• Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table president Cara Gamberdella, center, joins Olympians and honorees Barbara Nwaba, left, and Sami Hill at the 2017 Women & Girls in Sports Luncheon. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Olympians Sami Hill, left, and Barbara Nwaba are interviewed by Catherine Remak of K-LITE radio. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Event co-chairs Sarai Anderson, left, and d’Alary Dalton. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara representatives Samantha Alvarez, left, and Jelaf Altoma were on hand to provide scholarship information to student athletes. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Top sponsor Renee Grubb, left, of Village Properties with Natalie Grubb-Campbell. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Nearly 500 attendees supported the Women & Girls in Sports Luncheon at the Earl Warren Showgrounds. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Union Bank’s Randy Weiss, left, with Laurie Leighty of sponsor America Riviera Bank and Penny Sharrett of Union Bank. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Emcee Catherine Remak with athlete John Herzog. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • The crowd of nearly 500 attendees included about 450 local student athletes. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)

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