2025 Scholarship Awards Banquet
The 2025 SBCSC Scholarship Awards banquet was held on Wednesday evening, April 16, 2025, at the Pearl Bay Restaurant in Fremont.
This year, we awarded 40 scholarships for a record total of $62,000 to 38 graduating seniors.
Among the scholarship recipients, there are 10 students with a perfect 4.0 unweighted GPA. The average GPA of the 38 students is 3.89. They have also accumulated over 15,000 community service hours.
Two of our scholarship recipients, Kelly Jia and Eric Lan, both from Irvington High School, are among the 10 Fremont Unified School District (FUSD) students receiving the $2,500 National Merit Scholarships. They are among the 2,500 Merit Scholars designees chosen from more than 15,000 Finalists for the award by the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Please go to the 2025 Scholarship Recap page to view the list of the scholarship recipients, view the student essay that received the Best Essay Award, the keynote address, and the photos and videos taken at the banquet.
Below are some of the photos taken at the banquet. You can go to the “Gallery page” to view the rest of the photos taken at the banquet.
SBCC President Cllifton Der Bing and Scholarship Committee Chair, Joe Woo with the distinguished guests at the Legislators table.
Keynote speaker Lily Mei, Mayor Emeritus of Fremont, addressed the 2025 Scholarship Awards recipients and the banquet guests. You can view the full keynote address by visiting the 2025 Scholarships Recap page.
Students received certificates of recognition from local legislators including (L-R) Alameda County Supervisor David Haubert, Fremont City Mayor Raj Salwan, State Assemblymember Alex Lee, U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna (represented by Ms. Simone Chien), U.S., State Senator Aisha Wahab (represented by Ms. Astrid Scott).
Allyson Wong, BASIS Independent High School, received the Howard Tom Memorial Scholarship for Top Honor from Mr. Aaron Wong, SBCSC Prsident.
Alameda County Supervisor David Haubert presented the Scholarship for Youth Engaement award to Max Wen of American High School.
The Class of 2025 with SBCC/SBCSC officers and honored guests.
Click HERE to go to the 2025 Scholarships Recap page to read more…