Two UH Hilo student-athletes that are becoming pretty familiar with awards are the latest receipients of the UH Hilo Pepsi Athlete of the Week honors. 

For winning his second tournament of the year, Keith Ng is the male Pepsi Athlete of the Week for the second time. Ng captured the Western Washington Invitational last week in Blaine, Wash., turning in a birdie on the 17th hole and a par on 18 to win the title by a stroke over Hawaii Pacific rival Keita Okada. The British Columbia native finished the 2-day, 36-hole tournament at one-under par (71-72) to win his second tournament in three tries (he also won the season-opening HPU Sharks Shootout).He didn't win the St. Martin's Invite a few days earlier, but did fire a 66 in the second round, one shot off the UH HIlo school record.  On the season, he has an outstanding 71.71 average. 

Vulcan outside hitter Bria Beale, who has already won a PacWest Player of the Week award this season and is a NCAA Woman of the Year finalist, had another outstanding series of matches in helping her team win all four contests of a northern California trip last week. The graduate senior had a double-double in three of the four wins as UH Hilo improved to 8-2 on the season and 5-1 in the Pacific West Conference. Beale had a season-best 20 digs to go with 14 kills in a win over Fresno Pacific, and had a 2021-best four block assists in a victory over Academy of Art. The Eastvale, Calif. native had a total of 59 kills on the week, two service aces, six blocks and 51 digs. The Vulcans are home this week and will take on southern California teams Biola on Wednesday and Concordia on Saturday.