Updated at 4:01 p.m., Thursday, May 31, 2007
Maekawa, Yada named players of the year in BIIF golf
Advertiser Staff
Honoka'a High School's Sean Maekawa and Waiakea's Britney Yada were named Big Island Interscholastic Federation players of the year for boys and girls golf.Both won the BIIF individual titles this year and Maekawa won the state boys tournament title. He also became the first golfer to win four BIIF titles.
Coaches of the year honors went to Lee Hardy of Waiakea (boys) and Ken Watanabe of Waiakea (girls).
Big Island Interscholastic Federation
Golf All-stars
Boys
First team
Sean Maekawa, Honoka'a
Henry Park, Waiakea
Max Bonk, Hawai'i Prep
Pono Calip, Kamehameha-Hawai'i
Matt Kitamori, Waiakea
Kenji Ackert, Kealakehe
Second team
Nainoa Calip, Kamehameha-Hawai'i
Kaliloa Lee Loy, Kamehameha-Hawai'i
Kai Kunitomo, Konawaena
Kent Graham, Hawai'i Prep
Honorable mention
Daniel Koge. Waiakea; Daniel Wilson, Waiakea; Michael Carlos Honoka'a.
Coach of the yearLee Hardy, Waiakea
Player of the yearSean Maekawa, Honoka'a
Girls
First team
Britney Yada, Waiakea
Kayla Moffett, Kamehameha-Hawai'i
Tammy Surtee, Hawai'i Prep
Summer Mizusawa, Waiakea
Second team
Megan Ueno, Hilo
Tami Park, Waiakea
Nyssa Aoki, Waiakea
Casey Aburamen, Waiakea
Honorable mention
Valerie Kitamori, Waiakea; Lindsey Nishimura, Waiakea.
Coach of the yearKen Watanabe, Waiakea
Player of the yearBritney Yada, Waiakea