On a night where it seemed like everything kept going wrong for the Rainbow Warriors, all it took was one play to go their way to secure a win in their home opener against the Arizona Wildcats.z
During his tenure at the university, Nelson led the ’Bows to three Western Athletic Conference titles and one Big West Conference regular season crown.
The University of Hawai’i women’s volleyball team was picked to finish second behind two-time defending Big West Champion, Cal Poly in the 2019 Big West Preseason Coaches Poll.
This year will mark the 100th season in school history. The Warriors will play 20 homes games, including 12 non-conference games at the Stan Sheriff Center.
For the first time in the program, starting August 4-16 the University of Hawai’i will offer fans the ‘H-Pass’. The annual pass will provide access to a ticket for a UH-sponsored regular-season home sporting event.
While Okasaki didn’t want to make his retirement a big deal, the coaches had no hesitation talking about one of the unsung heroes of the program for the past four decades.
The Warriors will put on full pads for the first time later this week, much to the joy of the Hawaii defense that is looking forward to make a statement with their physical play.
Padello and his Hawaii teammates have raised expectations for the 2019 season but with greater goals must come a greater work ethic - a notion not lost on the former Mililani Trojan.
“Pleased with the energy, pleased with the effort,” Rolovich said. “We got a lot of work to do … we gotta get in playing shape but they gave us a lot today.”
Despite running first team reps at practice, McDonald understands all too well that he can’t take his position lightly, knowing that he is in constant competition with the other quarterbacks on the roster.
From July 26-August 17th, the Warriors will host 20 practices in preparation for the 2019 season with the first eight scheduled practices open to the public.
The senior defensive lineman has been named to the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, presented to the FBS player that best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.
The Rainbow Warrior football team made its way to the ninth island this week for Mountain West Media Day to speak with local and national media outlets, and take a look into the future.
Byrd, a senior from Los Angeles, finished second for the ‘Bows in receiving yards behind John Ursua and eighth in the Mountain West with 970 receiving yards, averaging 69.3 yards per game.
Furuta, a former Mililani High School standout, started six games last season for Hawaii and finished second on the team with 459 rushing yards, averaging 4.9 yards per carry.
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:
