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Yolanda Racaza (San Pedro, Calif./Port of Los Angeles) of the Chaminade University softball team is the final 2021-22 Hawai’i Pacific Health Female Silversword Athlete of the Week for games played between April 25 to 30.
In Saturday’s season finale at the University of Hawai’i Hilo, the junior utility player started at second base and drew a lead-off walk in the fifth inning of a tied game. She eventually came around to score what proved to be the game-winning run in the Silverswords’ 2-1 victory. Racaza, who will forgo her final year of athletic eligibility, also set defensive career highs with seven putouts and three assists.
Previous 2021-22 Hawai’i Pacific Health Male and Female Silversword Athletes of the Week:
Aug. 31: Brooklen Pe’a (women’s volleyball), no male awardee
Sept. 7: Brandon Yasue (men’s soccer), Shantel Torres-Benito (women’s soccer)
Sept. 14: Alexia Byrnes (women’s volleyball), no male awardee
Sept. 21: Schuyler Peterson (men’s golf), Annah Rivera (women’s volleyball)
Sept. 28: Kelton Cheney (men’s soccer), Caili Cain (women’s soccer)
Oct. 5: Owen Daugherty (men’s cross country), Eri Leong (women’s cross country)
Oct. 12: Elijah Bernardo-Flores (men’s cross country), Caitlin Bocobo (women’s cross country)
Oct. 19: Colin Roemer (men’s soccer), Shayla Padilla (women’s soccer)
Oct. 26: Ben Salinas (men’s cross country), Marcelle Butler (women’s volleyball)
Nov. 2: Lyric De Leon (men’s soccer), Kyra McCain (women’s volleyball)
Nov. 9: Jamin Fonseca (men’s soccer), Savannah Breeze Miranda (women’s soccer)
Nov. 16: Zach McIntire (men’s basketball), Lataisia Saulala (women’s volleyball)
Nov. 23: Greta Corti (women’s volleyball), no male awardee
Nov. 30: Raazhel Watkins (men’s basketball), Jordyn Zader (women’s basketball)
Dec. 7: Kevin Kremer (men’s basketball), Dallas Martinez (women’s basketball)
Dec. 21: Isaac Amaral-Artharee (men’s basketball), Michaella Dean (women’s basketball)
Jan. 11: Tredyn Christensen (men’s basketball), Arianna Blowe (women’s basketball)
Jan. 18: Paris Taylor (men’s basketball), Sasha Phillip (women’s basketball)
Jan. 25: Sawyer Storms (men’s basketball), Paige Relph (women’s basketball)
Feb. 1: Joseph Smoyer (men’s basketball), Ellyonna Bankofier (women’s basketball)
Feb. 8: Jaeda Cabunoc (softball), no male awardee
Feb. 15: Isaac Amaral-Artharee (men’s basketball), Jamia Bailey (women’s basketball)
Feb. 22: Zach McIntire (men’s basketball), Kayleen Lau (women’s tennis)
March 1: Colby Gunderson (men’s golf), Michaella Dean (women’s basketball)
March 8: Raazhel Watkins (men’s basketball), Taryn Fujioka (softball)
March 15: Schuyler Peterson (men’s golf), Cheyne Obara (softball)
March 22: Ryan Shields Vega (men’s golf), Salamasina Robertson (women’s tennis)
March 29: Marisa Luna (women’s tennis), no male awardee
April 5: Keaolani Takemura (softball), no male awardee
April 12: Skye Haraga (women’s tennis), no male awardee
April 19: Seven Birks (men’s golf), Kylie Ye (women’s tennis)
April 26: Ryan Shields Vega (men’s golf), Malia Ka`akimaka-Moisa (softball)
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