Class of 2012: Where Their Next Chapter Begins

Every graduating class carries its own story — friendships built, lessons learned, and dreams that slowly shape into plans. For the Class of 2012, those dreams are now scattering across the map as our newest alumni step into the next stage of their journeys: college life.

When I look at this list, I see more than names and schools. I see determination, late nights of studying, long conversations about the future, and the courage it takes to leave home or stay rooted close to family. This college list is more than an archive — it’s a snapshot of possibility.

East Coast & Ivy League

• Barnard College, New York, NY – Kaylen Okada

• Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME – Jenna Watling

• Brown University, Providence, RI – Micah Lau

• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA – Darwin Kwok

• Cornell University, Ithaca, NY – Evan de Luna, Scott Marison, Jr.

• Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA – Maile Beal

• Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ – Stephanie Lum

• Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA – Mitchell Kwock, John Sakamoto

• George Washington University, Washington, DC – Ian Wong

• Georgetown University, Washington, DC – Guthrie Angeles, Malia Brennan, Siena Simmons

• Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA – Bolin Chang, Kristen McArthur

• Princeton University, Princeton, NJ – Cordelia Xie

• Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT – Angela Reiss, Alisse Singer

• Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO – Iris Kuo

West Coast & California

• Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ – Michael Zobian

• California Baptist University, Riverside, CA – Chase Wayton

• California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA – Kelsey Kuroda

• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA – Garrett Griffith, Lawrence Ho, Nicolas Steinemann

• Chapman University, Orange, CA – Jeri Miyasato

• Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA – Troy Odo

• Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA – Kelsey Hung, Dave Miyamoto, Aya Sakaguchi

• Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA – Emily Isham

• Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA – Marissa Chow, Allyson Yamamura

• Pomona College, Claremont, CA – Kirsten Peterson, Scott Tan

• Stanford University, Stanford, CA – Gabriel Vega

• University of California, Irvine, CA – Samantha Dacanay, Marina Hirokane, Tiffanie Takeda

• University of California, Los Angeles, CA – Lorens Chan

• University of California, San Diego, CA – David Brown, Catherine Chu, Bryson Emmons, Lucas Griswold, Timothy Ho, Shane Killeen

• University of California, Santa Barbara, CA – Connor Buckland

• University of Redlands, Redlands, CA – Jordyn Sierra

• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA – Zalman Bernstein, Shanon Chau, Brian Chen, Evan Chinn, Eun Ah Cho, Laura Kagami, Scott Matsuwaka, Darin Poei, Shayd Shinsato, John Tan

Pacific Northwest

• Concordia University – Portland, OR – Tiare Reyes

• Linfield College, McMinnville, OR – Rachel Ray

• Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR – Alexandria Carlyle, Sandra Chun, Brandon Kaiura, Cianna Levi, Dyllon Sue, Kelsey Tasoe, Jared Wong

• Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR – Joshua Hannum, Lansen Villanueva, Nicole Yokoyama, Ashley Yoshioka

• University of Oregon, Eugene, OR – Lian Bossert, Camille Caron, Alexis Devens, Stephen Jordan, Casey Smith

• University of Portland, Portland, OR – Kelsey Nirei, Nicolette Silva

• Willamette University, Salem, OR – Adrian Cole, Kasey Takahashi

• Seattle University, Seattle, WA – Julia Afuso, Daniel Hong, Dylan Miyasaki

• University of Washington, Seattle, WA – Ashlynn Aoki, Michael Dang, Gavin Denzer, Andrew Hsu, Hirokazu Ikeda, Anna Imai, Kelsey Kato, Kienen Koga, Jennifer Kumura, Drew Matsuura, Kenton Nakamura, Kendall Tacon, Kaitlyn Tom

• Whitworth University, Spokane, WA – Dane Arakawa

• University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA – Drew Anderson, Sophia Asing-Yuen, Brian Freeman, Miranda Shelly

• Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA – Geovar Agbayani, Krishen Desai, Austin Goo, Cara Itai, Ryan Lum, Kaylene Matsuzaki

• Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, WA – Jaime Rosenberg

• Washington State University, Pullman, WA – Kaitlin Nakai

• University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO – Austin O’Leary

Midwest & Other Regions

• Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN – Alexandra Felix

• Carleton College, Northfield, MN – Ayumi Tachida, Angelina Yick

• Macalester College, St. Paul, MN – Trey Muraoka

• St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN – Bridget Tobin

• Creighton University, Omaha, NE – Lauren Chinen, Kimberly Chun, Westin Fabro, Brandon Finger, Robyn Hamada, Rhys Ishihara, Zachary Masuda, Janelle Matsumoto, Michael Miyamoto, Matthew Noguchi, Richele Ohara, Tyler Ushio

• University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, MO – Mariana Guarino

• Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN – Shelby Farmer, Careese Higaki

• Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO – Zoe Palmer

Military & Service Academies

• United States Military Academy, West Point, NY – Jordan Lee

• United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD – Ryan Chang

• United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT – Holden Takahashi

Hawai‘i & Local Colleges

• Hawai‘i Pacific University, Honolulu, HI – Ali‘iao Augafa

• Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, HI – Megan Sufrin

• University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI – Lucia Amore, David Ardo, Jeremy Bautista, Erica Butters, Bianca Bystrom-Pino, Alec Catalan, Kelly Cournoyer, Dylan Fujii, Kilali Gibson, Chelsea Hirano, Yun Ji Im, Kacy Johnson, Michaela Kamemoto, Kasie Kashimoto, Anyssa Keliikipi, Jennifer Kwock, Love Joyce Lopez, Daniel Lucas, Amanda McCaskill, Chadwick Medeiros, Lauren Mesick, Sean Mitchell, Cari Anne Nada, Bryce Nakamura, Anastasia O’Harrow, Rebecca Ogi, Daniel Okubo, Kyle Pang, Jen Samantha Rasay, Tania Vaea, Ross Villiger, Zhaotong Xu, Shannon Yoshikawa

• University of Hawai‘i at West O‘ahu, Pearl City, HI – Maika Kealoha, Jonathan Like-Uehara

• Windward Community College, Kaneohe, HI – Saphyre Rezentes

Here’s to beginnings, journeys, and all the discoveries that lie ahead.