2020 Takitani Scholarship Winners
Honoring Excellence, Service, and Legacy
The Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation, Inc. awarded $218,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors throughout Hawaiʻi in 2020. Through its scholarship program, the Foundation recognized outstanding students from qualifying high schools across the state.
Recipients of the Outstanding and Distinguished student awards are as follows:
Aaron Chang of Punahou School was awarded the Mamoru Takitani Outstanding Student Award of $10,000.
Jenny Pang of President Theodore Roosevelt High School was awarded the Aiko Takitani Outstanding Student Award of $10,000.
Micah Willweber of Kalāheo High School was awarded the Karen Uno Distinguished Student Award of $8,000.
Recipients of $6,000 Directors’ Awards are as follows:
Tammy Lam of Gov. Wallace Rider Farrington High School.
Amanda Schiff of Kealakehe High School.
District Finalists and recipients of $5,000 scholarships are as follows:
Amira Fisher of ʻAiea High School.
Isabelle Pescaia of Waialua High & Intermediate School.
Sarah Lewis of James Campbell High School.
Cade Sugiyama of Pearl City High School.
Breanna Taguchi of Maui High School.
Maeha Piturachsatit of Kapaʻa High School.
Serah Matsunaga of Hawaiʻi Baptist Academy.
Sarah Barrientos of Damien Memorial School.
Recipients of $3,000 scholarships are as follows:
Honolulu District: Vivian Thach of Kaimuki High School; Matthew Kimura of Henry J. Kaiser High School; Sydney Griffiths of Kalani High School; Damien Chang of President William McKinley High School; and Addyssyn Oppegaard of University Laboratory School.
Central O‘ahu District: Megan Okuma of Leilehua High School; Sasha Arreola of Mililani High School; Kristyn Mimura of Moanalua High School; and Chase Daack of Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School.
Leeward O‘ahu District: Mataio Malana of Kapolei High School; Chrislin Strickland of Nānākuli High & Intermediate School; Daniel Wetter of Waianae High School; and Marie Agoto of Waipahu High School.
Windward O‘ahu District: Draven Arnold of James B. Castle High School; Kimiko Wong of Kahuku High & Intermediate School; and Makena Bruhn of Kailua High School.
Hawai‘i Catholic Schools (HCS): Nikolas Robben of Maryknoll School; Maria Domingo of Sacred Hearts Academy; and Brian Cox of Saint Louis School.
Hawai‘i District: Logan Mizuba of Hilo High School; Kayla Miura of Honokaʻa High & Intermediate School; Aldwin Badua of Keaʻau High School; Makena Andersen of Konawaena High School; Xavier Tablit of Pāhoa High & Intermediate School; Miya Yanagisawa of Waiakea High School; and Jasmine Alcain of West Hawaiʻi Explorations Academy.
Maui District: Heather Osterstock of Henry Perrine Baldwin High School; Lannie Hisashima of King Kekaulike High School; Leilani Esperanza of Lahainaluna High School; Samantha Padron of Lānaʻi High & Elementary School; and Maria Angst of Molokaʻi High School.
Kaua‘i District: Kody Kobayashi of Kauaʻi High School.
Hawai‘i Association of Independent Schools (HAIS): Michaela Miller of Assets School; Malachi Acdal of Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy; ToriAnn Abe of ʻIolani School; Fionna Yuan of Island Pacific Academy; Kyler Saiki of Mid-Pacific Institute; Kiana Aniu of Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi; Auliʻi Ludington of Kamehameha Schools Kapalama; Malie Watanabe of Kamehameha Schools Maui; Lilianna McDermott of Le Jardin Academy; Ava Merrill of Maui Preparatory Academy; Ameera Waterford of Seabury Hall; and Shaye Nishimura of Saint Andrew’s School The Priory.