2026 USATKD ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD
2026 ANNA & SUN KANG ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP
SAMMIE CHO - 2026
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TRISTAN TSOU - 2026
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CLAIRE KIM - 2025
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GARY JIAO - 2025
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ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD
The application window will re-open in 2027!
Congratulations to all high school athletes who have earned academic excellence in high-school! Your dedication to both your studies and your sport is truly inspiring. Success in the classroom is just as important as success on the mat. Continue to push yourself to excel in all areas of your life and you will continue to achieve great things. Applications for the All-Academic Gold and Silver Awards opens April 9.
2026 USATKD ANNA & SUN KANG ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP
The application window will reopen in 2027!
Ignite your potential and rise to the top. The 2026 All Academic Excellence Scholarship awards $10,000 in total scholarship dollars to two outstanding students who embody dedication, ambition and academic brilliance; $5,000 will be awarded to one male athlete and $5,000 to one female athlete. Applications open April 9, 2026.
GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING FOR THE USATKD ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD:
- All applicants must be a current member of USA Taekwondo.
- Athletes with a GPA of at least 3.85(94% or better) are eligible to be named to the All-Academic Gold Award.
- Athletes with a GPA that is between 3.4-3.84(83%-93%) are eligible to be named to the All-Academic Silver Award.
- Only traditional core academic classes will be considered when evaluating transcripts. This award is based on a 4.0 scale. We recognize this will be slightly higher for students with a cumulative weighted GPA.
- Home school and traditional high school athletes are encouraged to apply.
- There is a processing fee of $40. Payments are non-refundable.
USATKD ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD APPLICATION DETAILS:
The window to apply for the USA Taekwondo All-Academic Award opens April 9-June 15, 2026.
ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD: CLICK HERE TO APPLY
Questions? Contact Sarah Ross @ sross@usatkd.org
2026 USATKD ANNA & SUN KANG ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP
The Application window will open again in 2027!
To be considered for the 2026 USATKD Anna & Sun Kang Academic Excellence Scholarship, you must first apply for the All-Academic Award (Gold or Silver).
This year's essay theme is: Mental Health Effects of Social Media Usage on Athletes
How do you think social media usage today affects the mental health of athletes? What program(s) would you create within our sport to promote a more positive mental health outlook for all athletes? How would you implement your idea(s) or program(s)?
Questions? Contact Sarah Ross @ sross@usatkd.org
ALL-ACADEMIC GOLD & SILVER AWARD WINNERS:
The USATKD All-Academic Gold and Silver Award Winners will be announced July 2026.
Award Winners Receive:
- USATKD All-Academic Award Certificate and Patch
- Recognition on the USA Taekwondo Website, Social Media Channels and USATKD MM1:00 (Monday Morning Minute) email.
2026 ANNA & SUN KANG ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP:
The 1 Male and 1 Female winner of the 2025 Anna & Sun Kang Academic Excellence Scholarship will be announced July 2026 at the U.S. National Taekwondo Championship.
Award Winners Receive:
- $5,000 scholarship - 1 male winner
- $5,000 scholarship - 1 female winner
- Recognition on the USA Taekwondo Website, Social Media Channels and USATKD MM1:00 (Monday Morning Minute) email.
