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IRVINE, Calif. – Hawai’i Pacific University had more than half of its student-athletes honored on the 2021-22 Academic All-PacWest Honor Roll recently announced by the conference.
The Sharks had 144 of their 263 student-athletes recognized by the PacWest for their academic achievements.
Student-athletes who achieve at least a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average, completed at least two semesters at their institution and participated in regular season competition in a PacWest sponsored sport receive Academic All-PacWest recognition.
The HPU Baseball team led the way in 2021-22 with 24 Sharks recognized. Women’s Soccer and Volleyball had 18 student athletes honored, while Men’s Soccer and Softball tallied 11 on the list.
TheWomen’s Tennisteam had all eight of its student-athletes who saw action this season qualify for the honor, to rank as the highest percentage of the roster among HPU teams.
The HPU numbers do not include student-athletes from Acrobatics and Tumbling, a sport not sponsored by the PacWest.
HPU student-athletes posted an overall departmental grade point average of 3.295 for the 2021-22 school year, marking the seventh straight year of a departmental GPA of greater than 3.10.
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2021-22 ACADEMIC ALL-PACWEST FROM HAWAI’I PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
| BASEBALL | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Max Beaulieu | So. | 3.80 | Business Administration | Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga |
| Daniel Cortez | So. | 3.11 | Business Administration | Diamond Bar, Calif./Diamond Ranch |
| Jake De Fiore | Jr. | 3.07 | Criminal Justice | Campbell, Calif./Westmont |
| Dominic Folks | So. | 3.17 | Psychology | Arvada, Colo./Arvada West |
| Blake Harrison | Gr. | 4.00 | Doctorate of Clinical Psychology | Danville, Calif./Pepperdine |
| Richard Higa | Jr. | 3.82 | Business Administration | Honolulu, Hawai’i/University Lab |
| Mackenzee Higuchi | Fr. | 3.66 | Public Health | Aiea, Hawai’i/Mid-Pacific Institute |
| Brooks Horton | Gr. | 3.68 | Master of Public Administration | Aiea, Hawai’i/University Lab |
| Haydon Huff | So. | 3.66 | Business Administration | Riverside, Calif./Woodcrest Christian |
| Nicholas Jio | Jr. | 3.73 | Business Administration | San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch |
| Cole Kashimoto | So. | 3.58 | Business Administration | Kaneohe, Hawai’i/Saint Louis HS |
| Kyle Layugan | Sr. | 3.18 | Business Administration | Wahiawa, Hawai’i/Mid-Pacific Institute |
| Edward Lee | Jr. | 3.60 | Public Health | Honolulu, Hawai’i/Kalani |
| Mac Leisher | So. | 3.68 | Business Administration | Honolulu, Hawai’i/Saint Louis HS |
| Jonathan Lucio | So. | 3.56 | Business Administration | Granada Hills, Calif./J.F. Kennedy |
| Joshua Mapel | Fr. | 3.52 | Criminal Justice | San Diego, Calif./Westview |
| Elijah Maris | Jr. | 3.20 | Business Administration | Atlanta, Ga./Ventura CC |
| Cole Mayeshiro | Jr. | 3.49 | Business Administration | Mililani, Hawai’i/Mililani |
| Zack McHone | Sr. | 3.56 | Business Administration | Bakersfield, Calif./Liberty Hills |
| Jack O’Brien | So. | 3.27 | Business Administration | San Diego, Calif./Westview |
| Erik Peterson | Jr. | 3.87 | Business Administration | San Jose, Calif./King’s Academy |
| Arrix Rios | Fr. | 3.03 | Mathematics | Visalia, Calif./El Diamante |
| D.J. Stephens | Sr. | 3.07 | Business Administration | Nanakuli, Hawai’i/Saint Louis HS |
| Douglas Zolezzi | Jr. | 3.10 | Business Administration | Sunnyvale, Calif./Homestead |
