Past Asian American Award Recipients
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SAYA '16
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2025
| Junah Jang '25 - - Undergraduate Award | Delaney Holton - Graduate Award |
| Sandi Khine '25 - Undergraduate Award | Ada Zhang - Graduate Award |
| Brandon R. Lum '25 - Undergraduate Award | Thaomi Michelle Dinh - Faculty Award |
| Zaki Rob '25 - Undergraduate Award | Ernesto C. Moya Jr. - Staff Award |
| Ishita Verma '25 - Undergraduate Award | Rekha Nandakumar - Staff Award |
| Terrance Tij-Lim Yang '25 - Undergraduate Award | Mimi Gan '79 - Alumni Award |
| YuYu Yuan '25 - Undergraduate Award |
2024
| Andrew Cha '24 - - Undergraduate Award | Ji Hae Lee - Graduate Award |
| Dana Chiueh '24 - Undergraduate Award | Faith Ji-Hye Kwon - Graduate Award |
| Jonathan Carl Bauzon Laxamana '24 - Undergraduate Award | Stephen Murphy Shigematsu - Faculty Award |
| Chali Lee '24 - Undergraduate Award | Eunice Delumen - Staff Award |
| Tom C. Quach '24 - Undergraduate Award | Judy Huynh & Sabrina Huynh - Staff Award |
| L. Song Wu '24 - Undergraduate Award | Latana Thaviseth - Staff Award |
| Gaosheng Yang '24 - Undergraduate Award | Dave Lu, MBA '04 - Alumni Award |
2023
| Haniyah Najma Burney '23 - - Undergraduate Award | Ankita Deb - Graduate Award |
| Lindsey Chou ' 23 - Undergraduate Award | Megan Ruan - Graduate Award |
| Chloe Chow '23 - Undergraduate Award | Danielle J. Mai - Faculty Award |
| Dwight Hua '23 - Undergraduate Award | Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander - Staff Award |
| Sarah Yuann Kim '23 - Undergraduate Award | Raul Lacara - Staff Award |
| Gwyneth Phagnasay Le '23 - Undergraduate Award | Julie A. Su '91 - Alumni Award |
| Vanessa Lakana Veak '23 - Undergraduate Award |
2022
| Karunya Bhramasandra '22 - Undergraduate Award | Elaine Jean Lai - Graduate Award |
| Rachel Minseo Koo '22 - Undergraduate Award | Iris Hui Zhang - Graduate Award |
| Diana Khong '23 - Undergraduate Award | Bryant Lin - Faculty Award |
| PaJah Vang '22 - Undergraduate Award | Karen Hong - Staff Award |
| Angela Ming Yang '22 - Undergraduate Award | Diane Abundabar - Staff Award |
| Ekalan Hou '22 - Undergraduate Award | Jamie Tam '10 - Alumni Award |
| Jianna So '22 - Undergraduate Award | William Hsu '98 & Angie Y. Hsu '96 - Alumni Award |
| Maya Salameh '22 - Undergraduate Award |
2021
| Theresa Gao '21 - Undergraduate Award | Laura Wai Ng - Graduate Award |
| Sarah Maung '21 - Undergraduate Award | Bright Pan Zhou - Graduate Award |
| Alyssa Bautista Romanos '21 - Undergraduate Award | Belinda Bandstra - Faculty Award |
| Rachael Kia Xiong '21 - Undergraduate Award | Sharika Thiranagama - Faculty Award |
| Melody Yang '21 - Undergraduate Award | Shirley Mak - Staff Award |
| AnQi Yu '21 - Undergraduate Award | Maria Gregorio & Lindsay Mancebo - Staff Award |
| Matthew Haide Zheng '22 - Undergraduate Award | Russell Jeung '84 - Alumni Award |
| Katherine Liu - Graduate Award |
2020
| Jacky Chu '20 - Undergraduate Award | Calvin Cheung-Miaw - Graduate Award |
| Cathy Gao '20 - Undergraduate Award | David Shuang Song - Graduate Award |
| Soly Lee '20 - Undergraduate Award | William Gow - Faculty Award |
| Jay M. S. Liu '20 - Undergraduate Award | Ann Hsing - Faculty Award |
| Huanvy Phan '20 - Undergraduate Award | Mary Beth Cebedo Lefebvre - Staff Award |
