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39 Hawai'i athletes are academic All-WAC

Advertiser Staff

Thirty-nine University of Hawai'i student-athletes were named yesterday to the Western Athletic Conference All-Academic teams for their respective spring sports.

To be eligible, a student-athlete had to complete at least one academic year, have at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average and participated in at least 50 percent of the team's contests.

The softball team placed seven on the list, the most of any UH spring sport. Tracie Uchima led the team with a 3.87 GPA in animal sciences, along with Stacey Ritter who had a 3.71 GPA in family resources. Also making the team were Tara Harbert, Noelle Izumi, Marie Jackson, Justina Kahaku and Ashley Ruff.

Also honored from the spring sports teams were:

• Women's tennis: Justine Boutet, Kimberly Curtis, Lauren Fitzgerald and Paige Mainor.
• Women's outdoor track and field: Carolyn Berger, Shayne Enright, Alexis Frederick, Amanda Page and Carin Patterson.

Fresno State softball player Mitzi Ing (Iolani '00 of 'Aiea) was named to the All-Academic team after earning a 3.86 GPA in business.

The women's outdoor track and field team led the list of UH athletes named to the WAC All-Academic teams for freshmen and transfers. Honored were Dana Buchanan, Sharlene Carillo, Patricia Gauthier, Ashley Monfort and Jessica Rohr.

Also honored were:

• Creighton Kahoali'i and Greg Kish (baseball).
• Logan Lee and Bobby Nash (men's basketball).
• Brittany Grice and Amber Lee (women's basketball).
• Buchanan, Carillo, Katherine Flynn and Chantelle Laan (women's cross country).
• Dale Gammie, Sara Odelius and Megan Stoddart (women's golf).
• Kimi Tiampo (women's soccer).
• Mia Broden and Sarah Grainger (women's swimming and diving).
• Burke Marold, Jamie Migia and Byron Weinberg (men's tennis).
• Kanoe Kamana'o (women's volleyball).

Also named to the freshmen and transfers teams were Boise State women's soccer player Liane Tom (Mililani '03 of Mililani) and Rice women's tennis player Tracie Chong (Iolani '01 of Hawai'i Kai).

GOLF

UH's Kodama receives All-America accolades

University of Hawai'i golfer Matt Kodama was honored by The Golf Coaches Association of America as an honorable mention All-American.

Kodama, a senior from Las Vegas, won the Ping Cougar Classic earlier this year and was named to the All-Western Athletic Conference first team. He was invited to the NCAA West Regionals last month, but did not advance.

SURFING

Wai'anae's Bartels beats Kaua'i's Kennelly

Wai'anae's Melanie Bartels defeated Kaua'i's Keala Kennelly to win the SG Magazine Queen of Surf contest Sunday at Pacific Beach, Calif.

The final day of the three-day competition took place in inconsistent waves of 1 to 3 feet.

Bartels received scores of 5.75 and 5.0 early in the heat, and never relinquished the lead. She received $3,500 for the victory.

"There weren't too many makeable waves," said Bartels, 23. "It was just luck of the draw."

The contest was part of the women's World Qualifying Series. The results did not count toward the World Championship Tour.