Posted on: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Athletes make the grade
By Leila Wai
Advertiser Staff Writer
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LET US KNOW
If you know of any athletes deserving of recognition, give us their names, high schools and graduation years, colleges and sports. E-mail us at: homegrown@honoluluadvertiser.com or contact Leila Wai at 535-2457.
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Twenty-two athletes from Hawai'i were named to the West Coast Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for earning grade point averages of 3.00 or above for the 2004-05 school year.
Included are their schools, class levels for the upcoming year, sport, major and grade point averages:
GOLD HONORS (3.75 TO 4.00)
San Diego sophomore Lisa M. Lerud (Punahou), women's soccer, undeclared, 3.84
Gonzaga sophomore Sarah Sheffield (Kea'au '04), women's golf, English, 3.82
SILVER HONORS (3.50 TO 3.74)
Santa Clara senior Keith DeVey (St. Anthony '02 of Kula, Maui), men's soccer, communication, 3.71
San Francisco sophomore Erin Fujimoto (Roosevelt '04 of Mililani), women's volleyball, ESS, 3.68
Santa Clara senior Eriko Sato (Maryknoll), women's golf, finance, 3.66
Gonzaga sophomore Reyn Tanaka (Mid-Pacific '04), men's golf, undeclared, 3.51
BRONZE HONORS (3.00 TO 3.49)
Loyola Marymount sophomore Stephen Carlson (Punahou '04), men's soccer, n/a, 3.31
Loyola Marymount senior Michael Chan (Kealakehe of Kailua, Kona), men's tennis, business administration, 3.11
Pepperdine junior Kekai Crabbe (Kamehameha '03 of Honolulu), women's volleyball, NASC, 3.20
Pepperdine junior Ashlee Doi (Mililani '02), women's soccer, sports medicine, 3.08
Recent San Francisco athlete Royce Fukuroku (Maui '01), baseball, Business, 3.02
Portland senior Rie Ganir (Maui '02), women's golf, life science/Spanish, 3.17
Gonzaga sophomore Courtney Haia (Maryknoll), women's rowing, chemistry, 3.46
Loyola Marymount senior Chaz Inouye (St. Anthony '02), men's golf, communication studies, 3.32
San Francisco junior Moses Kahalekulu (Baldwin), men's golf, business marketing, 3.24
Recent Santa Clara athlete Janalle Kaloi (Kamehameha '01 of Wahiawa), women's tennis, psychology, 3.06
Gonzaga junior Rachel Kane (Punahou '03 of Kane'ohe), women's basketball, civil engineering, 3.08
Recent Pepperdine athlete Kea Kometani (Punahou '01 of Honolulu), baseball, economics, 3.34
Recent Pepperdine athlete Rachel Kyono (Kaua'i '02), women's golf, psychology, 3.25
Loyola Marymount senior Michelle Look (Punahou '02 of Kailua), women's volleyball, sociology, 3.24
Pepperdine sophomore Lecca Roberts (Seabury Hall '04 of Kula), women's volleyball, undeclared, 3.33
Recent Saint Mary's athlete Sarah Takekawa (Kailua '01), women's soccer, Health Science, 3.43
FOOTBALL
Tennessee senior defensive tackle Jesse Mahelona (Kealakehe '01 of Kailua, Kona) was named to the preseason All-Southeastern Conference first team, as voted on by the league coaches.
He was also voted the league's best defensive lineman by the 59th annual Birmingham News SEC Football Preview, as voted on by the league's 12 sports information directors.
Mahelona was named a preseason All-American pick by Athlon, Blue Ribbon, College FootballNews.com, Lindy's, Nat ionalchamps.net, Playboy, Sporting News and Street & Smith's.
MEN'S TENNIS
Former Boise State tennis player Ikaika Jobe (Punahou '01 of Wailupe) was named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete for Division I Men.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Georgetown's Adriann Gin (Punahou '04 of Honolulu), who will be a sophomore, was named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete for Division I Women.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Recent Saint Mary's graduate Sarah Takekawa (Kailua '01), who tore her anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in her left knee during what would have been her senior season last year, has decided to forgo her final season.
She graduated with a degree in Health Science with plans to attend medical school, and is playing for the Lamorinda East Bay Power of the Women's Premier Soccer League.
COMMITMENTS
Recent Roosevelt graduate Kristen Tanabe signed with Graceland University (Lamoni, Iowa), to play volleyball and softball in the 2005-06 year.
Tanabe earned an O'ahu Interscholastic Association Eastern Division first team nod in softball and second team honors in volleyball, and All-State honorable mention in both sports.
