HILO, Hawai'i – Hawai'i Hilo Athletics posted 172 student-athletes on the Pacific West Conference's Academic All-PacWest Team for achieving a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher through the 2025-26 school year.

Overall, 2,700 student-athletes made the list from sponsored sports across all 13 Pacific West Conference schools, averaging a new record high of 208 per school topping the previous best of 195 (2,728 total) for 2024-25.

Eight Vulcans finished the year with a 4.00 GPA highlighted by juniors Brandon Wada (Baseball) and Lauren Otsubo (Softball). The remaining six were in their first year at Hawai'i Hilo: Harley Acosta (Softball), Johan Bjorken (Men's Golf), Jeydon Moises (Baseball), Everett Roach (Women's Basketball), Johanna Roggenkamp (Women's Tennis) and Ella Smith (Women's Soccer).

Women's Golf led the way with 100 percent participation (eight total) on the Academic All-PacWest Team list followed by Men's Tennis at 90 percent (nine total) and Women's Soccer with 88.9 percent (32 total).

This was the second iteration of modified selection criteria that included any student-athletes who were eligible to participate in regular-season competition (including redshirts). Previously, student-athletes needed to have appeared in at least one contest during their season of competition.

CRITERIA

• 3.00 cumulative Grade Point Average
• Completed at least two semesters at their institution
• Eligible to participate in regular season competition (including redshirts)

MAJORS BREAKDOWN

• Business Administration: 61
• Communication: 28
• Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences: 25
• Biology: 14
• Psychology: 12
• Administration of Justice: 8
• Chemistry: 6
• Accounting: 4
• Exploratory Health Sciences: 3
• Marine Science: 3
• Mathematics: 3
• Political Science: 3
• Agriculture: 2
• Computer Science: 2
• Data Science: 2
• History: 2
• Aeronautical Sciences: 1
• Education Studies: 1
• English: 1
• Environmental Science: 1
• Geography: 1
• Hawaiian Studies: 1
• Physics: 1
• Sociology: 1
• Undeclared: 1

2025-26 Hawaiʻi Hilo Academic All-PacWest Team

BASEBALL

• Noah Darnell (Phoenix, Ariz.): Communication
• Mark Fedro (Irvine, Calif.): Communication
• Paxton Fenberg (Kirkland, Wash.): Business Administration
• Kaleb Gaoiran (Kahului, Hawaiʻi): Computer Science
• Hunter Gatti (Riverton, Utah): Communication
• Kolby Gushiken (ʻAiea, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Devin Hayashi (Pearl City, Hawaiʻi): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Austin Hays (Aliso Viejo, Calif.): Business Administration
• Brayden Hiraki (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi): Communication
• Bryson Hoier (Paso Robles, Calif.): Communication + Administration of Justice
• Tui Ickes (Wahiawa, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Kaʻili Kane (Waipahu, Hawaiʻi): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Orlando Leon Jr. (Modesto, Calif.): Communication
• Evan Merz (Oakley, Calif.): Sociology
• Jeydon Moises (Waimea, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Braeden Mondeau (Vail, Ariz.): Business Administration
• Noah Nakaoka (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi): Accounting
• Dane Palimoʻo (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences + Communication
• Colby Rafail (Vista, Calif.): Communication
• Aaron Rapoza (ʻAiea, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• AJ Roldan (Newport Beach, Calif.): Communication
• Logan Sanchez (Pearl City, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Blake Saucedo (Menifee, Calif.): History
• Maka Shigematsu (ʻEleʻele, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Brandon Wada (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Kaleb Wada (Hilo, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration

MEN'S BASKETBALL

• Fabio Da Rocha (Zurich, Switzerland): Business Administration
• Jamal Entezami (Berlin, Germany): Business Administration
• Charles Higby Jr. (Cottonwood Heights, Utah): Business Administration
• Vainikolo Higby (Salt Lake City, Utah): Communication
• Isaiah Hinds (Brentwood, Calif.): Communication
• Alex Horiuk (Chernivtsi, Ukraine): Business Administration
• Daniel Louie (Concord, Calif.): Business Administration
• Julio Montes II (Chicago, Ill.): Communication
• Nahiku Nahale-a (Kahuku, Hawaiʻi): Communication
• Telryn Villa (Hauʻula, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

