Ten high school seniors from Hawaii Island who are enrolling this fall at the University of Hawaii at Hilo were awarded Dorrance Scholarships.
The 2016 Dorrance Scholarship recipients and their schools are:
• Lexi Dalmacio, Honokaa High School.
• Twylah Marie Morelli, Konawaena High School.
• Alec Goodson, Kealakehe High School.
• Jordan Drewer, Hawaii Academy of Arts and Science.
• Keinan Agonias, Pahoa High School.
• Kaylyn Ells-Hookano, Hilo High School.
• Eva Abraham and Duke Escobar, Waiakea High School.
• Kahele Joaquin, Ka ‘Umeke Ka‘eo PCS.
• Yukio Ishii, Kamehameha Schools-Hawaii.
The Dorrance Scholarship was established by Bennett and Jacquie Dorrance at the Arizona Community Foundation in June 1999. The innovative, four-year, need-based award provides local students, who are the first in their family to attend college, up to $10,000 a year in direct financial assistance.
“Providing educational opportunities for first-generation college students is a core part of UH-Hilo’s mission,” said Chancellor Don Straney.
“The Dorrance Scholarship has become a model for how to effectively address that need.”
The Dorrance Foundation began offering up to 10 scholarships a year to Hawaii Island high school graduates attending UH-Hilo in 2012, with 49 recipients to date.
For more information about the Dorrance Scholarship, visit www.dorrancescholarship.org or contact Mathew Estrada, program coordinator, at mestrada@azfoundation.org or 339-4500.
