Chaminade Student Wins Hawai'i's Student Employee Of The Year Award

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Media Contact: Kapono Ryan
(808) 735-4797 or cell (808) 429-2972

CHAMINADE STUDENT WINS HAWAI'I'S
STUDENT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD
--MATTHEW SANDERS, CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL--

The Western Association of Student Employment Administrators (WASEA) announced recently that Matthew Sanders of Chaminade University has won its Hawai'i Student Employee of the Year Award for 2009-2010. Having been selected as Chaminade University's Student Employee of the Year, Sanders was evaluated against nominees from other local universities, and ultimately selected as the winner for the entire state.

Matthew Sanders, Student Employee of the Year for Chaminade University and the State of Hawai i, with Athletics staff. From left to right: Maurice Maggiolino, Matthew Mahar, Matthew Sanders, Ryan Blangiardi, Masako Sagawa, and William Villa.
Photo courtesy of Allison Jerome, Associate Dean of Students.

Sanders worked for Chaminade's Athletics department for the past four years as their statistician. Using a complex software called STATCREW, Sanders has been responsible for maintaining extremely accurate statistics for Chaminade's volleyball, basketball, and softball games.

As Ryan Blangiardi, Sanders' supervisor and Special Assistant to the Director of Athletics, describes him, "He is hard working and performs his extremely challenging tasks flawlessly. The pressures of taking statistics at a fast paced intercollegiate athletic event require him to stay focused and calm in the tensest situations." In interacting with opposing coaches, game officials, and media personnel, "he always presents a respectful, confident, and first class image not only of Chaminade Athletics, but of our entire university as well." In addition to performing at a very high academic level, Sanders is also actively involved in the ROTC program. In his spare time, he enjoys creating videos and submitting them for local, national, and international competitions.

The university formally honored Sanders at its annual co-curricular awards night as the academic year ended. As a winner at the state level, Sanders will be evaluated against other state winners at the regional level.

This is the second year in a row that the Chaminade Student Employee of the Year has won for the entire state of Hawai'i. The 2008-2009 winner was Amanda Lavenberg, a Chaminade senior who worked in the Office of Student Activities and Leadership and who currently serves as its Graduate Assistant.

WASEA is a non-profit association of professionals involved with programs for students who work while attending college. The association supports and promotes student employment through research, professional development and the exchange of information. The student employee of the year honorees are selected across the country annually in celebration of National Student Worker Appreciation Week.

Celebrating more than 50 years of educating students for life, service and successful careers, Chaminade University offers programs of study grounded in the liberal arts with day, evening, online and accelerated courses. The main campus is located in Kaimuki at 3140 Waialae Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816, with 10 satellite locations around Oahu military bases and Catholic parishes and schools. For more information, visit the Chaminade web site at www.chaminade.edu or call
(808) 735-4711.

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