Former Rainbow Wahine basketball and volleyball player Megan Huff confirmed in a message to the Star-Advertiser that she will continue her college career at Utah. Huff, the two-time Big West Sixth Player of the Year, announced her intention to transfer from UH in April. As Cindy Luis noted in her post, Huff declared her plans to join the Utes in a post on Instagram on Tuesday. In a text, Huff said she will spend a redshirt year developing her perimeter […]
As Rainbow Wahine basketball coach Laura Beeman went through the interview process with Sybil Dosty, she came away impressed with the prospective assistant coach’s background and demeanor. Glowing recommendations from highly respected coaches also worked in Dosty’s favor. But Dosty’s meetings with the Rainbow Wahine returnees truly sealed Beeman’s decision to add her to the coaching staff. “She was able to come out and do an on-campus interview and during that time was able to meet with the girls and […]
The Rainbow Wahine basketball program announced the signing of Keleah-Aiko Koloi today, making the Lahainaluna senior the seventh member of next season’s freshman class. Koloi, a 6-foot-1 forward, played primarily in the post while helping the Lunas claim the MIL title each of her four years. Lahainaluna reached the state title game her sophomore and junior seasons and fell to Maryknoll in the semifinals of this year’s Division I state tournament despite Koloi’s 23-point, 13-rebound performance. Koloi averaged 16.5 points […]
University of Hawaii guard/forward Destiny King received the Ah Chew Goo/Most Valuable Player award at the Rainbow Wahine basketball team’s postseason banquet on Saturday. King averaged a team-high 10.4 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in her senior season while helping the Wahine capture the Big West tournament title and the program’s first NCAA tournament berth since 1998. She also led the Wahine with 80 assists and 40 steals and earned first-team All-Big West honors. She became the fifth player […]
LOS ANGELES >> In his official capacity, Bill Nepfel was a neutral observer for Saturday’s NCAA tournament game between Hawaii and UCLA at Pauley Pavilion. But his connection to the team in green and black was undeniable. Nepfel coached the University of Hawaii women’s basketball team from 1984 to ’87, and is working his 10th NCAA tournament as the Division I Women’s Basketball Site Representative for the first- and second-round games at UCLA, where the Wahine lost to the Bruins […]
The University of Hawaii women’s basketball team learned on Monday it would face UCLA in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Rainbow Wahine held their first practice in advance of the matchup on Tuesday and got their first look at Pauley Pavilion on Friday. The preparation for their opportunity on Saturday began quite a bit earlier. “We started that in July,” UH coach Laura Beeman said. Beeman has regularly referred “the process” since UH’s opening practice and it […]