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HSGameTime All-Inland softball first team
Steward led the team with a .583 batting average, 11 home runs and 27 steals. She had a .664 on-base percentage in the leadoff spot, scored 45 runs and knocked in 34 more runs. Steward, who has signed with Cal State Northridge, was all-tournament at the All-County Diamond Classic and Redlands Softball Invitational and the Citrus Belt League’s Most Valuable Player for the second straight season. -- Press-Enterprise
Administrative Personnel Changes at Local Schools
Asplund received a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in education from UCLA, and a master’s in educational administration from California State University, Northridge. Asplund and her husband, Dave, have three children in college who all attended local public schools. -- Santa Clarita Gazette
SCV Resident Named a Moorpark Assistant Superintendent
Ms. Gibson earned her undergraduate degree from California State University, Northridge, her M.Ed in School Management from the University of La Verne and her CBO Certification from USC. She also earned Multiple Subject and Single Subject (Mathematics) Teaching Credentials. She will be leaving her position as Director of Fiscal Services in the Centinela Valley Union School District to assume her new responsibilities at Moorpark Unified School District. She has prior experience as a CBO, middle school principal and classroom teacher. -- SCV News
Brother-led charity donates bicycles to local emancipated foster youth
The brothers were referred to CSU Northridge’s Resilient Scholar’s program, which helps emancipated foster youth succeed during their enrollment at CSUN. Seventeen students there were identified as in need of the wheeled transportation and given new bicycles, helmets and locks. -- Los Angeles Times
Here’s where to watch an outdoor movie in LA this summer
Summer Movie Fest at Cal State Northridge
Movies start at sunset
• Selena - June 22
• Beauty and the Beast - June 29
• Captain America: Civil War - July 6
--LA Daily News
Local Roundup: Aptos’ Nikki Hiltz advances to 1,500-meter final at USATF championships
The former Cal State Northridge Matador placed 11th overall with a top throw of 171 feet. Cueva’s second throw was 170-10. She fouled on her third throw. -- Santa Cruz Sentinel
Top transfer Aarion McDonald signs with Arizona
Regarded as one of the top freshman point guards in the country, she played in 28 games last season while starting in 21 of them. She averaged just under 10 points per game while shooting 47% from the field in 24.1 minutes per game while scoring in double-figures 12 times last season with a season-high 23 against CSUN. In the NCAA Tournament, McDonald averaged 13.7 points per game. -- KGUN
Role Models
Haylee Haas (Bryant), Emily Claudy (Chapman), Emily Hoover (William Jewell), Mattea Ghaffary (Gettysburg), Madison Fleming (Cal State Northridge), Rachael Farrington (Loyola Marymount), Jenna Stewart (Wayne State), Kaitlyn Wilkens (St. John’s), Lauren Cowden (Minot State) also represent Moorpark. -- Medical Health News
Mike Mandel
During his time at California State University, Northridge (formerly San Fernando Valley State College), Mandel found himself in a vast community of photographers. With mentors including Ed Sievers, Todd Walker and Robert Heinecken who supported experimentation within the medium, Mandel created his earliest series: People in Cars and Myself: Timed Exposures. -- Wall Street International
Teacher Reads Children’s Book Aloud And Realizes It’s Her Own Love Story
In November, Goldsmith was reading a book aloud as part of an exercise at a teachers’ meeting at CSUN Lab School in Northridge, California where she works. She quickly realized it wasn’t just any old story but rather a retelling of her love story with her boyfriend of five years Eric Hernandez, who had spent months writing, illustrating and formatting the story of their relationship into a children’s book. --Huffington Post