Longtime local broadcaster Kanoa Leahey will take over the play-by-play call of University of Hawaii football telecasts on Spectrum Sports this season following the passing of Robert Kekaula last month, school officials say.
The decision to play games without spectators was made in accordance with rules against social gatherings currently in place by the City and County of Honolulu, the school said.
The Rainbow Warrior football team’s match-up with Fordham University, originally set for Sept. 12 at Aloha Stadium, has been canceled, a school official said Monday.
Tennessee Titans draftee and former University of Hawaii quarterback Cole McDonald has signed a four-year contract with the team, according to Titans reporter Jim Wyatt.
“Felt surreal all day. It still doesn’t feel real,” Wu-Yelland told Hawaii News Now on Friday. “I can’t even put into words how much it means not just to me, but to my family.”
Investigators said they went to the address Vaipulu had given them upon his arrival on May 18 to discover that he had also moved residences without informing authorities.
The decision, which applies to athletes in sports like men’s volleyball, baseball and softball, effectively extends each individual’s eligibility by one year.
The Big West Conference announced today that it will be indefinitely suspending all spring conference and non-conference competition, effective immediately.
The Rainbow Wahine (16-14) advanced to the tournament semifinals where they will face No. 2 seed UC Santa Barbara on Friday, March 13 at the Honda Center in Anaheim. No spectators will be allowed in the gym in an effort to combat the spread of COVID-19.
The University of Hawaii softball team (9-13) concludes their 16-game/three three-tournament homestand this week as they host the Bank of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Classic from Wednesday, March 11-Saturday, March 14, 2020
The University of Hawaii basketball team will open the Big West tournament on Thursday against UC Davis and will be playing without spectators in the stands in an effort to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Today the Big West Conference announced that this week’s men’s and women’s basketball tournament will be played without spectators as a precaution for preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Eddie Stansberry became the first UH player to earn first-team honors since Noah Allen in 2017, and led UH and ranked second in the Big West in scoring at 15.9 ppg.
The Rainbow Wahine (15-14, 9-7) secured a single-bye in the Big West Conference tournament with the win Saturday over Cal Poly to finish at No. 4 in the conference standings.
The fourth-seeded Rainbow Warriors will take on the fifth-seeded Aggies in this week's Big West Tournament quarterfinals at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, March 12.
The 18 honorees will be honored at a special banquet on Thursday, March 12 at the Anaheim Marriott Suites Hotel. Each institution selected its own honorees.
The Rainbow Warriors avenged their Thursday night loss to the Cougars (17-1) with a thriller on Friday night in front of a sold-out Stan Sheriff Center crowd.
“I was trying to get into shape to do a few things was coming up," said Jackson. "I didn’t realize it at the time that my heart was actually telling me, something was wrong, and in December I had the stroke.”
McDonald tallied the highest vertical leap in the quarterback group jumping 36 inches and posted a 10-1 broad jump the 4th best out of the quarterbacks competing.
The Wahine softball team (8-8) continues their 15 game home-stand this week hosting the Outrigger Hotels & Resorts Malihini Kipa Aloha Tournament from Thursday, Feb. 27-Sunday, Mar. 1.
The UH men's basketball team hosts its final two home games of the season this week beginning Thursday an will honor seniors Eddie Stansberry and Zigmars Raimo following Saturday's game against UC Riverside.
The University of Hawaii baseball team will face the defending national champion in the regular season for the first time since 2004 (Rice, 2003) when they head to Nashville, Tenn., to take on Vanderbilt at Hawkins Field this weekend for three games.
The University of Hawaii men's volleyball team will host Nittaidai University of Japan, Wednesday, Feb. 26 and Friday, Feb. 28 in a pair of exhibition matches at the Stan Sheriff Center. Both matches begin at 7:00 p.m.
For the second consecutive year, the University of Hawaii swim and dive teams picked up MPSF championships for both the men’s and women’s team on the fourth and final day of action.
The top-ranked University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team kept its perfect season in tact with a 25-15, 25-18, 25-22 victory over No. 11 Stanford Friday in a non-conference match-up at Maples Pavilion.
With their third loss in a row the Rainbow Warriors (14-9, 5-4) moved into a three-way tie for second-place in the Big West with UC Santa Barbara and CSUN.
Point guard Drew Buggs 413 assists surpassed Troy Bowe as the school's all-time leader in assists Saturday breaking a record that stood for nearly 30 years.
The Rainbow Wahine dropped its opening game, 7-2 to Iowa State, but got back on the winning track with a 9-0 mercy rule win over Northern Colorado to end the tournament at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
