All-Star Lineup Series: Concord's Class of 2020 Top Athletes Week 5
This Week Visit Concord looks at Football, Basketball, Soccer and Gymnastics
Football/ Basketball
Ygnacio Valley High School
Senior Malachi Surney is a two sport student athlete, playing Varsity for both the football and basketball teams. When Surney isn’t excelling at his sports, he’s studying hard. For the past three years, Surney has received the Academic Excellence Award for obtaining a 3.75 GPA.
Surney has a number of interests, including the drums. He has been a paid musician since seven years old, playing for various churches in the Bay Area including Pittsburg Seventh Day Adventist Church and Lord City of Zion Church. In his free time, he is a DJ for various engagements and volunteers with East Oakland Youth Development Center during the summer. Upon graduation, Surney plans to attend Benedict College with a full ride scholarship in pursuit of a Masters Degree in Music Technology.
Soccer
Ygnacio Valley High School
Alejandro Lopez plays a Varsity soccer starter and acting captain for the last three years.
Lopez received an Honorable Mention league award freshman year and First Team All-League award senior year. Lopez played in the 2019 Division 4 Nor-Cal Final and back to back NCS Championship games, 2019 and 2020. His team won the 2020 NCS Division 3 Championship while scoring 5 goals in the tournament. Alejandro has verbally committed to extend his academic and athletic career next year at Humboldt State University.
Gymnastics
Liberty Gymnastics
Northgate High School senior Jonathan Moore is a level 10 gymnast at Concord's Liberty Gymnastics Training Center. A gymnast since 4th grade, Jonathan narrowly missed qualifying for Nationals as a sophomore and junior. He was on track to make his Nationals debut this year before COVID-19 prematurely ended the season. Jonathan has earned a stellar 4.42 GPA at Northgate and looks forward to attending UCLA in the fall. He plans to major in molecular & cell biology in preparation for a career in medicine. Click here to watch Jonathan rock the parallel bars!