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A day in the life of a Baler student-athlete: Clare Skardoutos

The video series illustrates what it means to be a student-athlete at San Benito High School.
Clare Skardoutos. Photo courtesy of Clare Skardoutos.
Clare Skardoutos. Photo courtesy of Clare Skardoutos.

This video was produced by San Benito High School seniors, Julia Hicks and Clare Skardoutos.

 

Clare Skardoutos is a senior at San Benito High School and volleyball athlete. In the video, she shares a typical day in her life.

Skardoutos will be attending California State University, San Marcos where she plans to major in business administration.

“Being a SBHS student-athlete has impacted my life in so many ways, from learning leadership skills, teamwork, and time management,” Skardoutos said. “Also, by being a student-athlete I have learned to appreciate all the connections and friends I have made along the way. I am forever grateful for my time being a SBHS student-athlete and I wouldn’t trade my last four years for anything.”

The video, part of a ten-part series, was produced by Julia Hicks, a senior at San Benito High School and a participant in BenitoLink’s internship program. She provided suggestions to athletes on what they should focus their video on and then edited the videos on her cell phone with a simple application. Hicks is a track and field athlete and co-editor in chief of the school yearbook.

Hicks will be attending the Honors College at Boise State University this fall and plans on majoring in criminal justice with a minor in journalism.

Following a summer and fall internship with BenitoLink in 2020, she produced the videos that feature Baler athletes from different sports as an extension of  her yearbook class and as a way to get student-athletes motivated during quarantine. She said the overall goal of the series is to illustrate what it means to be a student athlete at San Benito High School.

 

The BenitoLink Internship Program is a paid, skill building program that prepares local youth for a professional career. This program is supported by Monterey Peninsula Foundation AT&T Golf Tour, United Way, Taylor Farms and the Emma Bowen Foundation.

 

                   

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Noe Magaña

Noe Magaña is BenitoLink Co-Editor and Content Manager. He joined BenitoLink as reporter intern and was soon brought on staff as a BenitoLink reporter. He also experiments with videography and photography. He is a San Benito High School alumnus with a bachelor's in journalism from San Jose State and a Liberal Arts Associate's Degree from Gavilan College. Noe also attended San Jose City College and was the managing editor for the City College Times, the school's newspaper. He was a reporter and later a copy editor for San Jose State's Spartan Daily. He is a USC Center for Health Journalism 2020 California Fellow.