IWA grad Noah Garcia awarded prestigious scholarship from Catholic Life Insurance
Now that seemingly routine gesture has turned into much more.
Garcia, a
The award is earmarked for seniors "who have not only demonstrated outstanding leadership skills and academic achievements, but have also gone above and beyond in their civic duties and made a difference in their communities," according to Catholic Life's website.
"It was very exciting," Garcia said. "My grandmother has had all of us apply for the scholarship, but I was the first one to get it. I was very excited not only to receive it, but to be able to share the news with her."
In addition to his schoolwork at IWA, Garcia kept a strenuous schedule playing varsity baseball and basketball and and running for the Angels' cross-country team.
Basketball provided one of Garcia's best memories during his senior year as IWA advanced to the second round of the playoffs and won a home playoff game for the first time in a decade.
He also was involved in Mu Alpha Theta, science club, Triumph over
He has been an altar server since he was in third grade at
"People don't believe me, but I have never missed a Sunday Mass or a holy day of obligation Mass," Garcia said. "From them driving me as a child to now me taking it upon myself to drive, faith is a huge part of who I am. It is what makes us who we are."
"He is a team leader for all of the young servers that he encounters," Thomson said. "He steps up even before he is asked to. He takes initiative and guides the other servers to get whatever needs to be done, done."
Monsignor
"I've always found him a very responsible young man and very respectful and very faithful in carrying out his duties as an altar server," Smith said.
Garcia plans to attend the
Garcia said
Garcia is working for the Corpus
"I really love it there. I get to be in the clubhouse and in the dugout as a batboy," Garcia said. "It is an awkward schedule, but other than that it is really cool."
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