Questions? Please contact Sarah Ross @ sross@usatkd.org
2026 ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD WINNERS - GOLD
| Aarush Dakuri | Abigail Loo | Abigail Mandeville |
| Aditi Singh | Advaita Thakkar | Aidan Shiu |
| Aiden Mach | Akithmi Kothrhigoda | Akshaya Shree Rasakatla |
| Alexander Crowe | Amanda Le | Amanvir Parikh |
| Amelia Doan | Amy Zhang | Anisha Oruganty |
| Antonia Doan | Ariana Christensen | Ariana Yap |
| Arisa Hickenbotham | Arpit Singh Kalsi | Arvind Murugavel |
| Ashley Beermann | Aya Petrocy | Ayuzah Shah |
| Bayani Ziganay | Benjamin Sa | Betty Ryan |
| Bishrelt Lkhagvadorj | Brayden Gile | Brielle Longyhore |
| Cailey Poulos | Carolyn Lee | Chelsea Nie |
| Chloe Jang | Chloe Ng | Chloe Wu |
| Christina Ryu | Ciel Yoo | Claire Sotelo |
| Cloe Miranda Flores Quintana | Cody Tu | Colton Kim |
| Connor Gauthier | Coraline Pillar | Crosby Son |
| Dahna Tao | Dahun Lee | Daneau Kim |
| Daniel Chen | Daniel Cirlan | Daniel Kondorf |
| Daniel Yau | Deliah Marini | Denise Lee |
| Derek Meng | Derek Zhong | Doyun Lee |
| Drake Hardwick | Dylan Briest | Dylan Siongco |
| Eduardo Rodriguez-Ayon | Eemaan Khan | Elenielle Ong |
| Elise Howard | Elizabeth Lopez | Ella Ward |
| Emily Ku | Emily Sorenson | Ethan Brower |
| Ethan Cho | Ethan Lee | Ethan Lui |
| Eva Lee Young Ju Ro | Evan Ong | Evan Wei |
| Evie Whitehead | Felix Abellana | Feryal Khatri |
| Fiona Heaps | Gary Jiao | Gavin Vogler |
| Genesis Pascual | Glenda Na | Grace Lodhi |
| Grady O'Brien | Hailey Kho | Harang Richards |
| Hebe Leung | Henry Morgan Wenzel | Ian Diaz |
| Iker Roberto Fierro | Ingyung Jung | Iris Ma |
| Jacen Dometita | Jackson Revis | Jalexa Gonzalez |
| Jesse Kuhns | Jessica Ding | Jihyeon Park |
| Jimena Gonzalez | Jiya Shah | Jongyoon Yang |
| Junyi Frenzel | Justin Ding | Kaitlyn Yoon |
| Kalee Jiminez | Karson Hendri | Kaylee Yoshida |
| Kaylie Hastings | Keona Law | Kolina Law |
| Kristian Yi | Kylie Schneider | Lamisah Sobhani |
| LeAnna Lam | Lesili Bertelsen | Lewis Ciminillo |
| Liam Neal | Lincoln Bang | Livia Viall |
| Lucas Tang | Lucy Krizmanic | Lukas Finn |
| Luke Park | Lynn Kim | Makenzie Richner |
| Margaret Leung | Marquilla Fouad | Mason Kwan |
| Matthew Bracciale | Maximilian Jung | Megan Barnes |
| Megan Li | Meghan Frieswick | Mher Mkrtchyan |
| Mia Kato | Michael Carreiro | Michael Klauser |
| Mikaela Lanza | Millie Johnson | Moksha Pedaballi |
| Naisha Aggerwal | Natalie Emmerth | Nathan Liang |
| Nicolas Gadala-Maria | Nicole Lee | Nicole Torregrossa |
| Nikash Pawar | Olimpia Sarraille | Olivia Schellsmidt |
| Omaet Troche-Torres | Paige Park | Pedro Javier Osses |
| Philip Min | Priyanka Ray | Ray Huerta |
| Riley Lam | Riley Lee | Royce Sa |
| Ruth Stark | Ryan Carpio | Saakshi Kumar |
