BY HEIDI (FUJII) BOW ’91
AFTER A TWO-YEAR break, the Mid-Pacific Institute Alumni Association (MPIAA) brought back its Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament on Friday, June 24, 2022, at the Hawai’i Prince Golf Course in Ewa Beach. The weather was great for the 225 golfers who showed up eager to start the day of fun. The players headed out to their designated holes with bento lunches in hand for their shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. Mid-Pacific alumni had a strong presence with 105 alumni golfers and 18 all-alumni teams. After 18 holes of fun in the sun, golfers and volunteers attended a dinner reception in the clubhouse where talented and lucky teams and individuals received a slew of great prizes.
Thanks to our generous corporate & individual sponsors & donors, in-kind donors, food and beverage vendors, our dedicated volunteers, the Mid-Pacific Golf Team, and this year’s golf committee, the MPIAA raised nearly $40,000 for alumni scholarships. All MPIAA Legacy Scholars are extremely grateful for the generous support from everyone who made this event a success.
Thank you to the following Mid-Pacific alumni, businesses, parents, and friends for your support!
Be sure to save the date for next year’s MPIAA Scholarship Golf Tournament, which will be on Friday, June 30, 2023!
Tee Sponsors
The AJA Group, Inc.
Armstrong Produce
Bart Fujimoto ’91, Wealth Planner
Business Insurance Services Inc. – Stan Yamagata ’58
ConnectWorks Group
D. Pang & Associates
Edward Enterprises, Inc.
First Hawaiian Bank
Golf Concepts
Sidney Hamada ’59
Hansen Distribution Group
Hawaii State Federal Credit Union – Liann Unebasami ’01
Brad Taura ’95, Brandon Kim, Bradley Maruyama ’96, Chad Ramos ’98, Ryan Goo ’96, Todd Jinbo ’96 and Gavin Nishimura ’96
Nino Ganiron ’79 checking out his shot with Mark Tanji ’78
Golfers checking in at the registration table
Volunteers Tristen (Ige) Nakamura ’92 and Jayme (Obata) Sakai ’03 picking up their bento lunch
HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union – Shane Toguchi ’00
Keller Williams Honolulu – Todd Oya (Daniel ’27)
Kobayashi Group – Patrick Kobayashi ’91
Landscape Hawaii, Inc. – Scott Ushijima ’79
Law Office of Derek T. Kamiya
Okada Trucking Co., Ltd. – Jourdan Okada ’98
Polo Resort Management Group – Reed Kishinami ’87
Safety Loan Co., Ltd. – Jourdan Okada ’98
Sodexo, Inc. & Affiliates – Marc Nakamoto ’91
T. Iida Contracting, Ltd. – Nathan Kimura ’91
Tanji Family
Wilson Okamoto Corporation
In-Kind Donors
Coca-Cola
Kado Tents – Donny Kadokawa ’91
MD Restoration – Mark Harris ’92
Paradise Beverages Inc.
Zach’ Event Catering – Zach Inouye ’99
Donors
Acushnet Golf dba Titleist Golf
Aloha on the Beach
Alyssa Furukawa ’96
Jay and Janice Asentista
Bank of Hawaii – Scott Yoshihara ’96
Bishop Museum
Travis ’92 & Heidi (Fujii) ’91 Bow
Bridgestone Golf Hawaii
Kennysen Cheong ’11
Tracy Fukuda ’92
Germaine’s Lu-‘au
Hawaii Prince Golf Club
Hawaiian Sun – Robynne (Kurihara) Migita ’92
Merle (Oshiro) Hinazumi ’61
Miye Ishii ’92
The Kahala Hotel & Resort
Katsu Sando 808 – Nani (Hirosane) Hanus ’96
Brian Ko ’92
Lyman Koike ’59
James ’57 and Momi Kometani
Nancy (Nakasone) Liu ’92
Mililani Golf Club & Royal Hawaiian
Golf Club
Jon Muranaka ’95
Ohkura Golf Studio Hawaii – Matthew Fusato ’98
Denton Pang ’94
Paradise Beverages
Pro-Am Golf Shop
Punalu‘u Bake Shop
Roger Dunn
Royal Hawaiian Center –
Nani (Hirosane) Hawnus ’96
SKJ Sales – Stacey Higashi ’80
Sony Open in Hawaii
Stephen and Lori Sasaki
T&C Hawaii
David Taga ’96
Kenneth Tokuda ’59
Universal Manufacturers – Candice (Hong) Tateno ’98
Yanagi Sushi – Nani (Hirosane) Hanus ’96
Father and son cart partners, Paul Miguel ’53 and Matty Miguel ’80;
Golfers getting ready to head out to their designated starting holes
Joy Imada, Noli Kazama, Casey Hiraiwa, Kelly Park ’96 and Hilary Okumura ’96 getting hydrated before heading out on the course.