Canyon Lakers named TCHS Students of Year

Both the male and female Temescal Canyon High School Students of the Year Awards and Scholarships are being awarded to Canyon Lake students at a ceremony Tuesday at Lakeside High School.

Kylie Strange and Connor Martilla were selected for the honors by the Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce. They won the award out of a pool of those students who were named Students of the Month during the school year. Kylie received her Student of the Month Award in November and Connor was named the October Student of the Month.

Kylie Strange

As Students of the Year, both Kylie and Connor will receive scholarships at the dinner which will be held Tuesday at the Round Table Café. The event will be the first in-person Student of the Year or Student of the Month program since the beginning of the pandemic. All had been held remotely via Zoom.

In addition to the Student of the Year award and scholarship, Kylie and Connor will receive numerous gifts from the myriad sponsors of the award.

Five other Lake Elsinore Unified School District students from the other district high schools will also be honored at the event.

Kylie is active in both student government and varsity athletics at Temescal Canyon High School. She has been in ASB for four years and serves as the school’s ASB Vice President. She is the team captain of both the varsity volleyball and basketball teams, playing on both teams for three years. She was named the October Athlete of the Month at the school. Kylie is also the ASL Club president.

Connor Martilla

Kylie has lived in Canyon Lake her whole life with her family, which includes, in addition to her parents, an older sister and younger brother. She attends Canyon Lake Community Church. Her future plans include attending college and majoring in Education. She wants to be a 2nd Grade teacher.

Connor holds a GPA of 4.6 and is on the National Honor Society, IB, CSF and Interact.

He received the Athlete of the Season Award last autumn for his performance in water polo. Connor broke the school record with 14 goals in a match and finished the season with 70 assists.

Not only does Connor play water polo, but he is on the varsity tennis and swim teams. He also finds time to participate in the club swim team for Riverside Aquatics Association.