| Ysabel Mariah Ojoylan '20 - Undergraduate Award | Mona Tekchandani '96 - Staff Award |
| Tenzin Yeshi Wangdak Yuthok '20 - Undergraduate Award | Kevin Fan Hsu '08, MS '11 - Alumni Award |
| Caroline Zha '20 - Undergraduate Award |
2019
| Maya Acharya '19 - Undergraduate Award | Terence Zhao '19 - Undergraduate Award |
| Juliana Chang '19 - Undergraduate Award | Nick DeFiesta - Graduate Award |
| Janet Chen '19 - Undergraduate Award | Shadab Fatima Hussain - Graduate Award |
| Cheng-Hau Kee '19 - Undergraduate Award | Marci Kwon - Faculty Award |
| Ian Carlo Macato '19 - Undergraduate Award | Joseph Bartolo Guinto - Staff Award |
| Manisha Rattu '19 - Undergraduate Award | Sophia Kim - Staff Award |
| Janzoille Joy Gallemit Sotero '19 - Undergraduate Award | Nelson G. Dong '71 - Alumni Award |
2018
| Davis Chhoa '18 - Undergraduate Award | Hilary Sun '18 - Undergraduate Award |
| Vineet Gupta '18 - Undergraduate Award | Tina Cheuk - Graduate Award |
| Yeji Jung '18 - Undergraduate Award | Lucy Zhang Bencharit - Graduate Award |
| Lina Khouer '18 - Undergraduate Award | Gilbert Chu - Faculty Award |
| Jason Li '18 - Undergraduate Award | Kathryn Gin Lum - Faculty Award |
| Joriene Mercado '18 - Undergraduate Award | Warren Chiang - Staff Award |
| Savannah Pham '18 - Undergraduate Award | Curie Sevilla - Staff Award |
| Shakthi Raman '18 - Undergraduate Award | Ron Nakao '82, MA '03, PhD '07 - Alumni Award |
2017
| Colin Kimzey '17 - Undergraduate Award | Rona Hu - Faculty Award |
| Jo Lee '17 - Undergraduate Award | Afroz Algiers - Graduate Award |
| Mirae Lee '17 - Undergraduate Award | Renren Yang - Graduate Award |
| Vanessa Ochavillo '17 - Undergraduate Award | Jerald Adamos - Staff Award |
| Co Tran '17 - Undergraduate Award | Serena Rao - Staff Award |
| Mai Ka Vang '17 - Undergraduate Award | Marsha Fong '77 & Emily Lee '84, MS '85 - Alumni Award |
2016
| Sammie Wills '16 - Undergraduate Award | Wendy Ni - Graduate Award |
| Annie Phan '16 - Undergraduate Award | Yiyang Li - Graduate Award |
| Linda Nguyen '16 - Undergraduate Award | May-Ling Gonzales - Staff Award |
| Gaozong Vang '16 - Undergraduate Award | Christian Ollano - Staff Award |
| Saya Jenks '16 - Undergraduate Award | Latha Palaniappan - Faculty Award |
| Tanvi Jayaraman '16 - Undergraduate Award | Jacquelyn Chang '91 - Alumni Award |
| Ray Chen '16 - Undergraduate Award |
2015
| James Huynh '15 - Undergraduate Award | Alyssa Fu- Graduate Award |
| Katherine Nasol '15 - Undergraduate Award | Yanwen Wu- Graduate Award |
| Tony Tran '15 - Undergraduate Award | Chris Suh - Graduate Award |
| Garima Sharma '15 - Undergraduate Award | Manju Smith - Staff Award |
| Asia Chiao '15 - Undergraduate Award | Cherry Cachero- Staff Award |
| Sunli Kim '15 - Undergraduate Award | Mindie Nguyen- Faculty Award |
| Gary Mukai '81 - Alumni Award |
2014
| Geraldine Baniqued '14 - Undergraduate Award | Julie Huang - Graduate Award |
| Timothy Huang '14 - Undergraduate Award | Long Le-Khac - Graduate Award |
| Thanh Nguyen '14 - Undergraduate Award | Imee Diego DuBose - Staff Award |
| Ravali Reddy '14 - Undergraduate Award | Ken Hsu - Staff Award |
| Kenneth Savage '14 - Undergraduate Award | Bertha Chen - Faculty Award |
| Aldric Ulep '14 - Undergraduate Award | Charles Lee - Faculty Award |
| Valarie Kaur '03 - Alumni Award |
2013
