Joci Awards 2023

ACTING

• $6,000 – Adrianna Rodriguez – Harlingen Performing Arts Conservatory
• $4,000 – Caris Patrick – Boerne High School
• $3,000 – Katharine Eanes – Ronald Reagan High School
• $3,000 – Jaxson Louhisdon – North East School of the Arts
• $3,000 – Will Lunsford – Ronald Reagan High School
• $3,000 – Emery Meighan – Ronald Reagan High School
• $3,000 – Liam Meister – Sandra Day O’Connor High School
• $3,000 – Lauren Nichols – Ronald Reagan High School

LEAD ACTOR

• $6,000 – Kruz Maldonado – John M. Harlan High School
• $4,000 – Brendan Koepke – North East School of the Arts
• $3,000 – Adrian Badillo – PSJA Early College High School
• $3,000 – Jake Burris – William H. Taft High School
• $3,000 – Gabriel Ortega – PSJA Southwest ECHS
• $3,000 – Luke Woodruff – North East School of the Arts

LEAD ACTRESS

• $6,000 – Victoria Martinez – McAllen High School
• $4,000 – Meagan Astwood – North East School of the Arts
• $3,000 – Danica Feig – Sandra Day O’Connor High School
• $3,000 – Madelynn Gonzalez – Saint Joseph Academy
• $3,000 – Sophia Leune – North East School of the Arts
• $3,000 – Sophia Luz Tellus – North East School of the Arts
• $3,000 – Audrey Nguyen – Harlingen Performing Arts Conservatory
• $3,000 – Nayeli Palacios – Earl Warren High School

DANCE

• $6,000 – Isabella DeLeon – North East School of the Arts
• $4,000 – Karissa Elizondo – PSJA Southwest Early College High School
• $3,000 – William Bessler – Dance Center of San Antonio
• $3,000 – Isabelle Taber – North East School of the Arts
• $3,000 – Abigail Wessa – James Madison High School

NEXUS @ Texas State Musical Theatre Pre-College Intensive Scholarship Recipient

• $3,000 – Ariella Cruz – William H. Taft High School
• $3,000 – Mauricio Ibarra-Casillas – St. Joseph’s Academy
• $3,000 – George Gutierrez – Harlingen Performing Arts Conservatory

Majestic Empire Foundation Representative to S.A. Dance Festival

• $500 – Noely Perez – Sonia Sotomayor High School
• $500 – Sophia Townsend – North East School of the Arts

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

• $3,000 – Andre Rodriguez – McAllen High School
• $3,000 – Catherine Brown – North East School of the Arts

STUDENT REPORTER

• $3,000 – Katie Bass – Theodore Roosevelt High School

VOCAL

• $6,000 – Elena Sapien – Incarnate Word High School
• $4,000 – Saumya Dwivedi – Louis D. Brandeis High School
• $3,000 – Addison Burton – Ronald Reagan High School
• $3,000 – Halle Cantu – North East School of the Arts
• $3,000 – Ethan Chapa-Einkauf – Health Careers High School
• $3,000 – Lily DeChavez – Sandra Day O’Connor High School
• $3,000 – Mateo Palm – Winston Churchill High School
• $3,000 – Addi Pounds – North East School of the Arts