| Saanvi Shukla | Sahana Mahesh | Samar Narayan |
| Sammie Cho | Sean Mohamed | Sebastian Gadala-Maria |
| Seoyeon Cailyn Kwon | Seoyun Chong | Shea O'Brien |
| Sheryl Kuruvilla | Shubhosree De | Siddharth Srikrishna |
| Siyona Sharma | Sofia Hernandez | Sruthi Venkataraman |
| Stella Fornes | Taj Munjal | Tania Walle |
| Tara Rastegar-Lari | Tristan Tsou | Tyler Baltsen |
| Tyler Phan | Tyler Shum | Vera Lee |
| Victor Park | Victoria Fisher | Whye Jing Ong |
| William Johnson | William Triest | Xinwei Tang |
| Yerim Lee | Yuna Cha | Yuvaan Desai |
| Zoey Dong | Zoey Meixner |
2026 ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD WINNERS - SILVER
| Caleb Baek | Christopher Flores | Elise Heefner |
| Elodie Liu | Gisel Rodriguez | Haiden Serrano |
| Kanghee Kim | Kiera Macauley | Logan Schwab |
| Michael Jacobson | Nathaniel Beauchamp | Xien Zheng |
2025 ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD WINNERS - GOLD
| FELIX ABELLANA | RAHI ABRAM | ANKITH AKULA |
| LILLIAN ALLEN | MATTHEW AN | ARILA ARTAGAME |
| ALI AZIZI | TYLER BALTSEN | LINCOLN BANG |
| QUINN BAUGHER | ISSAI BERMUNDEZ | ANWESHA BHATTACHARYA |
| ARIAN NATHAN CANETE | BARTIKA CHATTOPADHYAY | ETHAN CHEN |
| HAOHSIANG CHEN | VIKTORIA CHERNOLUTSKIY | MIKA CHI |
| ETHAN CHO | LUKE CHO | JULIA CHO |
| RYAN CHOI | SEOYUN CHONG | BRYDGER CHRISTENSEN |
| ARIANA CHRISTENSEN | MIKAELA CHRISTMAN | JIHO CHUNG |
| FRANXIO COLON | KYLIE CORREALE | ALYSSA COURTNEY |
| ANDREW CULLEN | ALEXA DARLIN | CALISTA DEGUZMAN |
| SAMANVI DHARMA | AMELIA DOAN | ZOEY DONG |
| LUKE DUROCHER | NATALIE EMMERTH | TIYAM ESTAKI |
| VEVINA FAN | DYLAN FANG | MARQUILLA FOUAD |
| JUNYI FRENZEL | MEGHAN FRIESWICK | ALAN GIL |
| DAVID GIL | BRAYDEN GILE | SKYLAR GOLD |
| KAI GOLDBLATT | MAX GUNNERSON | RIAN GUPTA |
| SHAYLER GUYMON | JEUUN HAN | KAYLIEO HASTINGS |
| SOFIA HERNANDEZ | ARISA HICKENBOTHAM | BRENNEN HILL |
| JESSICA HSU | RAY HUERTA | KIARA HUGHES |
| JASMYN HWANG | CHLOE JANG | MALCOLM JOHNSON |
| EYELYN JUDY | YASH JUNEJA | MAXIMILIAN JUNG |
| MAZIMILIAN JUNG | KAVIN KARUNAGARAN | MIA KATO |
| CASSANDRA KERSENBROCK | CLAIRE KIM | HAILEY KIM |
| NOAH KIM | RACHEL KIM | ETHAN KIM |
| BRENDAN KIM | IRENE KIM | MEGAN KIM |
| MASON KLEIN | JOHANN KO | LARA KO |
| MYKENZI KREMERS | EMILY KU | SAAKSHI KUMAR |
| SHERYL KURUVILLA | ALEKSANDRA KUZMENKOVA | MARCUS LAM |
| RILEY LAM | GRANT LARSON | VALERIE LARSON |
| KOLINA LAW | AMANDA LE | ANDREW LE |
| JEONGYU LEE | NICOLE LEE | DENISE LEE |
| RILEY LEE | ETHAN LEE | GIAN LEGASPI |
| SHUYA LI | AMBER LIN | KEIRA MACAULEY |
| ARYA MADDIREDDY | ANTHONY MANULAT | DELIAH MARINI |
| RYAN MARTIN | ANANYA MEHTA | ANGELICA MENDIETA |
| KEVIN MENG | PHILIP MIN | SEAN MOHAMED |
| IAN MONDACA-WANG | LANA MORALEDA | ARNAV NAIR |
| CHLOE NG | MADELYNN NOLASCO | JESSICA OH |
