Hodge and Barajas Named to 2020 Nevco Character Champions Team
Madelyn Hodge and Giovanni Barajas are Santa Ana College's representatives for the 2020 OEC Nevco Character Champions team.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Madelyn Hodge and Giovanni Barajas have been added to the 2020 Orange Empire Conference Nevco Character Champions team.
Each year, the Orange Empire Conference (OEC) names one male and one female student-athlete from each member college to the Nevco Character Champion Team (list below) while naming two top winners of the Nevco Character Championship Award. This award is given to the student-athletes who displays the following values; sportsmanship, respect, caring, fairness, civility, honesty, integrity and responsibility shown through a specific action, ideally directed toward an opponent during competition.
The criteria also includes the action of putting the team and teammates before oneself while acting as a positive role model. The inaugural award was given out following the 2009-10 academic year.
| TEAM | MALE | FEMALE |
| Cypress College | Tran Jacklynn | |
| Fullerton College | Brain Martinez | Bryanna Santis |
| Golden West College | Manuel Auqusto | Sam Andrade |
| Irvine Valley College | Caleb Grant Humble | Anna Catherine Unke |
| Orange Coast College | Hunter Dickey | Lualdi Lucrezia |
| Riverside City College | Gleb Mityurin | |
| Saddleback College | Andrew Carter | Ashley Tiffin |
| Santa Ana College | Giovanni Barajas | Madelyn Hodge |
| Santiago Canyon College | Paul Vilela | Amiah Rivas |
