Cameron Quon

Saugus High School graduate Cameron Quon has learned he is one of 170 students out of more than half a million applicants nationally to be named a Stamps Leadership Scholar.

The Stamps Family Charitable Foundation  – started in 1993 by south Florida equity investors Penny and Roe Stamps – will provide Quon with a four-year scholarship to the University of Southern California valued at approximately $180,000.

Quon scored 2230 on the SAT and maintained a 4.67 GPA at Saugus.

“Cameron was chosen for his leadership, scholarship, perseverance, service and innovation,” according  to a statement from Stamps.

Quon plans to study journalism at USC’s Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, with a pre-professional emphasis in medicine. His father is a doctor.

Quon was already headed to USC, having won a free first-year ride as a USC Trusteee Scholar for the fall of 2013.

National Science Video Competition: From left: Bill Nye , Julia Kudryashev (2nd Place), Cameron Quon (1st Place), Rachit Agarwal (Peoples Choice)

A talented broadcast journalist at Saugus High, Quon has racked up numerous awards during his time there. Most recently he won first prize in the national Student Television Network competition for his school promo, “The Home of the Champions,” which he co-produced with fellow student Justin Ramer.  Read more about it here.

In May 2012, as a junior, Quon won first prize in a national science-themed video competition in Washington, D.C., where students were invited to submit innovative solutions for new sources of energy, access to clean water, robotics, biotechnology, urban planning and transportation. Watch Quon’s winning entry here.