season. Karamitsos was named the league's MVP and is the Round Table Scholar Athlete of the Year.
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Righetti's Kai Karamitsos looks for an open teammate during a Mountain League game last season. Karamitsos is the Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table Scholar Athlete of the Year.
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Righetti's Kia Karamitsos looks for a teammate during Wednesday's game.
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Righetti's Kia Karamitsos (21) and David Rodriguez defend Morro Bay's Elijah Quimby Wednesday.
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Lompoc High senior Amy Bommersbach, center, poses with her brother Cody, father Paul and mother Mary. Bommersbach was named the Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table Female Athlete of the Year on Thursday.
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Lompoc High School's Claudia Terrones, Paul Bommersbach and his daughter, Amy Bommersbach, were behind an idea to honor the Braves' Class of 2020 by memorializing their names on the wall of the gym.
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Coach Jason Cochrane, second from right, discusses a play with Amy Bommersbach at half time.
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Lompoc High School's seniors were honored before Wednesday night's Channel League girls soccer game against Santa Ynez. The Class of 2020 includes, from left, Jocelyn Bocanegra (23), Ayziah Simmons (2), Katie Guzman (8), Sabrina Paz-Favela (5), Selena Garcia (13), Amy Bommersbach (7) and Andrea Bueno (34).
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Lompoc's Amy Bommersbach scores on a penalty kick against Cabrillo this past season. Bommersbach was named the Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table Scholar Athlete of the Year on Thursday.
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Lompoc High School girls soccer captains Amy Bommersbach and Katie Guzman before this past season.
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Lompoc and Santa Ynez High School seniors were honored before the start of Tuesday's Channel League girls volleyball match at Santa Ynez High. The seniors are (from left) Lompoc's Amy Bommersbach, Santa Ynez's Brynn Conway, Natalie Robles, Amanda Krystkowiak, Kylie Clouse, Alexa Garcia, Rylynn Ibarra and Lompoc's Mariah Escobedo.
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Lompoc's Amy Bommersbach is introduced at Monday's luncheon.
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The 2019 Lompoc High School girls volleyball team poses for a photo before Tuesday night's game at Pioneer Valley High School. The players are, front row from left, Amery Rodriguez (18), Mariah Escobedo (11), Marina Grossini (6) and, back row from left, McKenna Bohard (8), Avery Kirkland (1), Amy Bommersbach (5), Kenley Grossini (2) and Mya Mendoza (15).
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Amy Bommersbach of Lompoc steps in front of the soccer ball during the second half against Santa Barbara.
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Lompoc's Amy Bommersbach, Bella Robles and Esperanza Zepeda celebrate a point against Orcutt Academy during a 2018 match.
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Orcutt Academy's Angela Morrill and Grace Lamica go up to try to block Lompoc's Amy Bommersbach on Tuesday.
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Pioneer Valley senior Christian Morin poses for a photo with his father and one of his brothers.
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Pioneer Valley's Christian Morin poses for a photo with his father and brothers.
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Pioneer Valley senior Christian Morin poses for a photo with his father Abel during the Panthers' Senior Night last fall.
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Senior Christian Morin driving to the basket against Santa Maria during a game in February.
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Pioneer Valley senior Christian Morin drives to the basket during Friday's game against Santa Maria.
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Pioneer Valley senior Christian Morin joined by his father, Abel, second from left, celebrate the Panther basketball captain on Senior Night along with coach Ross Rivera, right, before his final home high school basketball game against Santa Maria High last February.
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Pioneer Valley seniors, from left, Joe Arriola, Christian Morin, Nathan Trevino and Fernando Aguilar before Friday night's game against Santa Maria High.
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Pioneer Valley's Christian Morin drives to the paint against the defense of Nipomo's Nate Reese during an Ocean League game in Santa Maria.
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Pioneer Valley's Christian Morin dumps off a pass for teammate Nate Trevino during Wednesday night's Ocean League game in Santa Maria.
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Santa Maria's Daisean Leekins looks for an opening against Pioneer Valley's Christian Morin.
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Pioneer Valley's Christian Morin drives against Santa Maria's Daisean Leekins.
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Santa Maria's Justin Gutierrez hits a three-point shot as Pioneer Valley's Christian Morin defends.
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Pioneer Valley's Christian Morin passes around Santa Maria's Carlos Hildalgo on the press.
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Santa Maria's Daisean Leekins gets past Pioneer Valley's Christian Morin.
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Pioneer Valley's Christian Morin throws a no-look pass between Lompoc's Stephen Espinoza and Zach Dumloa, to Fernando Aguilar, who hit a three-pointer to end the first half.
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Pioneer Valley's Christian Morin throws a no-look pass between Lompoc's Stephen Espinoza and Zach Dumloa, to Fernando Aguilar, who hit a three-pointer to end the first half.
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Pioneer Valley's Christian Morin finishes a drive between Lompoc's Ryan Morgan, Marcus Miller and Deville Dickerson.
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Pioneer Valley wide receiver Christian Morin is stopped by a host of San Luis Obispo Tigers during Friday night's Homecoming game in Santa Maria.
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Pioneer Valley receiver Christian Morin leaps above Cole Gilson to make a catchy during a PAC 4 game at Nipomo High School last October. Morin is a winner for the Northern Santa Barbara County Athlete of the Year.
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Nipomo defender Justin Mckee goes low to tackle Christian Morin of Pioneer Valley during a PAC 4 game at Nipomo High School
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Keyshawn Pu'a gets chased by Christian Morin during a PAC 4 game at Nipomo High School
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Three Nipomo defenders combine to bring down Christian Morin during a PAC 4 game at Nipomo High School
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Pioneer Valley's Christian Morin goes up against Emilio Corona of San Luis Obispo.