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Bode, Wilson top HPU athletics
Advertiser Staff
Tennis player Hendrik Bode and basketball player Tiffany Wilson won the Sea Warrior Awards at Hawai'i Pacific's annual athletics banquet Tuesday.
Bode is the NCAA West Region's top-ranked singles player and will lead HPU into the West Region finals next month. Wilson was named PacWest Newcomer of the Year, and led her team with 14.3 points per game.
Kevin Enriques (men's cross country) and Taylor Craig (women's basketball) were the top Scholar-Athletes, each with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
HPU also honored men's basketball coach Tony Sellitto for his 300th career win, and softball coach Howard Okita for his many years of leading the HPU softball program.
BASKETBALL
EX-'BOW GOING TO MONTANA-ST. BILLINGS
Lasha Parghalava will play basketball at Montana State-Billings next season.
Parghalava, a 6-foot-2 guard, said earlier this month that he was seeking to transfer from the University of Hawai'i men's basketball team.
Parghalava, who is originally from the Georgia Republic, averaged 7.6 points as a junior for the 'Bows this past season.
He will have one year of eligibility at MSU-Billings, which is an NCAA Division II program.
