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Hawaii tennis, water polo players receive All-America honors

By Brian McInnis on June 1, 2019

The Hawaii women’s tennis and water polo programs received some heady individual recognition over the last few days. Water polo players Irene Gonzalez and Elyse Lemay-Lavoie were named All-Americans, as was UH tennis star Petra Melounova. Gonzalez, a first-teamer, and Lemay-Lavoie, a second-teamer, helped the Rainbow Wahine to the Big West championship and the program’s first NCAA tournament appearance since 2015. For Gonzalez, a two-time Big West player of the year and a senior who scored 60 goals this season, […]

Hawaii men’s basketball: Phil Handy represents with Raptors

By Brian McInnis on May 30, 2019

When it comes to NBA teams and making deep runs into the postseason, it helps to have a Phil Handy handy. Handy, the University of Hawaii guard-turned NBA player development guru, will make a fifth straight appearance in the NBA Finals today when the Toronto Raptors take the court (3 p.m. Hawaii time) for Game 1 against the defending champion Golden State Warriors in Toronto. Handy was with the Cleveland Cavaliers the last four years during the Cavs’ run of […]

Hawaii Football: Pac-12 Networks to air Washington game

By Stephen Tsai on May 30, 2019

As expected, the Pac-12 Networks will televise the Sept. 14 UH-Washington game in Seattle. The seven-year-old network has 17.9 million viewers. The kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. HT. The other national telecasts: > Aug. 24 vs. Arizona, 4:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network > Sept. 28 at Nevada, TBA, ESPN Networks > Oct. 12 at Boise State, TBA, ESPN Networks > Oct. 19 vs. Air Force, 5 p.m., CBS Sports Network > Nov. 30 vs. Army, 7:30 p.m., CBS Sports […]

Hawaii finishes seventh in 2019 Big West Commissioner’s Cup

By Brian McInnis on May 29, 2019

As Ferd Lewis reported in Wednesday’s newspaper, Hawaii finished seventh of nine schools in the Big West Commissioner’s Cup standings for 2018-19. That actually represented a step up; UH was eighth in 2017-18. UH’s 15 sports that compete in the Big West finished with a scoring average of 91.3. You might be surprised with UH’s low standing considering its top-two finishes in women’s volleyball, women’s basketball, water polo, and softball. But low finishes in women’s cross country, women’s track, women’s […]

Hawaii baseball: Yamazaki named to Big West first team; Scott wins frosh award

By Stephen Tsai on May 29, 2019

Shortstop Maaki Yamazaki today was named to the All-Big West first team as a utility player. Yamazaki hit .308 while striking out a team-fewest 7.6 percent of his at bats. After suffering a shoulder injury on April 24, he was used at second base and designated hitter. He hit .324 after incurring the injury. * * * * * Outfielder Scotty Scott was named the Big West’s Freshman Field Player of the Year. He hit .291 while leading the ‘Bows […]

Hawaii football: Meet Harry Hill

By Stephen Tsai on May 28, 2019

Harry Hill, who graduated from Konawaena High this past Saturday, is set to join the Warriors as a walk-on kicker this summer. > Hill will join Ryan Meskell and Michael Boyle as UH kickers. Alex Trifonovitch has graduated and Nino Alibegic has departed. > Hill said he booted a field goal from 62 yards off a tee during a Chris Sailer Kicking camp. In a game, his longest traditional field goal was from 39 yards. Last year, he made a […]

Hawaii baseball feels the 2019 MLB draft

By Stephen Tsai on May 27, 2019

The Major League Baseball Draft for First-Year Players is full of options for players, college recruiters and the pros. Here are the rules: > High school seniors, junior-college graduates and third-year players at four-year colleges are eligible to be drafted. > MLB teams have until early July to sign draft picks (the exception being college seniors). > College juniors have the most bargaining power because they can use the threat of returning to school as leverage. In turn, college seniors […]

Hawaii baseball: 2019 season came apart at the seams

By Brian McInnis on May 26, 2019

The 2019 baseball season was going adequately for Hawaii, until it wasn’t. And “wasn’t” happened in a hurry but will linger through the entire offseason. UH was a passable 18-20 overall and 7-6 in the Big West Conference on April 26. The Rainbow Warriors were riding some lingering “Bowmentum” a few days after Logan Pouelsen’s dramatic walk-off home run over Cal State Fullerton. Optimism abounded entering a two-week, eight-game road trip. The trek even started with promise. UH knocked off […]

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