She was an OIA White second-team softball catcher last year and won the OIA East varsity 3,000-meter race in track as a freshman. She's been to the state championships in cross country, soccer, basketball and softball.

"She's so unassuming she doesn't like accolades," said Kaiser soccer coach Adolph Samuels. "She gets frustrated when the papers call her, she asks, 'Why you calling? Did you say something?'

"It's just so impressive. You see a kid so driven, it's like you wish that you could have 10 of those girls on the field."

GROWING LIST OF SPORTS

Okuma hated sports as a child, and her dad had to coach her just so she'd stay at practices. Ironic for someone who's immersed in them now.

"Everything she played until the fourth grade, she cried," said Chelsy's mother, Kim. "Baseball, basketball, soccer."

When Okuma arrived at Kaiser in 2005, she assumed she'd play soccer, basketball and softball since those were the sports she grew up playing. Then a friend suggested she tryout for the cross country team in the fall.

"Why do you run for miles?" asked Okuma, who placed second in the OIA East varsity championship meet that year. "Then I figured I'd get in shape for soccer. It's fun, you get to meet new people."

She played varsity soccer that winter, eventually becoming a starter midway through the season, and varsity basketball in the spring. Okuma also ran track that spring since it was coached by cross country coach Dennis Swart.

As a sophomore, she picked up junior varsity volleyball at a friend's suggestion. She also did cross country (fall), soccer (winter) and basketball (spring).

The past two winter seasons, she's done basketball and soccer simultaneously (basketball moved to the winter), shuffling between practices and games for both sports that at times conflicted or were paired right after each other.

This year, she doubled up in two seasons with volleyball and cross country in the fall and basketball and soccer in the winter. She's played softball the past two years since it was moved to the spring.

"Junior year, I had harder classes, so I had to take it down last year," Okuma said. "This year, I didn't want to regret anything and went back to do whatever."

THE WARRIOR

As his second child's involvement in extracurricular activities ballooned, Wade Okuma, a former all-star baseball player at Kaiser, told her three things.

One, keep up the grades.

Two, no excuses or lack of effort because of the multiple commitments.

And third ...

"Don't come home and take it all out on the family, it's all your choice," her dad said.

His second point has been taken to heart.

"I know sometimes the coach would be like 'you still have to go hard, you missed out yesterday,' so I make up for it," Okuma said. "Otherwise, I feel mad because everyone is working extra hard."

Her soccer teammates chose Okuma as captain this season, well aware she'd be splitting the season with the basketball team. Samuels mentioned the times when Okuma arrived toward the end of soccer practice because she was with the basketball team, just in time for the toughest conditioning drills. He said her blue-collar work ethic makes it hard for others to complain about Okuma. He started calling her "the warrior" in her sophomore year because "she's someone who never ever gave up. She carried us so far." If he needed to stop an opposing team's top scorer, he'd put Okuma on the player.

"That's the thing about Chelsy, she's so conscientious on how kids feel about her," Samuels said. "Her attitude is to make sure the girls don't feel like she's taking advantage of me."

Former teammate Carianne Makino said Okuma played with heart even as a freshman.

"She's definitely stepped up as a leader," said Makino, a 2007 Kaiser graduate who assisted with the soccer team this year. "She knew her role when she was an underclassmen, I even thought when she was a sophomore, she understood people looked to her to set an example. Especially her senior year, how she was a leader for her teammates and people looked to her for leadership, and she has it."

Much of the responsibility falls on Okuma to be organized and know where she has to be. She has a calendar that keeps things together, knows when to stay after school to get help from teachers, but like all teenagers, there's been procrastination and instances of sleeping late and waking up early.

"It kind of helps every day at practice, your coaches tell you to be here at this time," Okuma said. "I kind of live by the day. At times, it's the last minute, sometimes I'm ahead."

Coaches have been accommodating and understanding by rearranging their schedules. One coach tried to limit her to one sport, forcing then-Kaiser athletic director Ricky Shimokawa to intervene.

"You have to let her do her thing," said Janelle Ling, Kaiser's assistant soccer coach and senior class adviser who also taught Okuma in AP biology. "There's a lot of trust involved. Some (players), you let them play (other sports) and you come to their game and hope they're OK.

"With Chelsy, you trust her completely. She's fine. She goes to basketball, comes to ours, and she goes pretty much all out."

SHE LIKES 'EM ALL

Okuma feels lucky she's been able to do it all. There's no favorite sport. She likes them all and met most of her friends through them.

"It's in the moment," said Okuma, who has remained relatively injury-free. "Sometimes, it's my favorite sport, but then I try a different sport and it's 'no, this is my favorite sport.' "

She's had a strong support circle from the beginning. Her dad said her teachers at Wilson Elementary and Kaimuki Middle really laid the foundation for his daughter.

"From middle school, I always got A's," said Okuma, who plans to go away for college. "That keeps motivating me to keep getting A's and I always wanted to graduate with honors and get into college. It motivated myself."

Samuels said her parents have always been there to explain negative situations to her and helping her understand them.

"It made her understand tough situations and she really had to persevere over them," Samuels said. "Kim and Wade did a good job in doing that for her."

Mom strongly believes in having at least one parent at every game, and at least one of them has always been there supporting their three children.

"It's good support because there's a bunch of kids, from any place you go, some of their parents don't go or hardly ever go and I know it means a lot to them," Okuma said. "I look at myself and think 'Wow, I have someone there.'

"It's really special. Some kids are like, "Awww, I wish my parents came.' It's hard to reply to them because your parents are always there."

If she could take up another sport, Okuma said it would be water polo, though she's unsure how she'd do in the pool. Given her work ethic, she'd probably figure a way to get it done. In the end, coach Samuels said she's someone who just wants to play.

"She's just an unbelievable athlete on and off the court," said Samsonas, the volleyball coach. "Every practice, she comes and thanks every coach (afterward) and I tell her 'It's my pleasure to coach you.' "