UH-Hilo honors 2 student-athletes
The University of Hawaii at Hilo honored Dalen Yamauchi and Vanessa Salinas as their Most Outstanding Student/Athletes of the Year on Friday at their annual awards banquet.
Yamauchi twice finished tied for medalist honors during his senior season, first at the Hilo Dennis Rose Intercollegiate in October then again at the UCSD SoCal Intercollegiate in March.
Salinas is fourth in the PacWest in ERA (1.98), second in innings pitched (183.2) and fifth in strikeouts (91) in leading the Vulcans’ softball team to a 31-16-1 record.
Other awards:
Volunteer of the Year: Richard Maeda
Vulcan Booster of the Year: Kona Moran
Community Engagement: Men’s and Women’s Soccer
Sakai and Harue Wakakuwa Female Academic Student/Athlete of the Year: Chloe Nishioka
Joe and Harriett Estrella Male Academic Student/Athlete of the Year: Justin Shiigi
Academic Team of the Year: Women’s Tennis
Ramon Goya Team of the Year: Softball
Coach of the Year: Peejay Brun, softball
Arakaki top shot at BAD Company
Neil Arakaki took top honors at a BAD Company 5-stand shoot on April 19 at the County Trap and Skeet Range.
The top guns in the 100 target sub-gauge event were Arakaki (68), Alfred Pestrello (64 and Ronald Nakamura (56).
The next scheduled shoot is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 17. All shotguns, clay targets, ammunitions and eye and ear protection must be supplied by the participant.
For more information, contact Dexter Egdamin at 936-4362.
Aikane tennis
Aikane Tennis will be held from 7-10 p.m. May 12 at Edith Kanaka’ole Multipurpose Stadium. Members $2, non-members $5.
For information, contact Dean at dsharp79@gmail.com
