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The judges Toni Gustafson, Roger Pratt, and Carol Costello have decided the four

winners of the JASSA scholarship for 2015. They are outstanding young scholars

with GPAs of more than 3.5, all of whom have taken Japanese courses, and who

plan to integrate Japan into their careers!

The hands-down winner is Luis Martinez of St. Mary's

University. Luis is the first of his family to go to college, and

although his major is music, he attended Middlebury

College Summer School and passed the Japanese Language

Proficiency Exam at the N3 level, meaning that his Japanese

is very advanced. He will be attending International

Christian University in Japan this summer.

He was awarded a scholarship of $1500.

Kaitlin Beach attends UTSA and is majoring in Modern

Languages with Japanese as her primary major, and

Spanish as her minor. She has taken Business

Japanese. In high school, she was student of the year in

Japanese! Kaitlin has supported JASSA activities, and

wants to work in a Japanese Kindergarten.

A scholarship of $1000--was awarded.

2015 Scholarship Recipients!

Atzimba Morales also attends UTSA, majoring in

English and with a minor in Japanese. She is presently

taking Elementary Japanese. She has performed for

JASSA in the Yosakoi dance group and has been in the

Japanese play group. Her plan is to teach English

abroad. The committee awarded a $500--scholarship.

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Alexandra Sarria attends UTSA. She has a double

History major, and an interest in Anthropology. One of

her research projects is focused on the Japanese and

German Occupants of the Crystal City Containment

Camp. She has taken classes in Elementary Japanese,

and is interested in doing work among

the Ainu in Japan.

The committee awarded a $500--scholarship.

Congratulations to all four of our scholarship recipients!

We wish you the best in all your future endeavors.

2015 Scholarship Recipients!: Continued