#1 IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE COURT

Just how good is the Grossmont Women's Badminton team? Well let us measure the success:

The 2017 Women's Badminton Team has an overall team G.P.A of 3.769 and went undefeated in regular season play. This past week the Griffins suffered their first and only loss of the season in the Southern California Regional Final against Pasadena City College 11-10.  The Griffins came within 1 point of playing Fresno City College this Thursday for the 2017 CCCAA State Championship. Although the team may have come up just short, four individual singles players and two doubles pairs have qualified for the State Indvidual finals.

1 player in the Southern Region Yukari Naono from Ehime, Japan boasts a 3.315 overall G.P.A and is undefeated thus far in 2017. Yukari is expected to be one of just a handful of players who can play at the highest level and compete for an individual state title.

Head Coach Bill Gillespie comments that "Yukari will be right in the hunt and has a great chance of winning the entire tournament, we are expecting that she may even be the #1 seed overall entering Friday". Yukari is not only the top singles player from the Southern Region but she is also one half of the best doubles pair in the region.

Patrick Henry High School Alum Rebekah Leslie will not only be competing in the individual state finals - she is also the other half of this year's undefeated #1 doubles team from Grossmont College.  Rebekah is this year's only Sophomore player and her leadership has been greatly appreciated.  Leslie boasts a 3.876 overall G.P.A and is a two time President's list and two time Vice President's list Academic Honoree. Keep reading.....

Yukari Naono - 3.315 Overall G.P.A - #1 Individual Player in Southern Region 2017

Tran Pham - 3.822 Overall G.P.A - 2 Time President's List - 2 Time Vice President's List - State Qualifier as an individual and as a pair.

Rebekah Leslie - 3.876 Overall G.P.A - 2 Time President's List - 2 Time Vice President's List - State Qualifier as an individual and as a pair (#1 pair with Naono)

Nicole Ortin - 3.625 Overall G.P.A - Currently enrolled in PRECALCULUS-FUNCTIONS & GRAPHS - MATH 176 as a second semester Freshman - State Qualifier as an individual and as a pair (#2 pair with Pham)

Heylim Kim - 3.759 Overall G.P.A - Earned a Grade of A in Math 280 Analytic Geometry/Calculus II - Currently enrolled in Math 281 Multivariable Calculus.  2 Time President's List - 2 Time Vice President's List.