| BORA OZKAN | OLIVIA PARK | LUKE PARK |
| PAIGE PARK | JINSEO PARK | SEAN PARK |
| VICTOR PARK | GENESIS PASCUAL | ANA PEREZ |
| PRASHID POUDEL | JOHN RACHET | JACKSON REVIS |
| IAN RIVERA | EVA LEE YOUNG JU RO | YURIY ROGACHEV |
| HATTIE ROY | BENJAMIN SA | KYLIE SCHNEIDER |
| SERGI SERPUKHOVITINOV | JIYA SHAH | SAANVI SHUKLA |
| ARCHIT SINGH | AYUSH SODANI | DAVID STARK |
| RUTH STARK | XINWEI TANG | NOA TAYLOR |
| DANIEL TRAN | ANN TRAN | ELIZABETH TSENG |
| MARISSA TYLER | CHRISTIAN VAN METER | SRUTHI VENKATARAMAN |
| LIVIA VIALL | AMANDA WANGMO | ELLA WARD |
| EVAN WEI | TRINITY YAMADA | ALLISON YAN |
| HENRY YEMOFIO | RAVZA YILMAZ | KAITLYN YOON |
| KAYLEE YOSHIDA | DEREK ZHONG | YUNA CHA |
| MICAH TU | CODY TU |
2025 ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD WINNERS - SILVER
| MYCKLE ASHMORE | MIIA AVETIAN | AIDEN CVORAK |
| IZABELLA EVANGELISTA | RYLIE HODGES | ELISE HOWARD |
| BETHANY KIM | VIKRAMADITYA KULKARNI | KEONA LAW |
| JUYOUNG LEE | EMMA LIDEN | EMILIANO LOPEZ MORENO |
| ANDREW PARK | ALFONSO PARRA | TRISTAN PAZ |
| STEVEN ZHANG |
GOLD TEAM | |
| Felix Abellana | Liora Aldiosa |
| Rand Aljetawi | Hyunchan An |
| Luca Ardanaz | Jamie Bang |
Lincoln Bang | David Bega |
| Isamari Benvenutti | Miranda Bolanos Hevia |
| Adrien Bouvard | Arian Nathan Canete |
| Lia Chang | Haohsiang Chen |
| Lunyue Cheng | Viktoria Chernolutskiy |
| Julia Cho | Dean Choi |
Brydger Christensen | Jiho Chung |
| Franxio Colon | Alyssa Courtney |
| Andrew Cullen | Alexa Darlin |
| Haumed Dastgeer | Eowyn Davidson |
| Seamus Davidson | Anderson Deng |
| Jessica Ding | Justin Ding |
| Amelia Doan | Zoey Dong |
| Vevina Fan | Caroline Fisher |
| Meghan Frieswick | Chase Gavino |
| Brayden Gile | Skylar Gold |
| Isabelle Golla | Allen Gordillo |
| Ethan Hardy | Kaylie Hastings |
| Fiona Heaps | Nathan Her |
| Brennen Hill | Tinsley Hinton |
| Ritika Hiregoudar | David Hirota |
| Rishi Hoskote | Kiara Hughes |
| Elly Huh | Jasmyn Hwang |
| Elisha Rayne Ibaldez | Millie Johnson |
| Yash Juneja | Maximilian Jung |
| Michael Jung | Joonhyun Kang |
| Kavin Karunagaran | Braendan Kim |
| Brandon Kim | David Kim |
| Ethan Kim | Grace Kim |
| Joseph Kim | Joshua Kim |
| Megan Kim | Sabrina Kim |
| Danny Kossen | Tevin Kuruvilla |
| Kyomin Kwon | Erin Lalor |
| Melvin Lam | Andrei Dominic Lamsen |
| Noah Larrabee | Thomas Larson |
Stephen Lazuardi | Andrew Le |
| Andrew Lee | Daniel Lee |
| Denise Lee | Ethan Lee |
| Maddox Lee | Riley Lee |
| Aimee Li | Jordan Li |
| Shuya Li | Adrian Lin |
| Nicolas Liway | Keira Macauley |
| Anthony Manulat | Deliah Marini |
| Ryan Martin | Neave McConnell |
Kevin Meng | Philip Min |
| Joseph Mojica | Ian Mondaca-Wang |
| Alyssa Montalto | Lana Moraleda |
| Thalia Munoz | Aghilan Nachiappan |
