Tribune-Herald Athlete of the Week: UH-Hilo’s Navarette

SHELLY BLUNCK photo Allie Navarette keeps on keepin' on for UH-Hilo's women's basketball team.
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Allie Navarette • basketball

Navarette is a honored in this space for the second consecutive year, and the UH-Hilo sophomore likely won’t be a stranger in the future.

This has not been the season the women’s basketball team had hoped for, but Navarette is as steady as they come.

She posted a career-high 32 points and 12 rebounds in a rout against Academy of Art, then she compiled her 11th double-double of the season (18 points, 10 boards) to keep the Vuls afloat for a while against Dominican.

5 questions

Favorite song: Big fan of rap and country – game day it’s rap. It gets me pumped

Favorite athlete: Kobe Bryant

Favorite thing about basketball: All the friends it’s given and the places it’s taken me.

Favorite hobby: Reading or going to the beach

Favorite class in school: Spanish – it pushes me to get better everyday in hopes of becoming fluent