Andrew attended local schools beginning with Pacific Oaks Childrens School through kindergarten, followed by La Canada and Palm Crest Elementary Schools.
While at Flintridge Prep, highly energetic Andrew earned varsity letters in football, soccer, track and was an active member of Boy Scout Troop 398.
After graduation, Andrew was commissioned into the United States Marine Corps.
"He was a great friend of mine from high school," said Bryan Stevens, "it has been a pleasure for me to be one of the lead volunteers in organizing this event that remember Andrew. It was amazing how he handled his battle with cancer. He was a true fighter he fought liver cancer to the very last day. One of his wishes was to keep the fight going to try to find cures for liver cancer. This is why we are having this event."
All tax deductible proceeds will go to The Huntington Medical Research Institutes, an independent, nonprofit organization in Pasadena.
With the tournament proceeds, H.M.E.I. scientists will research ways to improving and prolonging life of liver cancer victims.
The research will continue to develop technology to diagnose and treat the disease in its early stages.
"The key is to find an early marker for liver cancer," said H.M.E.I. Doctor James Riggins. "There are a lot of deep tumors that don't show up in the body until later on."
Riggins said the goal is to develop a simple and inexpensive test that can be provided for the general population that will help identify liver cancer at its earlier stages to dramatically increase the survivability of cancer patients.
"Liver cancer is the third most prevalent cancer," said Anita, Andrews mother.
"In the last 24 hours when Andrew was dying he said his good byes. I asked him if he wanted us to memorialize him through the naval academy, a scholarship or cancer research. Andrew said he wanted a memorial that would support cancer research because he wanted the battle against cancer to go on."
