Posted at 11:11 p.m., Friday, December 15, 2006
Girls basketball State Player of Year likely out for season
Advertiser Staff
Punahou School junior Shawna-Lei Kuehu, The Advertiser's reigning Girls Basketball State Player of the Year, has been diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee and likely will miss the upcoming season.Kuehu, a 5-foot-10 post player, suffered the injury during a Kalakaua Foundation Clinic fall league basketball game on Dec. 6. Punahou coach Mike Taylor said a magnetic resonance imaging exam on Thursday confirmed the ACL tear, and Kuehu will begin preliminary rehabilitation immediately before another evaluation on Dec. 28.
She then is expected to have corrective surgery, followed by several months of rehab. Kuehu's twin sister, Shaena-Lyn, also tore the ACL in her left knee on Nov. 1 and was scheduled to undergo surgery yesterday, according to Taylor.
Shaena-Lyn Kuehu was a second-team Advertiser All-State selection last season.
