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ON THIS DATE: Rainbow Wahine set tone for 2010 season

By Jerry Campany on September 23, 2020

On this date in 2010, Hawaii did all that it wanted to in a season-opening sweep of Utah State. Kanani Danielson led the way with 15 kills and Chanteal Satele was next with 14. Elizabeth Kaaihue led the way for Hawaii with 15 of the team’s 59 digs. In all, Dave Shoji’s crew hit .235 to Utah State’s .108 and outblocked the Aggies 18-13.

Reliving Hawaii softball’s Women’s College World Series ride to Oklahoma City, 10 years later

By Jason Kaneshiro on May 31, 2020

A decade after Hawaii’s appearance in the Women’s College World Series, the ripples of the impact of a nearly month-long postseason journey continue to come ashore. Just last year Izzy Dino and Mikaela Gandia-Mak — two members of the Rainbow Wahine 2019 freshmen class — cited the WCWS run as a reason they set Hawaii as a college target before they reached middle school. Kelly (Majam) Elms, the nation’s home run leader as a freshman in 2010, said one of this […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Rado Parapunov, Colton Cowell, Patrick Gasman will be back for 2021 season

By Stephen Tsai on May 7, 2020

Aloha ball will have to wait another year. Volleyball coach Charlie Wade confirmed his four seniors — including two-time All-American Rado Parapunov — will return for the 2021 season. It was presumed their eligibility had ended in March when the NCAA canceled the remainder of the spring-sport seasons because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But later that month, the NCAA’s Division I Council approved a measure providing spring-sport players “an additional season of competition and an extension of their period of […]