While the big action for the golf world at the Toshiba Classic is on the green, a different kind of achievement was recognized back at Toshiba headquarters, as local students won top honors in the 2009 Toshiba Classic Scholarship Awards.
Twelve students, including four from Newport-Mesa Unified School District, won new Toshiba laptops in front of a crowd of their parents, company employees and Hoag Hospital Foundation members.
The program picks one student from each high school in three local school districts, including Newport-Mesa, to honor for academic achievement, community involvement and character. This year marks the 10th that Toshiba has given out laptops and scholarship money, said Jake Rohrer, director of major gifts for the Hoag Hospital Foundation.