San Jose JACL President Sharon Uyeda (center) with this year’s winners (from left) Braxton Kimura, Rylan See, Akio Altekar Okazaki, Satoshi Isayama, Sophie McCarty, Lauren Law, Alisa Sonehara and Rebecca Kunze. (Photo: Courtesy of San Jose JACL)
By Sharon Uyeda, San Jose JACL President
San Jose JACL awarded eight scholarships to local high school seniors at a recent luncheon at the Issei Memorial Building garden. Congratulations to the following recipients:
• Braxton Kimura, a graduate of Pinewood School, received the $10,000 Oyama Family Foundation Scholarship. He received $2,500 this year and will receive $2,500 over the next three years.
• Satoshi Isayama, a graduate of Palo Alto High School, received the $1,000 Masuo & Machiko Nakamura Memorial Scholarship and the $1,000 San Jose JACL Chapter Award.
• Rebecca Kunze, a graduate of Notre Dame San Jose, received the $2,500 George Masunaga Endowment Scholarship.
• Lauren Law, a graduate of Leland High School, received a $1,000 Ninja Youth Foundation Scholarship.
• Sophie McCarty, a graduate of Amador Valley High School, received the $1,000 Ray & Lucy Matsumoto Business Scholarship.
• Akio Altekar Okazaki, a graduate of Palo Alto High School, received the $2,500 Shogo & Chiyo Hikido Memorial Scholarship.
• Rylan See, a graduate of Henry M. Gunn High School, received a $1,000 Ninja Youth Foundation Scholarship.
• Alisa Sonehara, a graduate of Henry M. Gunn High School, received the $2,500 Kaysee Tsuji Memorial Scholarship and $1,000 Henry & Ada Uyeda Memorial Scholarship.
Members of this year’s Scholarship Committee are Gary Jio, Dr. Mitsu Kumagai and JoAnn Okabe-Kubo.
