Warrior Beat

Yep, they did it. Eight Warriors are set to earn UH degrees this Saturday. Because of the large number of graduates, there will be two ceremonies. If they choose to walk, this is the schedule for the eight: Morning ceremony (9 a.m.) > Isaiah Bernard, wideout, sociology > Makoa Camanse-Stevens, receiver, political science > Jeremy Castro, linebacker, sociology > Davasyia Hagger, tight end, economics > Andrew Ho, tight end, history (second degree) > RJ Hollis, offensive tackle, economics Afternoon ceremony […]

Quarterback Dru Brown and middle linebacker Jahlani Tavai will represent the Warriors at the Mountain West Conference Media Days in July. The event, which will be held in Las Vegas, is the league’s biggest publicity blitz of the year. In his second year, Nick Rolovich has the third-most coaching experience in the West Division, behind San Diego State’s Rocky Long and UNLV’s Tony Sanchez. There are new head coaches at Nevada, San Jose State and Fresno State. The event is […]

The Warriors are living up to their pledge to build the wall. On the glass wall in the football office’s hallway, Nick Rolovich commissioned Peterson Signs to imprint a mural of Warrior players. It’s an impressive display of art. The Warriors also have added this message on the corridor wall outside their locker room:

This is developing into a big week for former UH offensive lineman RJ Hollis. He has completed work on an on-line class needed to finish his studies in economics. He said he has received some feelers from the Canadian Football League. He also is set to compete in a CFL combine later this month. Hollis was an unheralded leader last season. He’s intelligent and skilled. He also earned admiration from Hall of Fame lineman Jackie Slater at UH’s pro day […]

During a 10-day surge, the nine UH assistant coaches evaluated players from more than 720 schools on the mainland and in Australia. Multiply that amount by the number of college prospects at each school and, well, it will be a busy upcoming week for the UH coaches when they meet to update their recruiting lists. The assistant coaches should all be back in Manoa by tomorrow. This coming week they will begin the second round of visiting every football-playing high […]

Next month, the Warriors are running the only high-school-aged football camp in Hawaii that involves NCAA Division I coaches. A new NCAA rule only allows Division I coaches to be involved in camps hosted by a Division I school and run on the school’s campus or home-game site. The rule is intended to eliminate satellite camps and third-party organizers. UH announced it will host the two-day, three-session Elite Camp on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11, on the Manoa […]

Head coach Nick Rolovich is off to Phoenix for a Mountain West coaches meeting. With assistant coaches evaluating talent on the mainland, non-Oahu islands and Australia, that leaves the program in the day-to-day hands of director of recruiting/retention Jason Cvercko, football director of operations Jimmy Morimoto and the four GAs.

The Warriors are seeking to hire interns to assist with recruiting and special teams. Both are paid positions. * * * * * That proverbial bell signals the end of instruction for UH’s spring semester. Final exams are next week.