Brandon Lin ’19
Brandon Lin
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1, 2015
– Dec. 3
Philmont Training
Trek – Jan. 16, 20
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Brandon Yang-Kai Lin, 14, passed away on the morning of January 18, 2016. He was born on July 16, 2001 in Singapore, the youngest of three sons of Joel and Alice Lin. He attended the Overseas Family School in Singapore from kindergarten to 4th Grade. He moved to Hong Kong in 2011 and started 5th Grade at Hong Kong International School. At the time of his accident Brandon was a 9th Grader at HKIS. Brandon was the only freshman on the HKIS Varsity Volleyball team during the fall season. Besides participating in matches in Hong Kong, he also attended the China Cup and the APAC Cup, where he won the All APAC (MVP) Award. He made many friends with team members from Hong Kong and other countries. Brandon was active in the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts of America since 2nd Grade and had achieved the rank of Star in Boy Scouts. He was a First Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. He was a member of the Track team in Middle School where he competed in High Jump, 200 Meters, 400 Meters and 4x100 Relay. He was a medalist for High Jump competition in the 8th Grade finals. He was part of the Middle School Honors Choir and was a fantastic, well-adjusted Honors student. Brandon loved hanging out with his friends and helping them in any capacity including tutoring them on homework or volleyball. He enjoyed playing video and computer games such as League of Legends. He was an avid reader in both English and Chinese and also loved anime. He dabbled in piano in his spare time where he would learn new songs on his own. Brandon was an amazing, happy, kind, athletic, smart, loyal and handsome kid who brought joy and smiles to his friends, teammates, classmates and relatives. He is lovingly remembered by his parents, Joel and Alice; and his brothers, Michael ’14 and Matthew ’16. He leaves his paternal grandparents, Wuu-Long and Anna Lin; and maternal grandmother, Cheng-Mei Chou. He is also survived by many loving uncles, aunts and cousins in the US, Taiwan and Hong Kong. He will be remembered by all who knew him. n
8th Grade High Jump Medal with Mr. Bourque
Having a blast with buddies
Varsity Volleyball China Cup – Shanghai 2015
Middle School Track & Field
SUMMER 2016 DRAGONTALES
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