| Michael Tayag '13 - Undergraduate Award | Lin William Cong - Graduate Award |
| Van Anh Tran '13 - Undergraduate Award | Haerin Shin - Graduate Award |
| Surabhi Nirkhe '13 - Undergraduate Award | Abigail De Kosnik '94 - Alumni Award |
| Cheryl Miyake '13 - Undergraduate Award | Anne S. Takemoto - Staff Award |
| Julian Jaravata '13 - Undergraduate Award | Mercedes Agustin - Staff Award |
| Healy Ko '13 - Undergraduate Award | Fan Yang - Faculty Award |
| Victoria Yee '13 - Undergraduate Award | Jindong Cai - Faculty Award |
2012
| Aurora Victoria David '12 - Undergraduate Award | Kevin Kim - Graduate Award |
| Tina Duong '12 - Undergraduate Award | Christopher VanLang - Graduate Award |
| Siddharth Damania '12 - Undergraduate Award | Cindy Cho - Staff Award |
| Ankita Patro '12 - Undergraduate Award | Rosary David - Staff Award |
| Trac Dang '12 - Undergraduate Award | Hayagreeva Rao - Faculty Award |
| Melissa Luu '12 - Undergraduate Award | Kuldev Singh - Faculty Award |
| Dale Ikeda ' 73 - Alumni Award |
2011
| Minh Dan Vuong '11 - Undergraduate Award | Adam Wang - Graduate Award |
| Miriam Marks '11 - Undergraduate Award | Beth Lew-Williams - Graduate Award |
| Kesav Raghavan '11 - Undergraduate Award | Maria Roja - Staff Award |
| Lucinda Lai '11 - Undergraduate Award | Naomi Brown - Staff Award |
| Karmia Cao '11 - Undergraduate Award | James Chang - Faculty Award |
| Stephanie Otani-Sunamoto '11 - Undergraduate Award | Christine Min Wotipka - Faculty Award |
| Fidelia Butt '88 - Alumni Award |
2010
| Henry Tsai '10 - Undergraduate Award | Don Cheu '55 - Alumni Award |
| Lilian Thaoxaochay '10 - Undergraduate Award | Marshall Bennett - Graduate Award |
| Indu Premakumar '10 - Undergraduate Award | Andy Chang - Graduate Award |
| Christine Paula de los Angeles '10 - Undergraduate Award | Stella Ota - Staff Award |
| Daniel Shih '10 - Undergraduate Award | Steven Sohn - Faculty Award |
| Michael To '10 - Undergraduate Award | Teresa Wang - Faculty Award |
2009
| Christine Hironaka '09 - Undergraduate Award | Shahid Buttar '03 - Alumni Award |
| Cynthia Liao '09 - Undergraduate Award | Caroline Lee - Graduate Award |
| Ellie Wen '09 - Undergraduate Award | Rich Liu - Graduate Award |
| Jessa Lee '09 - Undergraduate Award | Phoenix Liu - Staff Award |
| Christian Ngo '09 - Undergraduate Award | Elena Serrano - Staff Award |
| Theresa Zhen '09 - Undergraduate Award | Jeanne Tsai - Faculty Award |
2008
| Sunthar Premakumar '08 - Undergraduate Award | David H. Mai '85 - Alumni Award |
| Jennifer Liu '08 - Undergraduate Award | I-Chant Andrea Chiang - Graduate Award |
| Sanah Parvez '08 - Undergraduate Award | Chi Cao Minh - Graduate Award |
| Diana Austria '08 - Undergraduate Award | Rose De Guzman - Staff Award |
| Yang Lor '08 - Undergraduate Award | Shelley Tadaki - Staff Award |
| Takeo Rivera '08 - Undergraduate Award | Linda Dairiki Shortliffe - Faculty Award |
2007
| Yi-Ren Chen '07 - Undergraduate Award | Hope Nakamura '83 - Alumni Award |
| Linda Lee '07 - Undergraduate Award | Gopi Shah Goda - Graduate Award |
| Mark Liu '07 - Undergraduate Award | Piya Sorcar - Graduate Award |
| Jerry Zee '07 - Undergraduate Award | Diana Yen - Staff Award |
| Liezel Labios '07 - Undergraduate Award | Fernando Reyes - Staff Award |
| Supriya Misra '07 - Undergraduate Award | Yinyu Ye - Faculty Award |
2006
| Sanjay Kairam '06 - Undergraduate Award | Cecilia Tsu - Graduate Award |
