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2026
The Judy Morr Award for DANCE 

Artist of the Year 
Rio Gomez
 
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The Judy Morr Award for DANCE
FINALISTS

DIVISION 1

Aleah Crew, Fullerton Union High School

Arron Myers, Los Alamitos High School

 

DIVISION 2

​Ali Arambarri, San Juan Hills High School

SEMIFINALISTS

DIVISION 1

Aleah Crew, Fullerton Union High School

Margie Gao, Sage Hill School

Rio Gomez, Fullerton Union High School

Harper Hottinger, San Juan Hills High School

Arabella Kim, Orange County School of the Arts

Ella Eunji Lee, Sunny Hills High School

Arron Myers, Los Alamitos High School

William Oh, JSerra Catholic High School

Ella Smallwood, San Juan Hills High School

Devynn Smark, San Juan Hills High School

Anthony Terricciano, Orange County School of the Arts

Ava Woinarowicz, Santa Margarita Catholic High School

Cynthia Zhang, Orange County School of the Arts

 

DIVISION 2

Ali Arambarri, San Juan Hills High School

Brianna Bedford, Capistrano Valley High School

Vivienne Tran, Garden Grove High School

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DIVISION 1 = students with 5 or more years of combined training in school and private lessons

DIVISION 2 = students with less than 5 years of combined training in school and private lessons

NOMINEES

Jimena Alcocer, Orange County School of the Arts

Ali Arambarri, San Juan Hills High School

Rebecca Arellano, La Quinta High School

Caroline Arnold, San Juan Hills High School

Hailey Baik, Crean Lutheran High School

Samantha Ball, Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Addison Barker, Crean Lutheran High School

Brianna Bedford, Capistrano Valley High School

Gianna Bedford, Capistrano Valley High School

Amytis Behbahani, St. Margaret's Episcopal School

Kaileigh Benvenuto, Capistrano Valley High School

Maya Noel Berner, Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Olive Bouman, Newport Harbor High School

Avery Brehmer, Portola High School

Kaitlyn Brooks, La Habra High School

Holly Brosch, San Juan Hills High School

Andromeda Bruschke, Fullerton Union High School

Kyla Caffrey, La Habra High School

Wendy Cendejas, Santa Ana High School

Seraphine Chen, Portola High School

Haydon Chew, Crean Lutheran High School

Sara Chirco, San Juan Hills High School

Elisabeth Chiu, Brea Olinda High School

Carina Clarin, Brea Olinda High School

Alyssa L Coleman, Capistrano Valley High School

Ella Collins, Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Aleah Crew, Fullerton Union High School

Grace Derks, Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Payton Diecidue, Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Riley Dow, Costa Mesa High School

Kayla Dyas, Capistrano Valley High School

Sydney Mae Estrella, private instructor Julia Rudge

Brooke Ferrin, La Habra High School

Jonathan Flores, Santa Ana High School

Cora Fox, Crean Lutheran High School

Margie Gao, Sage Hill School

Rio Gomez, Fullerton Union High School

Drake Harvey, St. Margaret's Episcopal School

Emily Hill, Northwood High School

Harper Hottinger, San Juan Hills High School

Elizabeth Hulett, Crean Lutheran High School

Ava Ibarra, Rosary Academy

Makayla Ishii, Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Madison Kahn, Capistrano Valley High School

Muskkan Kaur, Western High School

Arabella Kim, Orange County School of the Arts

Hailey Kim, Orange County School of the Arts

Nicole Kim, Los Alamitos High School

Isabella Kovac, Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Harmony Lang, La Habra High School

Vennus Lara, Santa Ana High School

Nina Le Coz, Orange County School of the Arts

Ella Eunji Lee, Sunny Hills High School

Kayla Lim, Sunny Hills High School

Jenna Lipham, La Habra High School

Sophia Loftus, San Juan Hills High School

Beatrise Luu, La Quinta High School

Xinni (Jessica) Lyu, Portola High School

Duyen Ma, La Quinta High School

Logan Macy, Orange County School of the Arts

Liam Majerus, Orange County School of the Arts

Meghan Manion, Laguna Beach High School

Catherine Marco, Capistrano Valley High School

Payton Mariano, Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Molly McCabe, San Juan Hills High School

Delaney McCarthy, Laguna Beach High School

Morgan McCormick, Mater Dei High School

Carly McDermott, Troy High School

Hannah McIvor, Whittier Christian High School

Eliana Seven Merritt, Laguna Beach High School

Natalie Meschuk, Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Paige Minton, St. Margaret's Episcopal School

Kennedy Molino, Fullerton Union High School

Olivia Murphy, Crean Lutheran High School

Arron Myers, Los Alamitos High School

Hallie Thi Nguyen, La Quinta High School

Mimi Nguyen, La Quinta High School

William Oh, JSerra Catholic High School

Kassandra Ortuno, Santa Ana High School

Jiayi Pan, Portola High School

Oliva Perez, Rosary Academy

Anayra Reynoso, Rosary Academy

Ana Ruiz Robles, La Quinta High School

Emilie Sanchez, Western High School

Alyssa Santos, Troy High School

Jessica Shen, private instructor Marek Klepadlo

Londyn Silzer, Troy High School

Kiara Sims, Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Ella Smallwood, San Juan Hills High School

Devynn Smark, San Juan Hills High School

Sienna Stanley, Newport Harbor High School

Camille Strier, Santa Margarita Catholic High School

Anthony Terricciano, Orange County School of the Arts

Chloe Thompson, Portola High School

Vivienne Tran, Garden Grove High School

Zurie Tran, Portola High School

Sloane Valentino, La Habra High School

Aime Venegas, Garden Grove High School

Devin Vo, Orange County School of the Arts

Brooke Vurpillat, Santa Margarita Catholic High School

James Williams, Orange County School of the Arts

Lena Williams, Costa Mesa High School

Wendy Williams, Brea Olinda High School

Ava Woinarowicz, Santa Margarita Catholic High School

Olivia Won, Troy High School

Cynthia Zhang, Orange County School of the Arts

David Zhang, private instructor Viktoriia Antoniuk

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