布兰登·席尔瓦是一个非常专注、坚定的年轻人 -忙着奋斗，实现自己的梦想。 He came to LMC from Clayton Valley High School, and after two years at LMC, is now attending Waldorf College in Forest Hills, Iowa. 幸运的是，在体育奖学金的帮助下，梦想成真了。

布兰登是LMC篮球队的明星，在那里他担任控球后卫。 He actually is the 73rd player to receive an athletic scholarship during Coach Derek Domenichelli's tenure as basketball coach at LMC.

Brandon explained, "The scholarship I got at Waldorf covers 85% of the school, and the school here cost around $28,000 per year. When I got offered the scholarship I was really happy. All of those hard years of playing basketball from elementary school, middle school, high school, travel basketball with my travel team, 'EastBay Bearcats', and my years at LMC paid off."

"I'm the first in my family to live more than 1,000 miles away for college and to play basketball, the sport I love, makes it even better. Representing for my hometown, family, all the schools I've played for is 澳门威尼斯人网上赌场 it makes it even better! The school here at Waldorf is a new experience. Going to school with students from all over the U.S is something new for me. The teachers here are very helpful, the campus is nice, the food is good, and the school really wants its students to succeed."

Now that his year has started, Brandon continued, "I think playing at Waldorf College is really tough. 你必须在精神上坚强，并且始终专注于在这里比赛。 Playing here at a 4-year isn't easy, and it's a big challenge for me, I'm up to accept the challenge."

"I am extremely proud of the student/athletes in our basketball program who have receive athletic scholarships"
——多梅尼科利教练

Brandon had the exclusive honor in 2015 of being the only basketball player to be awarded a scholarship for a 澳门威尼斯人网上赌场 school from a 4-year institution. In 2014, four scholarship recipients from the LMC Basketball Team included Drew Cones, Humboldt State University; 加州州立大学蒙特利湾分校的帕特里克·莱菲蒂； Marquise Aaron, Bellevue University; 以及贝尔维尤大学的贾文·普里默斯。

" I am extremely proud of the student/athletes in our basketball program who have receive athletic scholarships", explains Coach Domenichelli. "They have shown dedication not only on the basketball court but in the classroom as well. Having one of the top 澳门威尼斯人网上赌场 rates in the state of California of players moving on to four-year institutions is something my staff and I are tremendously proud and excited about. Good luck to Brandon at Waldorf College!"

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Los Medanos College (LMC) is one of three colleges in the Contra Costa Community College District. LMC prepares students to excel and succeed economically, socially and intellectually in an innovative, engaging and supportive learning environment. It provides quality programs and state-of-the-art facilities to serve the needs of a rapidly growing and changing East County while enhancing the quality of life of the diverse communities it serves. LMC is located on 120 acres between Pittsburg and Antioch, with an additional education center in Brentwood.