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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

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Grace Min

Grace Min, Sports Editor

After her first year on The Accolade, senior Grace Min serves as the co-sports editor for the 2022-2023 school year. She discovered her skill and passion for sports writing while covering multiple games during the winter and spring seasons as a staff reporter.

When she isn’t recapping the Lancers’ latest victories, Min also achieves them by playing on the girls varsity volleyball team. Aside from sports, she enjoys watching movies and hanging out with her friends.

All content by Grace Min
I took a turn for the better

I took a turn for the better

Grace Min, Sports Editor • June 2, 2023

In 2019 on the first day of freshman year, I wrote an introductory letter to my English 1 Honors teacher in which I discussed my family background, core work habits and the goals I planned to adopt for...

Senior Owen Taylor swings at the ball during practice on Monday, March 13, on the Sunny Hills tennis court.

GAME BALL: Senior manages playing boys tennis, volleyball in same season

Grace Min, Sports Editor • May 19, 2023

Two years ago, senior Owen Taylor decided to add a new dimension to his tennis game – volleyball. Having played on the varsity boys tennis squad since his freshman year, Taylor tried out for the...

Libero senior Grace Min celebrates a point against the Fullerton Tribe on Sept. 29, 2022, while wearing No. 12 jersey in the Fullerton Union High School gym.

More than just a jersey number

Grace Min, Sports Editor • May 18, 2023

Basketball great Michael Jordan wore No. 23 as a tribute to his older brother. Four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry carries No. 30 to honor his father, who also played in the NBA. Angels baseball...

Guard senior Johann Kwon dribbles the basketball during a home game against Western Christian High School on Nov. 15, 2022.

BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Lancers look to claim Freeway League title with 4 returning starters

Grace Min, Sports Editor • January 12, 2023

Coaches: Joe Ok (head coach), Darius Durham (assistant coach), Don Shaw (assistant coach) Top Returners: Sean Cal (12), Johann Kwon (12), Chad Nguyen (12), Justin Shim (11) Top Newcomers: Kingsley...

Senior Division 1 commit Kelsey Kim takes a swing during a tournament at the Stallion Mountain Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday, July 1.

GAME BALL: La Habra transfer, Division 1 commit makes her mark on the greens

Grace Min, Sports Editor • October 14, 2022

As soon as senior Kelsey Kim picked up a golf club at 5 years old, the sport quickly became a crucial part of her life and her future. Following her father who played golf and earned his teaching license...

At the California Dance Classics competition in Downey, then-sophomore David Burn performs a ballet routine in which he received an honorable mention for on March 4, 2019.

Orange County Register recognizes senior David Burn for a top dancer award

Grace Min, Sports Editor • May 20, 2022

Entering a female-dominated field as a boy, senior David Burn faced rude remarks and ignorant stereotypes at a young age. “I definitely hid [being a dancer] a lot more when I was in elementary school...

Opposite hitter junior Nathan Casasola (left) joins middle blocker senior Sebastian Bonca in an attempt to stop Arroyo Grande’s outside hitter, senior Josh McCune, from scoring a point during the first round of the state CIF tournament Tuesday, May 18, in the SH gym.

After taking first CIF-SS Division 5 title, boys volleyball keeps momentum going with first round state CIF win Tuesday, May 17

Grace Min, Sports Editor • May 18, 2022

After claiming the CIF-SS Division 5 Championship this past weekend, the boys volleyball team blew past the Arroyo Grande Eagles in straight sets in its first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 SoCal Championship...

Forward junior Mathias Brown (right) celebrates with his teammates after scoring the Lancers’ first goal in the first round of CIF state regionals against Panorama High School on Tuesday, March 1, at the Buena Park High School stadium. Brown, who was also playing on his birthday, came up with a hat trick with a total of three goals as Sunny Hills won 4-3.

Sunny Hills boys soccer moves on to state CIF regional semifinals after 4-3 victory

Grace Min, Sports Editor • March 2, 2022

This story was updated Thursday, March 3, with more information about the game and an additional quote from one of the soccer players. After kicking in the winning goal to secure a CIF-Southern Section...

Forward senior Dylan Lawson gets set for a layup during the boys basketball team’s Jan. 11 rivalry home game against Troy High School. The Lancers’ leading scorer of the game and team captain, Lawson ended the evening with 35 points, 11 rebounds and five steals.

After a two-year winless drought against the Warriors, boys basketball soundly defeats Troy 63-47 in a Jan. 11 home rivalry game

Grace Min, Sports Editor • January 13, 2022

With the lead changing throughout the second and third quarters, the Sunny Hills boys basketball team pulled away from rival Troy in the last eight minutes of the Tuesday, Jan. 11, home game, finishing...

Junior Grace Min poses with junior Stacy Kim in their matching Halloween costumes as the Fireside Girls on Oct. 29.

I’ll choose to collect treats with a mask

Grace Min, Sports Editor • October 31, 2021

Doors shut. Lights off. Empty candy bowls.  This was what the typical house looked like in the formerly festive Halloween season of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the percentage of people...

A screenshot of the Sept. 14 trustees meeting in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District board room. The district’s renewal of its nearly $75,000 contract with Zoom was among the items approved as part of the consent calendar during the meeting.

FJUHSD school board approves one-year Zoom contract renewal for nearly $75,000

Grace Min, Sports Editor • October 7, 2021

The rise in COVID-19 delta variant cases at the start of the 2021-2022 school year is among the reasons for Fullerton Joint Union High School District [FJUHSD] officials to spend nearly $75,000 to renew...

Junior Lindsey Kang ties a red and blue balloon together during the junior class secretary’s fifth period Associated Student Body [ASB] class on Thursday, Sept. 9. The ASB plans to decorate the quad with such patriotic colors Friday, Sept. 10, before break, when the ceremony to remember the lives lost during 9/11 will take place.

Quad ceremony at break Friday, Sept. 10, to remember 9/11 victims of East Coast terrorist attacks nearly 20 years ago

Grace Min, Sports Editor • September 10, 2021

Students and staff are encouraged to come to a patriotic-themed quad during break today, Sept. 10, to remember the 9/11 victims of the East Coast terrorist attacks nearly 20 years ago, Associated Student...

Freshman Kayla Taylor writes down her resolutions on a piece of paper Dec. 11 at home while wearing her Apple Airpods.

’21 New Year’s resolutions even more special because of pandemic

Grace Min, Sports Editor • January 1, 2021

After starting the 2020-2021 school year with the distance learning model, students’ New Year’s resolutions are sounding very familiar: less procrastination, improving studying habits and finishing...

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