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The following students shared more than $140,000 in scholarships awarded Saturday night at the 13th annual Gala and Scholarship Awards dinner at the Hyatt Regency hotel. The event was sponsored by Ibero-American Action League Inc.
$40,000 scholarships from Nazareth College:
Zullette Hernandez, of Monroe High School. She will attend Nazareth to study studio art.
Christina Valentin, of Dr. Freddie Thomas High School. She will attend Nazareth to study history.
$34,000 scholarship from St. John Fisher College:
Grisell Buides, of Bishop Kearney High School. She will attend Fisher to study English.
$2,000 each from the Hispanic Scholarship Endowment Fund:
Robert “Mike” Collier IV, of Webster Christian School. He will attend Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pa., to study civil engineering.
Marcos Cruz, of Allendale Columbia School. He will attend Ohio State University to study chemical engineering.
Matthew Falcon, of Fairport High School. He will attend the University of Pittsburgh. He is undecided on a major.
Carly Maldonado, of Webster Thomas High School. She will attend Nazareth College to study speech pathology.
Yamiled Ortiz, of Monroe High School. She will attend Monroe Community College to study political science.
Albert Parisi-Estevez, of Brighton High School. He will attend Cornell University to study policy analysis.
William Pellet, of Williamson High School. He will attend the University of Rochester to study political science.
Gabriel Ruiz, of one of the specialty schools at Franklin. He will attend the State University College at Buffalo to study engineering.
Sergio Rodriguez, of East High School. He will attend Rochester Institute of Technology to study chemistry.
Lizette Santana, of Our Lady of Mercy High School. She will attend the University of Pittsburgh to study liberal arts.
Melanie Vazquez, of School of the Arts. She will attend MCC to study education.
$1,000 each from MCC:
Denisse Ramos, of Penfield High School. She will attend MCC to study business administration.

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Salt Lake Community College’s men’s basketball program picked up two of the state’s top senior guards when Viewmont’s Davis Emery and Davis’ Connor Van Brocklin signed with the Bruins last week.
Emery and Van Brocklin won’t need any introductions, as they’ve battled hard against each other in Region 1 the last couple of seasons.
They’re also first cousins.
Emery’s dad, Jeff, the Viewmont boys basketball coach, is the brother of Van Brocklin’s mom, Allyson. Emery and Van Brocklin have played together on AAU teams in the past, but never in as meaningful of a situation as they’ll find themselves at SLCC.
“It will be fun,” Emery said. “We’ve talked about how it’s weird that we get to go to college and play on the same team.”
Both players were being looked at by a few programs. Emery said that he and Van Brocklin decided early on in the recruiting process that if they were offered a place at SLCC, they would commit and sign to play for the Bruins on the spot. SLCC, coming off a second-place finish in the NJCAA tournament, has a lot of holes to fill from this past season’s team.
Emery and Van Brocklin are tight, and all the time they spent playing with and against each other on Van Brocklin’s Sport Court will likely pay off for SLCC coach Norm Parrish.
“We have a good feel for each other and what we’re going to do,” Emery said.
The two players engaged in a friendly rivalry while competing for Viewmont and Davis. Emery said they would occasionally talk during their games. If they were ever seen laughing during the heated games between the two programs, it was because one was making fun of the other, or someone else on the court.
“It never really got too competitive,” Emery said. “Connor is probably the least cocky kid you’ll ever meet.”

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