| MEN’S BASKETBALL | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Rodney Hounshell | Sr. | 3.56 | Communications Studies | Richmond, Va./West Linn (Ore.) |
| Colton Martin | Sr. | 3.42 | Business Administration | Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound |
| Elijah Martinez | Jr. | 3.56 | Multimedia Cinematic Production | Denver, Colo./Regis Jesuit |
| Trey Miller | Jr. | 3.21 | Business Administration | Mukilteo, Wash./Archbishop Murphy |
| Bodi Nageli | Fr. | 3.70 | Business Administration | Herriman, Utah/Herriman |
| Kordel Ng | Fr. | 3.77 | Business Administration | Kaneohe, Hawai’i/Kamehameha-Kapalama |
| Tucker Pellicci | So. | 3.98 | Business Administration | Portland, Ore./Franklin |
| Eli Russo | Jr. | 3.96 | Mathematics | Los Altos, Calif./Gunn |
| Max Topham | Fr. | 3.17 | Cinematic Multimedia Arts | Paragonah, Utah/Real Salt Lake Academy |
| Jackson Young | So. | 4.00 | Communications Studies | Kerrville, Texas/Tivy |
| WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Amy Baum | Sr. | 3.28 | Business Administration | Melbourne, Australia/Rowville Secondary |
| Ella Berge | Jr. | 3.36 | Business Administration | Stockholm, Sweden/Solna Gymnasium |
| Avery Cargill | Jr. | 3.39 | Psychology | Santa Rosa, Calif./Cardinal Newman |
| Jordyn Jensen | Fr. | 3.75 | Communication Studies | Truckee, Calif./Bishop Manogue |
| Kayli Klemp | Fr. | 3.81 | Criminal Justice | Murrieta, Calif./Murrieta Mesa |
| Haley Masaki | So. | 3.67 | Psychology | Honolulu, Hawai’i/Kamehameha-Kapalama |
| Allison Ross | Fr. | 3.96 | Undeclared | Boise, Idaho/Boise |
| Tavia Rowell | Jr. | 4.00 | Communication Studies | Langley, B.C. Canada/Walnut Grove |
| Maleah Turner | Jr. | 3.36 | Psychology | Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman |
| MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Ian Beals | So. | 3.86 | Biology | Anchorage, Alaska/West Anchorage |
| Jona Bodirsky | Jr. | 3.45 | Electrical Engineering | Rettingheim, Germany/Leibniz Gynmasium Ostringen |
| Kent Glover | So. | 3.98 | Marine Biology | Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville |
| Zander Hassler | Fr. | 3.73 | Cinematic Multimedia Arts | Temecula, Calif./Great Oak |
| Joseph Moran | So. | 3.21 | Political Science | Union City, Calif./Logan |
| Troy Oshimo | Jr. | 3.89 | Business Administration | Honolulu, Hawai’i/Kalani |
| David Rutto | Sr. | 3.16 | Electrical Engineering | Eldoret, Kenya/Kimwarer |
| Logan Thomas | Fr. | 3.17 | Marine Biology | Tustin, Calif./Tustin |
| WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Karen Corona-Perez | Sr. | 3.65 | Public Health | Ocracoke, N.C./Ocracoke |
| Alyssa D’Arpa | So. | 3.08 | Cinematic Multimedia Arts | North Potomac, Md./Wootton |
| Emma Dominguez | Fr. | 3.29 | Environmental Science | Whittier, Calif./California |
| McKay Guckenberg | Jr. | 3.83 | Biology | Eureka, Mont./Lincoln County |
| Jacquelyn McEvoy | Fr. | 3.94 | Nursing | North Berwick, Maine/Noble |
| Maggie Meeds | Sr. | 3.80 | Business Administration | Anchorage, Alaska/South Anchorage |
| MEN’S GOLF | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Noah Daher | So. | 3.95 | Cinematic Multimedia Arts | Cottonwood, Ariz./Mingus Union |
| Grant Garrison | Fr. | 3.88 | Electrical Engineering | Lake Tapps, Wash./Sumner |
| Keli’iokalani Kamelamela-Dudoit | Jr. | 3.34 | Environmental Studies | Ho’olehua, Hawai’i/Kamehameha-Kapalama |
| Ray Kim | Sr. | 3.08 | Business Administration | Aiea, Hawai’i/Moanalua |
| Hasee Nazir | Jr. | 3.88 | Business Administration | Orange, Calif./Orange Lutheran |
| Keita Okada | So. | 3.11 | Business Administration | Tokyo, Japan/Bradenton Fla. IMG Academy |
| Ryan Torres | Sr. | 3.55 | Business Administration | San Jose, Calif./Evergreen Valley |
