ABOUT

Name: Race Serota

Height: 5’9

Weight: 150

Birthday: January 8, 2007

Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA

Nationality: USA

Current Club(s): Sand & Surf Soccer Club

High School: Harvard-Westlake

Jersey Number: 8 (S&S); 24 (HW)

Soccer Career

Sand & Surf Soccer Club EA 07 (2013 - Present)

Center Midfielder (Attacking), Team Captain & Youth Board Member

Coaches: Kevin Lopes, Ben Thomas

  • Starting Center Midfield for EA team; leading scorer

  • U16 State Cup Champions 2022 and Semi-finalist 2023

  • Quarter-finalist in Donasti Cup in Spain, out of 750 teams from 70+ countries, 2022

  • CAS Ranking #3 in California, 2021

  • Selected to represent players on making suggestions for program improvement and player development

  • Worked as Camp Coach/Counselor for Club Summer Soccer Camps

Harvard-Westlake Varsity Boys Soccer (2021 - Present)

Center Midfielder (Defensive), Varsity, 2023 MVP

Coach: Mike Erush

  • One of two freshman selected for Varsity roster; starting Center Defensive Midfielder (played as starter for 23 /23 games in sophomore year)

  • Mission League Champions, 2022-2023

  • Mission League First Team, Boys Soccer (2022-2023)

  • Awarded Harvard-Westlake Boys Varsity Soccer MVP Award 2023 (sole recipient selected by coach)

AYSO Soccer, Player & Certified Youth Referee (2013-Present)

  • Youth referee for Region 18, the largest region in the country with 3,300 players, for this all-volunteer recreational soccer organization

  • Took referee training classes and passed a referee certification test

  • Officiate as Center Referee for U8 and U6 boys and girls games; Sideline Referee in U10

  • Played AYSO soccer since age 4 through Freshman Year

  • Led All-Star teams to Western States back-to-back championships

Academics

Harvard-Westlake High School, Studio City, CA (2021 - Present)

  • Junior, graduation expected June 2025

  • GPA 3.95

  • Honor Roll 2021/2022, 2022/2023

  • Challenging curriculum: Honors Algebra II, AP Computer Science A , Honors Biology, Chemistry. Junior Year courses: Advanced Precalculus, Honors US History, Honors Physics, Honors Spanish

  • ACT: will take first test October 2023

Manhattan Beach Middle School, Manhattan Beach, CA (2018-2021)

  • GPA 4.0

  • Honor Roll 2018-2021

  • GATE 2016 to 2021

  • President’s Award for Educational Excellence 2021

  • Math Olympiad

Awards & Recognition

  • Harvard-Westlake Honor Roll 2021/2022, 2022/2023

  • National Spanish Exam - Silver Medal, May 2023

  • Mission League First Team, Boys Soccer (2022-2023)

  • Harvard-Westlake Boys Varsity Soccer MVP Award (sole recipient selected by coach) 2023

  • President’s Volunteer Service Award - Bronze Level award for individually achieving 50 hours of Community Service (2021-2022, 2022-2023)

  • Served as Manhattan Beach Parks & Rec Youth Commissioner Sept 2022 - June 2023

  • City of Manhattan Beach Certificate of Recognition for participation as City of Manhattan Beach Parks & Rec Youth Commissioner (June 2023)

  • Selected for the Manhattan Beach Youth Council 2023/2024

Academic Enrichment

Build SF Summer Design Institute (June 2023)

  • Architecture Program

University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Global Youth Program (July 2022)

  • Essentials of Leadership

Aerospace Corporation’s High School STEM Institute (July 2021)

UC San Diego Sally Ride Junior Academy (July 2021)

  • History of Space Course

  • Astrobiology Course

Philanthropy

Student Representative, City of Manhattan Beach Parks & Rec Commission (2022-2023)

  • Selected to be the singular teen representative on the Parks & Rec Committee by unanimous vote of the Manhattan Beach City Council members and Mayor

  • Attended open and public monthly meetings to discuss the recreational needs of all citizens and promoted supervised public recreation within the City

  • Assessed budget allocation of the City’s Parks and Recs programs, prioritization of new recreational facilities and programming; explored budget considerations of a new public pool

Volunteer, Amigos Unidos (July 2021-Present)

  • Organized and volunteered at community service events throughout the Los Angeles community in this mother-son philanthropy, accumulating over 50 service hours with various organizations, such as: Jimmy Miller Foundation, Friendship Foundation Summer Camp Counselor, Heal the Bay, Tour de Pier Volunteer, Any Soldier Letter Writing , Special Olympics Volleyball Camps, Shared Bread.

Other Skills

Pilot Training, South Bay Aviation, Cessna 152 & 172 - over thirty hours flight time.