| Arnav Nair | Chloe Ng |
| Aidan No | Madelynn Nolasco |
| Jessica Oh | Archer Oliver |
| Jisu Park | Luke Park |
| Paige Park | Genesis Pascual |
| Tristan Paz | |
| Edward Pearson | Alexander Peiler |
| Kaila Pierson | Koby Pierson |
| Grace Pinto | Maxwell Pope |
| Alisson Powers | Makenzie Richner |
| Victor Rodrigues | Gisel Rodriguez |
| Issai Rodriguez Espinoza | Yuriy Rogachev |
| Iona Sarraille | Tyler Scherr |
| Haiden Serrano | Alyssa Shim |
| Ryan Shim | Dennis Shvadskiy |
| Valerie Shvadskiy | Ryan Sitaram |
| Abigail Skrabak | Gabriella Smith |
| Diego Sorrell | Gunnar Sumner |
| Lex Tamura | Anika Thatte |
| Armaan Tindni | Ann Tran |
| Cody Tu | Micah Tu |
| Marissa Tyler | Harish Venkataraman |
| Sruthi Venkataraman | Livia Viall |
| Ilya Vodovozov | Wenzhi Wang |
| Ella Ward | Pola Wasilewska |
| Evan Wei | Henry Yemofio |
| Kaitlyn Yoon | Evan Young |
| Derek Zhong | |
| SILVER TEAM | |
| Mikel Cho | Ariana Christensen |
| Devin Cornell | Ethan Djakow Quixtner |
| Alyssa Fricke | Alexandra Fuenmayor |
| Rylie Hodges | Minwoo Jo |
| William Johnson | Bethany Kim |
| Elizabeth Kim | Kjartan Knutson-Ho |
| Seoyeon Cailyn Kwon | Riley Lam |
| Gerald Laurore | Keona Law |
| Samuel LIbert | Brandon Melendez |
| Joshua Miyamoto | Bella Morrissey |
| Riley Otto | Alexis Ruezga |
| Gabriel Ruezga | Nicholas Scherr |
| Marlene Torres | Austin Winegar |
CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU ON YOUR AMAZING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT!
| RIA AGGARWAL | JASON BANG | SAMARTH BASANTH | STEWART BEALL |
| DAVID BEGA | JOSEPH CARRILLO | CHRISTINA CHAVEZ | VINCENT CHEN |
| ASHLEY CHOI | GENEVIEVE CHONG | TASANEE COGLIANDRO | CAYDEN COOPER |
| HAUMED DASTGEER | ALLISON DEGUZMAN | ANDERSON DENG | ANDREW DUAN |
| AUDREY DUAN | LUKE DUROCHER | NURA ELSHIKH | VEVINA FAN |
| MIREYA FIGUEROA | CAROLINE FISHER | CHIARA FLOTILDES | ALEXANDRA FUENMAYOR |
| ELEFTHERIOS GKOUFAS | JESSICA GNIEDZIEJKO | ALANA HEINRICHS | DAVID HIROTA |
| MILA HOROWITZ | KIARA HUGHES | ELLIOT JANG | SOPHIA JEFFREY |
| MICHAEL JUNG | BOMIN KIM | ERIN KIM | ISAAC KIM |
| MYKENZI KREMERS | TEVIN KURUVILLA | ERIN LALOR | MELVIN LAM |
| VALERIE LARSON | KEONA LAW | ANDREW LE | ELLIE LEE |
| HANA LEE | JACOB LEE | JAYDEN LEE | ALFREDO LOPEZ-SALAS |
| EVE MILLER | IAN MONDACA-WANG | BARRON MOSTELLER | EDWARD MURO |
| AIDAN NO | MADELYNN NOLASCO | MITCHELL NORSEN | DANIIL NOVAK |
| MORGAN O'BRIEN | JISU PARK | SEAN PARK | MAIA PAULITZ |
| KAILA PIERSON | KOBY PIERSON | ARAV RAWAT | VICTOR RODRIGUES |
| HATTIE ROY | SREEJA SENGUPTA | MELANIE SEYMOUR | KAYLA SHANAHAN |
| PRISHAA SHRIMALI | RYAN SITARAM | ANIKA THATTE | CLAIRE TOLENTINO |
| MARISSA TYLER | HARISH VENKATARAMAN | ZION VILLANUEVA | ALLISON YAN |
| GAVIN ZHAO |