| Yoko Okano '06 - Undergraduate Award | Stuart Miyasato - Staff Award |
| Jason Sinocruz '06 - Undergraduate Award | Vida Revilla - Staff Award (Recognized as a FACS Volunteer) |
| LiMin Lam '06 - Undergraduate Award | Ashima Madan - Faculty Award |
| Nicole Alia Salis '06 - Undergraduate Award | Carolyn Wong - Faculty Award |
| Linda Tran '06 - Undergraduate Award | Leslie Hatamiya AB'90, JD'97 - Alumni Award |
| Rena Patel - Graduate Award |
2005
| Brenda Bantados '05 - Undergraduate Award | Melissa Enriquez - Graduate Award |
| Timmy Hang Lu '05 - Undergraduate Award | Rachel Joo - Graduate Award |
| Manisha Parekh '05 - Undergraduate Award | Sharon Osaki Wong - Staff Award |
| Stephanie Hu '05 - Undergraduate Award | Siegrid Vazquez Munda - Staff Award |
| Hai Binh Nguyen '05 - Undergraduate Award | Inder Perkash - Faculty Award |
| Eric Shih '05 - Undergraduate Award | Anthony Lising Antonio - Faculty Award |
| Goodwin Liu '91 - Alumni Award |
2004
| Sarah Ihn '04 - Undergraduate Award | Robert Ching Wo '46 - Alumni Award |
| Jordan Lee '04 - Undergraduate Award | Linda Lin - Graduate Award |
| Ricky Wang '04 - Undergraduate Award | Lisa Wong - Graduate Award |
| Bryan Kim '04 - Undergraduate Award | Sanjiva Lele - Faculty Award |
| Sai Patil '04 - Undergraduate Award | David Palumbo-Liu - Faculty Award |
2003
| Kuusela Hilo '03 - Undergraduate Award | Shahid Buttar - Graduate Award |
| Meera Kotagal '03 - Undergraduate Award | Jennifer Chang - Graduate Award |
| Owen Li '03 - Undergraduate Award | Elizabeth Hiyama - Staff Award |
| Filamer Kabigting '03 - Undergraduate Award | Cindy Ng - Staff Award |
| Michelle Leung '03 - Undergraduate Award | Nadinne Cruz - Staff Award |
| Amanda Rang '03 - Undergraduate Award | Natlaie Mendoza - Staff Award |
| Delbert Wong '48 - Alumni Award | Samuel So - Faculty Award |
2002
| Kristina Adachi '02 - Undergraduate Award | Dawn B. Mabalon - Graduate Award |
| Christine Cordero '02 - Undergraduate Award | Sameer Pandya - Graduate Award |
| Brian Laing '02 - Undergraduate Award | Myrna Canizares - Staff Award |
| Valarie Brar '02 - Undergraduate Award | Betty K. Oen - Staff Award |
| Rosalyn Huynh '02 - Undergraduate Award | Lori Kohara - Staff Award |
| Joel Sangria '02 - Undergraduate Award | Blanca Vasquez - Staff Award |
| George Leong '46 - Alumni Award | Purnima Mankekar - Faculty Award |
| Helen Leong '48 - Alumni Award | Gordon H. Chang - Faculty Award |
2001
| Michael Chang AM '84, Ph.D. '88 - Alumni Award | Tito Gervacio - Staff Award |
| Una Jeanie Lee - Graduate Award | Lyn Tadena - Staff Award |
| Celine Parrenas Shimizu - Graduate Award | Richard Tsien - Faculty Award |
| Lucino Hidalgo - Staff Award | Steve Sano - Faculty Award |
| Rosenna Yau - Staff Award |
2000
| Christine Chao '00 - Undergraduate Award | Charles Han - Graduate Award |
| Chester Day '00 - Undergraduate Award | Christine Min Wotipka - Graduate Award |
| Rita Ng '00 - Undergraduate Award | Ador Escoto - Staff Award |
| Min-Hee Cho '00 - Undergraduate Award | Gertrude Vizmanos - Staff Award |
| Suzanne Lee '00 - Undergraduate Award | Linda Taoka - Staff Award |
| Shelley Tadaki '00 - Undergraduate Award | Rick Yuen - Staff Award |
| Emory Lee '59 - Alumni Award | Steve Chu - Faculty Award |
| Julius Paras '91 - Alumni Award | Sylvia Yanagisako - Faculty Award |