Los Alamitos divers share ‘Diver of the Year’ title

After an exciting season, two Los Al Divers, senior Madelyn “Dolly” Payne and freshman Mary Sojian, have won Sunset League Diver of the Year awards.
Payne caps off a stellar high school career with her third Diver of the Year and third Sunset League Title after winning one other regular season meet.
She will continue her diving career at MIT in the fall. First, she graduates as one of the Los Al Valedictorians.
Sojian is starting off her high school diving career with great performances.
She won four regular season meets and was neck-in-neck with Payne the entire Sunset League Final meet.
She will be competing at the USA Diving Zone F Meet at USC June 11 – 14. Freshman Annie Bliss finished 3rd in the Sunset League, following in her sister Nicole’s footprints.
Both sisters competed in Track and Diving earning a Sunset League Individual and Team medal while doing so.
All three of Los Al’s top divers competed at the CIF Southern Section Championships in Riverside.
All three earned Scholar Athlete awards for maintaining a more than 3.5 GPA while competing in Varsity Diving.