Posted on: Monday, June 14, 2004
Salutes
Advertiser Staff
Scholar/athletes win Army awards
Seventy-seven young men and women from 42 Hawai'i high schools have been awarded the U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award this year.
The awards are presented annually by the U.S. Army Reserve to high school students who have shown outstanding ability in academics and athletics. The winners from Hawai'i are:
Andrew Igarashi and Cari Saiki-Dela Cruz, 'Aiea High School; Jerome Crisostomo and Crystal Josefovicz, Farrington High School; Colin Furukawa and Krista Catian, Hanalani High School; Eric Clarke and Susan Gleed, Hawai'i Preparatory Academy; Taituli Tafai, Tasha Corcino, Bryce Ishikawa and Chelsea Maeda, Campbell High School; Jarom Casey and Leilani Relator, Kahuku High School; Jordan Chang and Jennifer Correa, Kailua High School; James Miyasaka and Malia Hieb, Kaimuki High School; Blain Ling and Shera Yamamoto, Kaiser High School; Jessica Bertubin, Kalaheo High School; Scott Shimada and Chrissy White, Kalani High School; Matthew Kam and Elena Bryant, Kamehameha Schools; Justin Nagai and Shaundy Dabin, Kapa'a High School; Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada and Tasha Faumuina, Kapolei High School ; Jonathan Smith and Anna Quibilan, Kaua'i High School; Leonard Transfiguracion and Kaye Topenio, Kealakehe High School; Jared Pasolu and Colleen Moriarty, Kohala High School; Candace Miller, La Pietra High School; Casey Kawaguchi and Tiara Kukahiko, Lahainaluna High School; Sean Barton, Laupahoehoe High School; Amani Evensen, Lutheran High School; Brian Klein and Tiffany Loo, Maryknoll High School; Ronald Belany and Chelsea Nagata, Maui High School; Golden Lawrence and Jessica Mau, McKinley High School; Kurtis Nakamura and Mika Tanji, Moanalua High School; Edward Goodhue and Lisa Mikami, Moloka'i High School; Kyle Beck and Leona Wright, Nanakuli High School; Everett Pavo and Kari Tanimoto, Pearl City High School; John Dubiel and Nicky Hamayasu, Punahou High School; Josten Ray Sumagit and Amy Tucker, Radford High School; Amanda Caravalho, Sacred Hearts Academy; Lois Ornellas, Saint Andrews Priory; Cindel Zimmerman, Saint Francis High School; Brandon Estrella and Lindsey Lee, Saint Joseph High School; Nick Meyer and Rachel Hodara, Seabury Hall High School; Daniel Sugai and Laura Knudsen, University High School; Mason Suga and Angela Beck, Waiakea High School; Mark Darrell Villa and Lorin Milotta, Waialua High School; Nicholas Smith and Audrey Hauge, Wai'anae High School; Erwin A. Wright and Dorothy Silva, Waimea High School; Alvin Marquez and Megan Soriano, Waipahu High School.
Baldwin High teacher honored
Grace Taguchi, an instructor at Baldwin High School, has been named a 2004 Coca-Cola Educator of Distinction by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.
Taguchi is one of 250 educators across the country chosen to be honored. The award recognizes outstanding teachers dedicated to providing education with an enhanced purpose.
Taguchi will receive a commemorative crystal Coca-Cola gift and a plaque inscribed with a personal dedication written by Jonathan-James Eno, a 2004 Coca-Cola Scholar and senior at Baldwin High School who nominated her for the the honor.
