Women's Soccer Earns United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award

Posted with permission, article and pictures, courtesy of University of Hawaii Hilo

The Vulcans achieved a team grade point average of 3.40.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United Soccer Coaches announced the College Team Academic Award winners on Thursday, recognizing exemplary performance in the classroom during the 2021-22 academic year.

The Vulcan women’s soccer team posted a team grade point average of 3.40 to rank No. 373 amongst all 489 teams awarded.

A total of 783 soccer teams — 295 men, 488 women — had a team GPA of 3.0 or higher, thereby earning the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the 2021-22 academic year.

Hawai’i Hilo last won the team academic award for the 2018-19 school year when it racked up a 3.37 GPA.

*Daelenn Tokunaga: First Team Scholar All-American (Dec. 18, 2021)*

In Dec. 2021, Vulcan forward Daelenn Tokunaga (Waipahu, Hawai’i/Pearl City HS) was named to the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II Women’s Scholar All-America First Team with a 3.75 GPA. The 2021 PacWest Conference Player of the Year was also later named PacWest Conference Women’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year and PacWest Conference Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Additionally, 20 Vulcans were named to the 2021-22 PacWest All-Academic Team in June for possessing a 3.0 or better accumulative GPA with at least two semesters at Hawai’i Hilo and having played in at least one game.

The Vulcans will begin their season Sept. 1 as they look to defend their PacWest Conference Championship with home matches taking place on their brand new on-campus field.

» Saydee Bacdad (Hilo, Hawai`i / Hilo HS / Utah Valley/) (Jr.) – 3.66 GPA, Psychology
» Alison Bischof (Discovery Bay, Calif. / Liberty HS / Fort Lewis / Delta JC/) (Sr.) – 3.03 GPA, Business Administration
» Bailee Brennan (Carlsbad, Calif./Sage Creek HS) (Jr.) – 3.92 GPA, Kinesiology
» Jacelyn Cambra (Hilo, Hawai’i/Waiakea HS) (Fr.) – 3.54 GPA, Biology
» Piper Collado (Waipahu, Hawai`i/Pearl City HS) (Sr.) – 3.69 GPA, Kinesiology
» Sophia Dent (San Diego, Calif. / Our Lady of Peace HS/) (Jr.) – 3.87 GPA, Kinesiology
» Megan Donovan (Encinitas, Calif./Del Norte HS) (So.) – 3.64 GPA, Business Administration
» Filippa Graneld (Stockholm, Sweden/Stockholms Idrottsgymnasium) (So.) – 3.98 GPA, Environmental Science
» Annie Haglund (Horby, Sweden/Polhemskolan) (Fr.) – 3.14 GPA, Business Administration
» Taylor Hornburg (Exeter, Calif./Exeter HS) (Sr.) – 3.75 GPA, Agriculture
» Christina Kanellou (Mykonos, Greece / Mykonos HS / Sierra College/) (Sr.) – 3.48 GPA, Communication
» Kayla Kunihisa (Waipahu, Hawai’i/Maryknoll School) (Jr.) – 3.71 GPA, Business Administration
» Jodi Lillie (Mililani, Hawai’i/Mililani HS) (Jr.) – 3.78 GPA, Business Administration
» Alyssa Padron (San Pedro, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) (So.) – 3.13 GPA, Kinesiology
» Maisie Paulson (Highlands Ranch, Colo. / Mountain Vista HS / Jacksonville State/) (Sr.) – 3.9 GPA, Psychology
» Camille Strazzo (Sutter Creek, Calif. / Amador HS / Sierra College/) (Sr.) – 3.86 GPA, Kinesiology
» Daelenn Tokunaga (Waipahu, Hawai’i/Pearl City HS) (Jr.) – 3.83 GPA, Administration of Justice
» Nanea Wall (Kealakekua, Hawai’i/Konawaena HS) (So.) – 3.37 GPA, Agriculture
» Kierstyn Yamamoto (Kea’au, Hawai’i/Kea’au HS) (So.) – 3.47 GPA, Biology
» Brende Yoshizumi (Kapolei, Hawai’i/Kamehameha Schools Kapalama) (Jr.) – 3.85 GPA, Kinesiology