YISS Honors 10 Athletes in All-Decade Team
Every 10 years, the Korean American Interscholastic Activities Conference (or KAIAC) celebrates another decade of excellence in sports, performing arts, and activities. The 2021-22 school year marked the 50th anniversary of this unique conference of schools. As a part of this celebration, each member school was able to select 5 male and 5 female athletes from the last 10 years to be named to the conference’s “All-Decade Team.”
Each member school receives a plaque on which they can display the names of these athletes, along with selections from previous decades. In addition, YISS has installed a wall display above the trophy cases in the athletics building to recognize these athletes for their contributions to Guardian Athletics. These athletes represent many sports and school records; below are their names and accomplishments while at YISS:
Shin Ikeda: Graduated 2014; Guardian Cross Country and Soccer; school record for career assists; 2011 Far East Soccer Champ, 2012 KAIAC Soccer Champ
June Sohn: Graduated 2016; Guardian Soccer; school record for career goals; 2014 KAIAC Soccer Champ
Hana Ikeda: Graduated 2016; Guardian Volleyball, Basketball, and Soccer; school record for season points (basketball) and season goals (soccer); 2014 & 2015 KAIAC Volleyball Champ
Josh Minsup Kim: Graduated 2016; Guardian Volleyball, Basketball and Soccer
Xavier Sawyer: Graduated 2017; Guardian Volleyball and Basketball; school record for season points (basketball)
Soo Lee: Graduated 2018; Guardian Basketball and Soccer; school record for season steals (basketball) and career assists (soccer)
Pablo Yuste: Graduated 2018; Guardian Volleyball and Soccer; school record for career and season assists (volleyball); 2016, 2017 ACSC Volleyball Champ, 2018 KAIAC Soccer Champ
Jiyu Shin: Graduated 2019; Guardian Swimming; school records in 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay; 2018 KAIAC Swimming Champ
Megan Paek: Graduated 2021; Guardian Volleyball and Soccer; school records for career kills and digs and season kills; 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 KAIAC Volleyball Champ, 2021 KAIAC Soccer Champ
Eric Oh: Graduated 2022; Guardian Swimming; school records in 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 200 Free Relay, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 200 Individual Medley, 200 Medley Relay; 2018, 2021 ACSC Champ
Congratulations to these athletes, these Guardians. I hope that they inspire the next decade of athletes to take us to the next level, both as athletes and as people inspired by God to use their gifts to the fullest.