UH Hilo announces 2022-23 Chancellor’s Scholarship recipients

Each of the 17 scholars, from high schools throughout the state, will receive in excess of $29,376 covering four years tuition.


Red seal: UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO UA MAU KE IEA O KA AINA I KA PONO. At the center: MALAMALAMA and graphic of a flame and book.Seventeen students from public and private high schools throughout the state of Hawaiʻi have been awarded the prestigious 2022-23 Chancellor’s Scholarship by the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Recipients and their high schools:

  • Jaydee Ah Sing, Waiākea High School
  • Naiʻa Balancio, Konawaena High School
  • Anaheim-Joy Brown, Kamehameha-Hawaiʻi Campus
  • Zachary Bulcao-Moore, King Kekaulike High School
  • Mikayla Carter, Makua Lani Christian Academy
  • Shayne Dagupion, Kealakehe High School
  • Samson David, Myron B. Thompson Academy
  • Kealohilani Grace, Kamehameha-Hawaiʻi Campus
  • Xander Grouns, Waiākea High School
  • Kadden Kobayashi, Kauaʻi High School
  • Roanne Mendoza, Keaʻau High School
  • Maureen Moreno, Keaʻau High School
  • Teiya Myers, Kailua High School
  • Princess Jona Natania Respicio, Honokaʻa High and Intermediate School
  • Sydney Shiroma, Sacred Hearts Academy
  • Ryo Soranaka, ʻAiea High School
  • Timothy Wiley, Kapolei High School

The award, valued in excess of $29,376, covers four years of tuition for students graduating from a Hawaiʻi high school who earned a grade point average of at least 3.5 or higher while demonstrating leadership and/or community service.

All Chancellor Scholarship recipients are required to enroll as full-time students and earn a minimum of 30 credits each academic year. They must also maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and participate in leadership activities and or community services with other Chancellor Scholars.

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