McDonald finished last season ranked in the nation’s Top 10 in six categories, including sixth in passing touchdowns (36) and eighth in passing yards per game (298.1) and total offense (325.7).
Allen will play for the Washington Wizards Summer League team this weekend in Las Vegas after spending last season with the Wizards’ G-League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go.
Van Sickle is the fourth Pac-12 transfer and third from Oregon to join the Wahine for the 2019 season, joining former Ducks Kyra Hanawahine and Jolie Rasmussen.
The Eddie Hamada field played host to one of the most competitive preseason 7-on-7 high school passing tournaments in the state this afternoon at Iolani School.
“You play at Kahuku you grow up in that community hard-work is everything,” Parks said. “It’s not about hype or big names or any of that, and being able to represent that community is something that I’ll always be thankful for.”
Thomas was selected in the 13th round of the draft this morning by the same team that picked him last season, but this time he’s expected to sign on the dotted line to turn pro.
The Class of 2019 will be officially enshrined during Homecoming weekend during the September 21st football game versus Central Arkansas at Aloha Stadium and at the annual Green & White Celebration on September 22 at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Gonzalez became the first Wahine to earn four ACWPC All-American selections and her second consecutive first-team accolade, while Lemay-Lavoie garnered her first All-American status, earning second-team honors.
Freshman Scotty Scott instantly made his presence known in his first season of collegiate baseball, earning Big West Freshman Field Player of the Year.
As a member of the Wahine, McLachlin was a three-time Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) All-American and a seven-time United States Volleyball Association (USAVB) All-American.
Hawaii (20-28, 8-14 Big West) couldn’t get anything going against LBSU starting pitcher Adam Seminaris, who tossed a complete game shutout while allowing five hits. He also struck out seven batters in the win.
Melounova jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first set, but then Maltby stormed back to win six-straight game to claim the first set before shutting out Melounova 6-0 for the match.
The season will begin the season with the Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic from August 30-September 1 that will have San Diego, St. John's and Washington at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Sunday’s series finale also marked the final home game of the season for the Rainbow Warriors. The 'Basebows (20-27, 8-13 Big West) led 3-1 in the top of the ninth before the Gauchos (44-7, 18-3 Big West) rallied to tie the game to force extra innings.
The loss was the first home game for Hawaii (20-25, 8-11 BWC) since April 20th. The ‘Bows took an early lead going up 1-0 thanks to Ethan Lopez before the Gauchos took the lead for good in the top of the fourth inning.
The former All-American outside hitter was named to Volleyball Canada’s women’s 2019 indoor team today and will compete at the end of the month in the Challenge Cup - a continental pre-qualifier for Volleyball Nations League to be held from May 31-June 2.
The Warriors haven't played since May 5th’s 3-1 win over Cal State Fullerton and will look to close out the season with a winning record at home as they currently stand at 14-15 in Honolulu.
Junior first baseman/catcher Callee Heen, senior pitcher Brittany Hitchcock and senior third baseman Nicole Lopez all earned first team honors while senior catcher Heather Cameron was named to all-Big West second team.
The legendary, retired broadcaster spent part of his Saturday morning sitting on his front porch with the Hawaii News Now sports team to share some memories of the late Dick Tomey, who died Friday night after losing his battle with lung cancer.
Tomey’s legacy as a coach for the Rainbow Warrior football team speaks for itself. But the impact he made on others, particularly Matlin, will be what is remembered the most.
Many members of the Hawaii football community and across the country shared their thoughts, prayers and memories of Tomey this morning on social media:
With her pitching career in the rear-view mirror, Hitchcock can look back on a six-year span that saw her rewrite the record books in multiple categories.
In the loss, head coach Bob Coolen started all seven seniors on the field for their final collegiate game with Hitchcock pitching,, Heather Cameron catching, Alyssa Sojka at first, Jenna Kumabe at second base, Nicole Lopez at shortstop, Carly Pina at third and Jennifer Iseri in leftfield.
The Golden Bears (17-8) pulled away in the third quarter, going up 11-8 before ending the period leading 13-11. In the fourth, California scored four goals over the final eight minutes of the match to put the game on ice.
Brittany Hitchcock earned the complete game win in Game 1, pitching a full 12 innings, improving to 20-7 on the season after recording 13 strikeouts while allowing just one run on five hits.
The University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics Department confirmed with Hawaii News Now that the bags contained headgear, game day clothes and other personal possessions along with some of the players passports.
The Warriors set an NCAA record 74-straight sets won, a new program record 25-straight matches won and clinched the program's first ever Big West title.
Kamaka missed the 171 pound weight limit requirement by over a pound and a half. Kamaka will forfeit 20% of his purse and Cooper will be awarded the three points in the PFL’s scoring system
The game is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. Hawai’i time. This is just the sixth time in program history the Rainbow Wahine are competing in the NCAA tournament.
The sixth-year senior is currently No. 4 in program history in strikeouts, No. 4 in wins, No. 4 in complete games and No. 2 with 137 appearances for Hawaii.
The Rainbow Warrior team didn’t finish their 2019 campaign as national champions, but they earned a hero’s welcome at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport all the same.
Fans flocked from Honolulu to the Walter Pyramid for a chance to see history and although the season didn’t end the way they’d hoped for,, fans were still in full support of their team - no matter what.
What the team was able to accomplish off the court in terms of rallying the local community and inspiring fans across the country will be this team’s legacy for years to come.
With the Hawaiian flag draped over his shoulder like a cape, Ethan Siegfried celebrated his NCAA national championship victory Saturday night with his friends and family on the court.
While the ‘Bows were snubbed from the NCAA Tournament in 2018, Wade remained steadfast in his belief that the Warriors would return in 2019 and compete at the highest level.
Nearly a week after denying allegations of sexual misconduct, Wade made his first appearance before the national media on Wednesday and was pressed by members of the media to address the allegations.
Melounova was also named to the all-Big West first team for the third-consecutive season in both singles and doubles. Earlier this week, she received an automatic bid to the NCAA Singles Championship.
Opposite hitter and Bulgarian native Rado Parapunov, outside hitter Stijn van Tilburg, libero Gage Worsley and setter Joe Worsley were picked to the first team while middle blocker Patrick Gasman was selected to the second team.
The Warriors will now look to July as they’ll begin to prepare for the 2019 schedule, with the first game of the season set for Saturday, August 24th against Arizona at Aloha Stadium.
Senior Brittany Hitchcock earned her second complete game win of the series to improve to 16-7 overall and 8-2 in the Big West. She allowed just one run on three hits with zero walks and two strikeouts.
