21 athletes earn Kaimana Awards
Advertiser Staff
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Three high-achieving but relatively unsung Hawai'i high school senior student-athletes each received a $3,000 college scholarship and 18 others received scholarships worth $2,000 each yesterday at the Second Annual HMSA Kaimana Awards Luncheon at the Hawai'i Convention Center.
King Kekaulike's Ian Dela Cruz, Mililani's Kyle Monette and Mid-Pacific's Carolyn Pearce received top individual honors, based on achievement in athletics, academics, community service and sportsmanship.
They each received $3,000 in scholarship awards.
Dela Cruz competed in tennis, basketball, cross country and diving and also founded a junior tennis club to help introduce the sport to Maui youngsters. He is a National Merit semifinalist and will attend Stanford University in the fall.
Monette played tennis at Mililani, helped administer the Kids Helping Kids With Diabetes program and volunteered for several church and community service projects. He will attend Hawai'i Pacific University.
Pearce participated in paddling, tennis and cross country for MPI and will attend Johns Hopkins University.
The following student-athletes received $2,000 each in scholarship awards:
In addition, 29 high schools received Kaimana Awards for achieving the highest program scores in their league and division. The Kaimana Award is a unique crystal trophy on a lava-rock pedestal. A surprise bonus of $1,500 was also presented to each of the 10 winning schools.
The winning schools are:
Awards also were given to the second- and third-place schools in each league and division.
Introduced in August 2005, the HMSA Kaimana Awards & Scholarship Program recognizes all-around accomplishments by high schools, rewards individual student-athletes with scholarships and supports excellence in coaches' education. The program is administered by the Hawai'i High School Athletic Association, and success is measured in the areas of athletics, academics, sportsmanship and community service.
Points are tallied throughout the year for the school awards, and the individual winners were selected from a pool of more than 200 applicants.
About 200 people attended yesterday's awards luncheon, and University of Hawai'i men's basketball coach Bob Nash delivered the keynote address.
