![JSerra Alumnus, Landon Sachs, Featured on Tennis Channel]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1694728647/jserra/nn6jgoqwcixmczuexzt4/2SachsTennisStoryThumbnail01.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1694728647/jserra/nn6jgoqwcixmczuexzt4/2SachsTennisStoryThumbnail01.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1694728647/jserra/nn6jgoqwcixmczuexzt4/2SachsTennisStoryThumbnail01.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1694728647/jserra/nn6jgoqwcixmczuexzt4/2SachsTennisStoryThumbnail01.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1694728647/jserra/nn6jgoqwcixmczuexzt4/2SachsTennisStoryThumbnail01.png","width":1497}])
The inspirational story of JSerra alumnus, Landon Sachs (’23), was featured on the Tennis Channel, a US digital cable and satellite television network devoted solely to the game of tennis, during the recent US Open in New York City.
Alumni News
![Haley Sherburne stands in front of a red banner that says "Washing University in St. Louis School of Medicine."]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1585956204/jserra/y85byp8tjjaby5x35c7e/Haley-Sherburne-Washington-University-School-of-Medicine.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1585956204/jserra/y85byp8tjjaby5x35c7e/Haley-Sherburne-Washington-University-School-of-Medicine.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1585956204/jserra/y85byp8tjjaby5x35c7e/Haley-Sherburne-Washington-University-School-of-Medicine.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585956204/jserra/y85byp8tjjaby5x35c7e/Haley-Sherburne-Washington-University-School-of-Medicine.jpg","width":1200}])
As hospitals across the United States brace for an ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases, numerous medical students across the country have seen their education take an abrupt turn. JSerra alumna Haley Sherburne, a three-sport athlete from the Class of 2015 and first-year medical student at Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis (Wash U), is one such student.
![Amber Salas ('17) — from Lion Report to SDSU Sideline Report]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1574208174/jserra/q9kdbq3vlolzpaclkwji/AmberSalas1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1574208174/jserra/q9kdbq3vlolzpaclkwji/AmberSalas1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1574208174/jserra/q9kdbq3vlolzpaclkwji/AmberSalas1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1574208174/jserra/q9kdbq3vlolzpaclkwji/AmberSalas1.jpg","width":1024}])
JSerra alumna Amber Salas is taking all the right steps to achieving her dream of becoming a sideline reporter — and it all started with the Lion Report. . . .
![Six UPenn Football Players from JSerra]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572560296/jserra/qpxbmcijpxvnjjpsy0uf/UPenn_-_Six_JSerra_Football_Players.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1572560296/jserra/qpxbmcijpxvnjjpsy0uf/UPenn_-_Six_JSerra_Football_Players.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572560296/jserra/qpxbmcijpxvnjjpsy0uf/UPenn_-_Six_JSerra_Football_Players.jpg","width":588}])
Despite a distance that nearly spans the width of the entire country, the JSerra-Penn football connection has become a fruitful pipeline for the Quakers....
![Photo of JSerra alumnus Ian Yu, who is a graduate of the Business Magnet Program and recently obtained an internship and job]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1570754396/jserra/rbbhzgrtr7e5u0fc5yta/Ian-Yu-JSerra-BMP.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1570754396/jserra/rbbhzgrtr7e5u0fc5yta/Ian-Yu-JSerra-BMP.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1570754396/jserra/rbbhzgrtr7e5u0fc5yta/Ian-Yu-JSerra-BMP.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1570754396/jserra/rbbhzgrtr7e5u0fc5yta/Ian-Yu-JSerra-BMP.jpg","width":1200}])
Congratulations to alumnus Ian Yu, who obtained an internship at Microsoft this past summer and subsequently a job offer to join the prestigious company full-time next year. Currently a senior at the University of Washington, Yu is majoring in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
![Alumnus Kyler Pettis Wins Daytime Emmy Award]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1570214076/jserra/zlnvcqgceaab6sjmh9rz/Kyler_Pettis_JSerra_2011_Wins_Emmy_-_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1570214076/jserra/zlnvcqgceaab6sjmh9rz/Kyler_Pettis_JSerra_2011_Wins_Emmy_-_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1570214076/jserra/zlnvcqgceaab6sjmh9rz/Kyler_Pettis_JSerra_2011_Wins_Emmy_-_1.jpg","width":640}])
JSerra alumnus Kyler Pettis ('11) won the coveted Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series at the 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. He won for his role of Theo Carver on Days of Our Lives, which he played for three years until 2018.
![JSerra Alumni Play in Penn-China Global Ambassador Bowl]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1570216101/jserra/l3xy1jijbhidjiocdecq/JSerra-UPenn-Alumni-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1570216101/jserra/l3xy1jijbhidjiocdecq/JSerra-UPenn-Alumni-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1570216101/jserra/l3xy1jijbhidjiocdecq/JSerra-UPenn-Alumni-1.jpg","width":640}])
Five JSerra alumni who play football at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania are currently in China to participate in the Global Ambassador Bowl. It is the first time an Ivy League has traveled to China to play football. The Quakers took part in the bowl through Global Football, the world's largest exporter of American football.
Junior Kenneth Woodsum competed in the 2018 Speedo Winter Junior Championships in Austin, Texas last week. Woodsum, a 2018 CIF finalist, qualified in the 100 backstroke (51.39), 200 backstroke (1:54.65), and 200 butterfly (1:54.98). Woodsum swam to his personal best times in all 3 events.