Fort Lauderdale, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/09/2016 -- Award-winning, educational video-game developer DimensionU, Inc., announced today that it's winner of DimensionU's 2011 National Scholarship Competition, Zachariah Chou, heads off to college this summer with his DimensionU scholarship in hand, helping pave the way towards his future career endeavors. Mr. Chou, a recent graduate from American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida took first place at the live finals event in New York City back in May 2011, while attending Silver Trail Middle School of Broward County Public School District. He was awarded a $50,000 college scholarship and $1,000 in cash from DimensionU, Inc. Additionally, Chou was awarded a trip to Las Vegas to attend the iHeartRadio Music Festival, a prize contributed by former Lady Gaga manager, Mr. Troy Carter.

As a 7th grader, Chou discovered DimensionU, while volunteering at the Southwest Regional Library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where access to DimensionU games had been enabled through an academic alliance between DimensionU, Inc., Broward County Public Schools and the Broward County Public Libraries.

"My scholarship from DimensionU completely changed the game in terms of paying for college. I am infinitely grateful for their personal support and also their overall work in promoting the next generation of education," said Chou.

"On behalf of DimensionU, we congratulate Zachariah on his recent high school graduation and admission to the University of Florida," said Steven Hoy, CEO of DimensionU. "Zachariah has worked hard and we are proud of his accomplishments and so honored to be a part of helping ensure his post-secondary education. It is such a joy to see this come to fruition and we look forward to recognizing and supporting other scholarship recipients in future years as they prepare for college," added Hoy.

Chou, starts college this June at the University of Florida, where he plans to dual major in Journalism and Political Science with a minor in Public Leadership.

About DimensionU, Inc.
Since 2007, DimensionU, Inc. has set a new course in the development of innovative multiplayer educational video games. Through its collaborative, content-rich, immersive learning environments, DimensionU offers a highly engaging, research-based, instructional enrichment tool in mathematics and literacy for elementary, middle and high school students in the U.S. and Canada.

For more information, please visit http://www.dimensionu.com.