Kory Sasaoka, a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering, is the December winner of the Student Rewards Program, which awards a prize to the University of Hawai`i at Manoa student who attends the most UH sporting events during a given month.

Sasaoka attended a student-best five UH sporting events in December and will receive two (2) tickets to the Pro Bowl, two (2) tickets to the Official NFL Saturday Night Party at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, and a Pro Bowl jacket and gift bag, compliments of Verizon, a UH Corporate Partner. Other UH Corporate Partners have also provided prizes for future Student Rewards winners.

"I am very honored to be awarded these prizes,” Sasaoka said. “I think the Student Rewards Program is a great way to encourage the students to come out to the games and show their school spirit. It's awesome how students get into all the sports events just by showing their UH I.D. and are given the opportunity to win great prizes throughout the game, during the timeouts, and at halftime. The Student Rewards Program is icing on the cake. I want to give a shout-out to the UH Corporate Partners for donating great prizes for the students."

Temidayo “Temmy” Alamurin, a graduate student in the College of Education, won the inaugural Student Rewards prize for the month of November and received an iPad, compliments of Pepsi. Click here to view the story.

Winners will also be selected for January, February, March, and April. Students scan their UH Manoa identification cards each time they enter a UH ticketed sporting event and the winners are determined by a check of the student database by the UH ticket office at the end of each month. Ticketed UH sports include: football, women's volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's volleyball, and baseball.