| WOMEN’S GOLF | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Kaila Bonawitz | Fr. | 3.72 | Business Administration | Vancouver, Wash./Mountain View |
| Clarissa Burhan | Fr. | 3.58 | Electrical Engineering | Las Vegas, Nev./Clark |
| Cameron Kaneshiro | Sr. | 3.42 | Business Administration | Kaneohe, Hawai’i/Hawai’i Baptist |
| Lily Landt | Fr. | 3.11 | Business Administration | Reno, Nev./Wooster |
| Kirsten Lindner | So. | 3.60 | Biochemistry | Glendora, Calif./Glendora |
| Megan Marty | So. | 3.35 | Communications Studies | Scottsdale, Ariz./Desert Mountain |
| Makenna Reinhardt | Fr. | 3.85 | Biology | Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson |
| Kellie Yamane | Fr. | 3.75 | Business Administration | Aiea, Hawai’i/Iolani |
| MEN’S SOCCER | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Gerrit Arzberger | Gr. | 3.86 | Master of Business Administration | Munich, Germany/Therese von Bayern |
| Sherwin Caraang | Fr. | 3.75 | Public Health | Waipahu, Hawai’i/Damien Memorial |
| Dennis Dinyer | So. | 3.62 | Business Administration | Hamburg, Germany/Helene-Lange-Gymnasium |
| Jourdan Furukawa | So. | 3.50 | Electrical Engineering | Honolulu, Hawai’i/Belleview, Wash. Newport |
| Kyota Hiate | Jr. | 3.75 | Business Administration | Koka, Japan/OMI |
| Connor Margo | So. | 3.53 | Biotechnology Engineering | Wadsworth, Ohio/Wadsworth |
| Diego Saavedra | Jr. | 3.89 | Human Resource Development | Kailua, Hawai’i/Vista Murrieta Calif. |
| Austin Stafford | Sr. | 3.71 | Communications Studies | Federal Way, Wash./Beamer |
| Gabriel “Gabo” Stauring | Fr. | 3.65 | Oceanography | Redondo Beach, Calif./Redondo Union |
| Leandro Weingartner | So. | 3.66 | Business Administration | Ober-Moerlen, Germany/Ernst-Ludwig-Schule |
| Yuya Yamamoto | Jr. | 3.73 | Business Administration | Osaka, Japan/Osaka Toin |
| WOMEN’S SOCCER | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Ysabel Aburto | Fr. | 3.93 | Psychology | Pearl City, Hawai’i/Pearl City |
| Jersey Botelho | Fr. | 3.88 | Public Health | Honolulu, Hawai’i/University Lab |
| Marcella Chan | Fr. | 3.53 | Public Health | Foster City, Calif./Aragon |
| Madi DePhillips | So. | 3.82 | Computer Science | Tacoma, Wash./Bellarmine Prep |
| Kayla Fraser | Fr. | 3.17 | Marine Biology | Tacoma, Wash./Stadium |
| Marissa Froio | Sr. | 3.58 | Business Administration | Simi Valley, Calif./Royal |
| Tayzha Furuta | Sr. | 3.58 | Criminal Justice | Mililani, Hawai’i/Mililani |
| Maya Hagiwara | So. | 3.96 | Nursing | Pearl City, Hawai’i/Kamehameha-Kapalama |
| Brittny Ihara | Sr. | 3.80 | Public Health | Pearl City, Hawai’i/Pearl City |
| Jacey Iwane | Sr. | 3.21 | Public Health | Aiea, Hawai’i/Moanalua |
| Nicole Miyazono | Fr. | 4.00 | Nursing | Pearl City, Hawai’i/Pearl City |
| Rianna O’Neill | Sr. | 4.00 | Criminal Justice | San Diego, Calif./Westview |
| Shalde Pagaduan | Fr. | 3.62 | Business Administration | Ewa Beach, Hawai’i/Pearl City |
| Katie Pothier | Jr. | 3.90 | Environmental Studies | Ewa Beach, Hawai’i/Campbell |
| Hayley Silipa | So. | 3.73 | Public Health | Ewa Beach, Hawai’i/Kamehameha-Kapalama |
| Kaylee Sumida | Jr. | 3.93 | Public Health | Honolulu, Hawai’i/Moanalua |
| Caylie Uyema | So. | 3.53 | Biology | Pearl City, Hawai’i/Pearl City |
| Kayli Ann Yoshioka | Jr. | 3.93 | Environmental Studies | Honolulu, Hawai’i/Kaiser |
| SOFTBALL | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Poliahu Aina | Jr. | 3.72 | Elementary Education | Kailua, Hawai’i/Kamehameha-Kapalama |
| Hoku Ching | So. | 3.76 | Undeclared | Honolulu, Hawai’i/Roosevelt |
| Tiari Hernandez | Fr. | 3.55 | Business Administration | Waipahu, Hawai’i/Pearl City |
| Leipua Kaui | Jr. | 3.96 | Elementary Education | Kapa’a, Hawai’i/Kapa’a |
