DECEMBER 2018 MALE

Male − Kysen Terukina – Kamehameha/Junior, Boys Wrestling – who is No. 1 in the Hawaii Prep World Boys Wrestling pound-for-pound rankings, has jumped into the top 10 in the Nation at 120 Pounds – in the latest FloWrestling rankings, Terukina moved up three spots from No. 12 to No. 9 in the Country; there are 3 Seniors, 3 Juniors and 2 Freshmen ahead of him – Terukina is the only Boys wrestler from Hawaii listed in the FloWrestling rankings.

DECEMBER 2018 FEMALE

Female − Kelani Corbett − Leilehua/Senior, Wrestling − emboldened by the advice of her Father, saw her wrestling career take flight, resulting in three State titles – is going for a record-tying Fourth title this year – has been highly successful in National and World tournaments and ranks her fifth-place in the Cadet Worlds as her biggest accomplishment.

NOVEMBER 2018 MALE

Male − Roosevelt Rough Riders (Team) – Prep Football − are riding high, in front of their home fans at Ticky Vasconcellos. The newly minted OIA champions defeated Pac-Five 20-7 for the first-ever State tournament victory in school history in the Division II quarterfinals of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships – it was the Rough Riders' second appearance in the DII State tourney, in 2007, they lost to Kauai 40-9 in a first-round game.

NOVEMBER 2018 FEMALE

Female − Moanalua Na Menehune (Team) – Girls/Cheerleading − won the Large division and Sacred Hearts repeated in the Medium division at the Zippy's/HHSAA State Cheerleading Championships at the Neal Blaisdell Center – scored 520 Points in the five-team large division (12-20 Squad members); Mililani, the two-time defending Division champion, placed Second with 511 and Punahou was Third with 477 – First-year Coach Kaycee Kealoha, an Assistant the previous three years, commented that the Team was super confident and knew what they had to do.

OCTOBER 2018 MALE

Male − Jon Narimatsu – Mid-Pacific/Head Coach, Sporter Air Riflery − this Year (2018) was a Banner year for the Mid-Pacific Owls (both Boys & Girls teams). Both teams won their ILH regular Season titles, going undefeated in League play; on October 23, both teams competed in the HHSAA Sporter State tournament, and for only the fifth time in the 20 Year history of this State tournament, a Team (Mid-Pacific) swept both the Boys & Girls team titles; in the process, Jon's Varsity boys set a new Team Record 2144, breaking the 20-year old record set by St. Louis in 1999 and these are the fourth & fifth State championship titles that Jon's Teams have won for Mid-Pacific in the last six Years.

OCTOBER 2018 FEMALE

Female − Kaiser Cougars –Girls Volleyball Team − won its first OIA Championship since 2009 – captured the OIA Division II Girls Volleyball championship with a 26-28, 25-21, 25-18, 25-22 victory over Leilehua at the McKinley gym – Kaiser and Leilehua will play in the Division II State championship.

SEPTEMBER 2018 MALE

Male − Honolulu Little League (Team) − Baseball/World Series − winning with humility (Game 1 over Georgia, Game 2 over Michigan, Game 3 over New York, Game 4 over Georgia, Game 5 over South Korea) − after outscoring five opponents 26-3 with four shutouts, then captured the State's Third World title with a 3-0 win over the International champion, South Korea.

SEPTEMBER 2018 FEMALE

Female − Elena Oglivie − ʻIolani/Junior, Girls Volleyball, Outside Hitter − finished with 16 Kills to lead ʻIolani's three-set comeback victory over Punahou − nationally ranked by both MaxPreps and USA Today, the Raiders moved to 2-0 in the ILH.

AUGUST 2018 MALE

Male − UH Rainbow Warriors (Team) − Football − UH's latest Run-and-Shoot QB (Cole McDonald) accounts for Five TD's in Hawaii's first win vs Colorado State since '92 − defying the odds, the Rainbow Warriors entered as 14-point Underdog − in a pre-season poll, they were predicted to finish fifth in the six-team Mountain West Western Division.

AUGUST 2018 FEMALE

Female − Sandie Easton − Swimming − 48 year old swimmer won the female division in the North Shore Swim series, including placing in the top 3 elite females in all 5 races. The next oldest female to place in the elite category was 26 yrs old. As of August, Sandie placed as top 3 elite or 1^st in age group in 12 consecutive races comprising the Humu Cup award sponsored by Waikiki Swim Club.

