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$50,000 from Kahanamoku Foundation
Advertiser Staff
Nearly $50,000 in scholarships and grants were awarded by the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation this week.
The foundation's mission statement is "to financially support the development of individuals and organizations which perpetuate the spirit and legacy of Duke Kahanamoku." To that end, goals include contributing "to the growth and development of athletics in Hawai'i" and assisting in "preserving, perpetuating and developing sports which have a special cultural or historical significance to Hawai'i."
More than $27,000 in scholarships were awarded to high school seniors. A similar total of athletic grants, awarded quarterly, were also given to help athletes compete away from Hawai'i.
The annual Duke's Ho'olaule'a, Aug. 22 to 24, will celebrate his birthday in Waikiki. There will be a Beach Boy Celebration, lei making, historical walks, surfboard water polo, an ocean swim and Waterman Challenge.
For more information on the celebration, grants and the foundation, call 526-4888 or see dukefoundation.org.
Award winners:
Returning scholarship grantees: Keesha Aldridge ('Aiea/Cal State-Dominguez Hills volleyball and basketball), Meris Bantilan-Smith (Kahuku/UC-San Diego water polo), Paul Brewer (Kahuku/BYU-Hawai'i water polo), Brianne Castillo-Huang (Iolani/Loyola Marymount water polo), Jane-na DeMello (Castle/Chaminade paddling), Kanani Dilcher (Punahou/Puget Sound swimming), Matthew Elm (Kaiser/Puget Sound volleyball), Allegra Erisman (home school/UH triathlon), Kori Haymore (Waiakea/Olin surfing), Chelsea Kalama (Kamehameha/Loyola Marymount rowing), Timothy Ming (Iolani/Wheaton swimming), Iris Moon (Hana/Victoria aquatics), Jessica Nohara (Lahai-naluna/UH swimming), Nicole Okuna (Waiakea/Pepperdine swimming), Rhonee Rojas (University/Penn State volleyball), Thomas Sanford (Hawai'i Prep/Dartmouth swimming), Kristin Simunovich (Punahou/Dartmouth swimming), Miria Whitford (Kahuku/UH water polo).
Scholarship recipients: Hookahi Alves (Baldwin/Santa Rosa JC paddling, football), Anne Antonia (Kaimuki/Hawai'i Pacific paddling), Charis Bauer (Moana-lua/Azusa Pacific surfing), Stella Brinish (Radford/San Diego State swimming), Jonathan Ching (Roosevelt/Pacific swimming), Kekai Crabbe (Kamehameha/Pepperdine volleyball), Jake DeMello (Kamehameha/California Maritime Academy paddling), Amanda Fay (Iolani/Oregon water polo, swimming), Jamie Kaio (Maui/Concordia volleyball), Karlyanna Kopra (Hawai'i Prep/Brown swimming, water polo, volleyball, soccer, track), Garrett McNulty (Waialua/Hawai'i Pacific swimming), Samantha Moran (Waipahu/Colorado State swimming, running), Erin Nakamoto (Kalani/Lindenwood swimming), Lacey Price (Radford/UH-Hilo paddling), Jkae Rapozo (Redemption/Windward CC volleyball, soccer, surfing, basketball), Jasmine Spencer (Campbell/Kapi'olani CC swimming), Helena Suehiro (King Kekaulike/UH diving, cross country), Hongzhe Sun (Iolani/Stanford swimming), Heitare Wallace (Seabury Hall/Chaminade volleyball), Mikela Yarawamai (Hawai'i Prep/Amherst volleyball, soccer, basketball, paddling).