| Jewel Larson | Fr. | 3.13 | Public Health | Waipahu, Hawai’i/Pearl City |
| Brandi Leong | Sr. | 3.85 | Nursing | Wahiawa, Hawai’i/Leilehua |
| Savanna Salyer-Kovacs | Jr. | 3.68 | Strategic Communication | Camarillo, Calif./Camarillo |
| Noel “Tita” Saunders | Jr. | 3.28 | Criminal Justice | Pearl City, Hawai’i/Pearl City |
| Kanoe Tanigawa | Jr. | 3.84 | Elementary Education | Mililani, Hawai’i/MaryKnoll |
| Taylor Thompson | Fr. | 3.73 | Criminal Justice | Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle |
| Malia Torres | Gr. | 3.91 | Master of Business Administration | Danville, Calif./Monte Vista |
| MEN’S TENNIS | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Ryohei Arai | Jr. | 3.24 | Business Administration | Saitama, Japan/Heritage Academy S.C. |
| Jakub Beran | Fr. | 3.64 | Business Administration | Drhovy, Czech Republic/Obchodni Akademie Dusni |
| Jan Heine | Fr. | 3.77 | Business Administration | Oldenburg, Germany/Liebfrauenschule Oldenburg |
| Benjamin Loccisano | Gr. | 3.66 | Master of Business Administration | Duisburg, Germany/Gesamtschule Duisburg-Sued |
| Robin Sanz | So. | 3.12 | Business Administration | Iserlohn, Germany/Gymnasium An Der Stenner |
| Jordi Walder | Jr. | 3.67 | Computer Science | Hagen, Germany/Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium |
| WOMEN’S TENNIS | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Elodie Busson | Sr. | 3.64 | Business Administration | Poille Sur Vegre, France/Academy of Nantes |
| Olivia Kjaer | Jr. | 3.74 | Business Administration | Vedbaek, Denmark/Naerum Gymnasium |
| Mihoki Miyahara | Gr. | 3.87 | Master of Strategic Communications | Kitakyushu City, Japan/Aomori Yamada |
| Valentina Mokrova | Jr. | 3.90 | Business Administration | Aachen, Germany/ILS-Institut Fur Lernsysteme |
| Rikona Murakami | Jr. | 3.36 | Business Administration | Sanda, Japan/Daisho Gakuen |
| Shaline Pipa | Fr. | 3.75 | Business Administration | Oldenburg, Germany/Carl-Friedrich-Gauss Schule |
| Marta Ruszczynska | Gr. | 3.89 | Master of Sustainability | Warsaw, Poland/XLIV Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace |
| Marleen Tilgner | Gr. | 3.77 | Master of Business Administration | Seevetal, Germany/Stadtisches Gymnasium Kamen |
| VOLLEYBALL | ||||
| Name | Year | GPA | Major | Hometown/Previous School |
| Brooke Bini | Fr. | 3.93 | Nursing | Cumming, Ga./Mt. Pisgah Christian |
| Kirah Boynton-Brown | Sr. | 3.77 | Biology | Vancouver, Wash./Union |
| Lauren Christie | Sr. | 3.91 | Biology | Lebanon, Ore./Lebanon |
| Ella Dotson | So. | 3.68 | Business Administration | Tucson, Ariz./Marana |
| Makenzie Fa’amusili-Cacoulidis | Jr. | 3.67 | Public Health | Honolulu, Hawai’i/Sacred Hearts |
| Nicole Ferris | Sr. | 3.37 | Environmental Studies | Woodstock, Ga./Etowah |
| Kohana Fukuchi | Fr. | 3.12 | Marine Biology | Ridgefield, Wash./Ridgefield |
| Karina Gatewood | Fr. | 3.48 | Business Administration | Cerritos, Calif./Cypress |
| Caroline Gomes | Jr. | 3.53 | Business Administration | Sao Paulo, Brazil/Amorium |
| Abby Gundersen | Sr. | 3.93 | Communication Studies | Auburn, Wash./Mountainview |
| Claire Hindman | Fr. | 3.00 | Nursing | Mount Vernon, Wash./Sedro-Woolley |
| Emily Hon | Fr. | 3.64 | Nursing | Frazier Park, Calif./Frazier Mountain |
| Emily Joseph | Sr. | 3.85 | Nursing | Modesto, Calif./Gregori |
| Cara McClean | Sr. | 3.50 | Biology | Beaverton, Ore./Southridge |
| Avery Percival | Fr. | 3.60 | Psychology | Riverside, Calif./M.L. King |
| Ali Rumpel | Fr. | 3.50 | Political Science | Athens, Ga./Athens Academy |
| Makayla Warthan | So. | 3.68 | Pre-Nursing | Modesto, Calif./Beyer |
| Demi Winters | Sr. | 3.43 | Nursing | Gresham, Ore./Barlow |
