Andrew Hurwitz, son of Robert Hurwitz...

Andrew Hurwitz, son of Robert Hurwitz of Newport Beach, was

recently inducted into the Sigma Alpha Lambda Honors Society at

Northern Arizona University ... Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeremiah

Cleveland, a 1998 graduate of Costa Mesa High School, recently

returned from the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Gulf while

assigned to the guided missile destroyer Porter ... Navy Midshipman

John Money, son of Christopher and Jill Money of Newport Beach, was

recently inducted into the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis,

Md., and will begin six weeks of Plebe Summer at the academy ...

Vivian Liu, daughter of Jason and Diane Liu of Newport Beach,

recently won the Rensselaer Medal offered by Rensselaer Polytechnic

Institute, the nation’s oldest technological university. The medal,

the oldest prize of its kind in the United States, is given to

students who distinguish themselves in mathematics and science. Each

medalist also receives a $60,000 scholarship upon enrollment ...

Brittney Bunnell and Priscilla Scaff of Costa Mesa and Andrea Hughes

of Newport Beach were honored during Las Campanas’ 40th Anniversary

Debutante Ball that was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Irvine ...

Troy Treaccar, a 1999 graduate of Newport Harbor High School and son

of Tom and Karen Treaccar of Newport Beach, graduated from the United

States Naval Academy with a degree in political science ... Katie

Buskirk and Rebecca Sweet, both from Newport Beach, attended the

3-day National Teen Leadership Program at Chapman University in

Orange. More than 6,000 teens have attended the program’s camps in

the last 11 years ... Ulisses Ayala of Costa Mesa won second place

honors in the unusually shaped item division in the farm garden

category competition at the Orange County Fair ... Griselda Ayala of

Costa Mesa won second place honors in the individual flower blooms

division in the floral/horticulture category competition at the

Orange County Fair.

* NEIGHBORS spotlights achievements in the community. Please

direct noteworthy information to Coral Wilson by fax at (949)

646-4170, or send e-mail to [email protected].