JULY 2018 MALE

Male − Mililani (team) – Mustang-9 World Series (Baseball) − Jonah Brub pitched a two-hitter with Six strikeouts as Mililani beat Tijuana, Mexico, 10-0 in the Championship game of the P.O.N.Y. Mustang-9 World Series in Walnut, California – Ryeder Takahashi had three Hits, two RBI’S; Deagan Kawahakui added two Hits and three RBI’S for Mililani which finished 4-0 in the Tournament.

JULY 2018 FEMALE

Female − Na Keiki O Ka Moʻi, Women's 50 Paddlers − held off Manu O Ke Kai during the Na Keiki O Ka Moʻi Regatta at Maili Beach Park.

JUNE 2018 MALE

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Earl Galdeira – Football/Official – will be one of the Eight inaugural inductees to the Hawaii Sports Officials Hall of Fame in September at the Ala Moana Hotel – this Organization is a long overlooked and too often underappreciated contribution to Sports in Hawaii.

JUNE 2018 FEMALE

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Anita Rossing – UH Diving, Coach will be inducted into the 2018 Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame in September at the Hale Koa Hotel.

MAY 2018 MALE

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Aaron Rivas – Kaiser, OIA Track & Field – broke a 41-year-old record at OIA Track & Field championships at Mililani – won the Boys 400-meter run in 48.99 Seconds, edging past the record of 49.2 set by James Smith in 1977 and it was one of two records set at the Meet.

MAY 2018 FEMALE

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St. Francis Girls Softball, State Division II, Coach, Randy Langsi − took control in the First inning against Kamehameha-Hawaii and captured the Program’s Second State title with a 10-0 victory at Rainbow Wahine Softball stadium – the Saints matched Division I Punahou for the best record in the combined ILH regular season at 9-3.

APRIL 2018 MALE

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Daniel Chun − OC-1 Paddling − after 20 miles of trading, it came down to just over a minute: Daniel Chun held off defending Champion Pat Dolan to win the Men’s OC-1 Division of the Scott Hawaii State championship – Chun finished the Long course from Makai Pier to Magic Island in 2 Hours, 6 minutes and 10 seconds, crossing the Finish line 33 seconds ahead of Dolan.

APRIL 2018 FEMALE

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Charlize Pascual-Tabuyo − Mid-Pacific Sophomore, Judo & Wrestling − has been a member of Hawaii Tenri Judo Club under Sensei Gregory Chow since age 6 – she has moved up to National and International competitions and now 13 Gold medals in national or international competitions; noteworthy stat: has not lost in Hawaii or nationally since 2013.

MARCH 2018 MALE

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Jeff Meister −
Punahou, Athletic Director – is one of 12 Individuals who have been selected for the 2018 class of the National High School Hall of Fame – has become one of the top Swimming coaches in the Nation during the past 30 Years (taking over program in 1990) – has led the Boys & Girls teams to 34 Hawaii High School Athletic Association State championships – is the winningest High School Swimming coach in State history.

MARCH FEMALE

Female − HPU Women's Tennis
Rose to No. 1 in the Country in the Oracle/ITA Division II Women's Tennis Rankings – the Sharks are 11-1 this season and earned a rating of 74.44 and the first time in program history that HPU has reached the top of the National rankings.

FEBRUARY 2018 MALE

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Wendell Tom
Longtime golfer will be inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame – was a State champion at McKinley in 1974 by two shots over Leilehua's Kalua Makalena – was the longest Driver in the State four times.

FEBRUARY FEMALE

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Dallas Millwood Kamehameha/Senior, Prep Softball/Pitcher puts together superhero numbers (.528 batting average, 29 RBIs, 22 runs scored, four Home Runs, a .609 on-base percentage and a .981 slugging average).

JANUARY MALE

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Makoa Cooper
Pearl City/Senior, Wrestling, 152 pounds – State champion in 2017 (152 pounds), is shooting for another State title and is the latest in a family tree of highly success wrestlers.

JANUARY FEMALE

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Kamakana Hernandez-Waialae
Waianae, Girls/Wrestling – beat Pearl Ciy’s Wynter Brown 8-3 to win the Girls 138-pound OIA West Division Wrestling title – Waianae Seariders earned the Oahu Interscholastic Association West by piling up 152 points and clearing Second-place Leilehua by nine.