• Keirstyn Agonias (Pahoa, Hawaiʻi): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Kaile Cruz (Milpitas, Calif.): Biology
• Melanie Hiu (Gresham, Ore.): Biology
• Mindy Kawaha (Hilo, Hawaiʻi): Administration of Justice
• Kendall Oda (Torrance, Calif.): Biology
• Everett Roach (Anaheim, Calif.): Political Science
• Brooke Samura (Waimea, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration + Hawaiian Studies
• Noelle Suʻa-Godinet (Kailua, Hawaiʻi): Psychology
• Kylie Wade (San Diego, Calif.): Biology

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

• Summer Corke (South Haven, Mich.): Marine Science + Chemistry
• Chloe Kolb (Salem, Ore.): Exploratory Health Sciences
• Sam Morinaga (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Kathleen Raab (Auburn, Wash.): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences + Psychology
• Isabel Raymond (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): Business Administration
• Brooklyn Shanks (Michigan): Political Science + Administration of Justice

MEN'S GOLF

• Dylan Bercan (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada): Business Administration
• Johan Bjorken (Hudiksvall, Sweden): Business Administration
• Ben Crinella (Huntington Beach, Calif.): Business Administration
• Noah Otani (Hilo, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Jordan Sato (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Jacob Torres (ʻAiea, Hawaiʻi): Chemistry
• Katsuhiro Yamashita (Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi): Chemistry

WOMEN'S GOLF

• Kieran Florino (Mililani, Hawaiʻi): Chemistry
• Kiara Kimata (Hilo, Hawaiʻi): Biology
• Trinity Ledgerwood (Hilo, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Kailee McKee (Kapolei, Hawaiʻi): Communication
• Elle Otani (Hilo, Hawaiʻi): Accounting + Business Administration
• Kiersten Saludares (Hilo, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Jaylen Wan (Pukalani, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Erica Yokomoto (Kaneʻohe, Hawaiʻi): Psychology

MEN'S SOCCER

• Takato Awai (Osaka, Japan): Business Administration
• Diego Bastias (San Felipe, Chile): Business Administration
• Aboubacar Cisse (Temecula, Calif.): Communication
• Felix Drizinsky (Essen, Germany): Business Administration
• Yoke Duku (Portland, Ore.): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Adam Frank (Reno, Nev.): Business Administration
• Emilio Gonzalez (Lancaster, Calif.): Administration of Justice
• Koki Hamada (Kita, Tokyo, Japan): Business Administration
• Gudmundur Ingason (Hafnarfjordur, Iceland): Business Administration
• Ingolfur Ingason (Hafnarfjordur, Iceland): Business Administration
• Palli Ingvason (Akureyri, Iceland): Business Administration
• Shudai Ito (Morioka, Japan): Business Administration
• Konner Jacang (ʻAiea, Hawaiʻi): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Mateo Murillo (Mansfield, Texas): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Iago Perez Ferreiro (A Coruña, Spain): Data Science
• Nolan Richards (North Vancouver, Canada): Biology + Computer Science
• Jakob Santiago (Los Angeles, Calif.): Business Administration
• Mirai Sato (Suginamiku, Tokyo, Japan): Mathematics
• Bryan Schraier (Foothill Ranch, Calif.): Business Administration
• Lukas Stark (Hamburg, Germany): Business Administration
• Kanata Taira (Kitamoto, Saitama, Japan): Business Administration
• Gen Takahashi (Tokyo, Japan): Business Administration
• Kalen Toguchi (Mililani, Hawaiʻi): Psychology
• Kanilau Tolentino-Perry (Puna, Hawaiʻi): Communication
• Kai Yoshida (Tokyo, Japan): Business Administration
• Tim Mathis Zimmermann (Hamburg, Germany): Business Administration

WOMEN'S SOCCER

• Camila Abrego (San Jose, Calif.): Agriculture
• Mia Berney (Corona, Calif.): Administration of Justice + Communication
• Alia Bournay (Northville, Mich.): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Kaitlyn Brooks (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Rya Cabral (Cypress, Calif.): Administration of Justice
• Tatianna Chavez (Lakewood, Calif.): Psychology
• Haley Clark (Riverside, Calif.): English
• Valeria Da Silva (Yorba Linda, Calif.): Political Science
• Shae Dougherty (Petaluma, Calif.): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Ariana Duenas Lozano (Los Angeles, Calif.): Biology
• Diana Garcia (Sanger, Calif.): Biology
• Olivia Gonser (Hawthorne, Calif.): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Melanie Guerrero (Compton, Calif.): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Maia Hales (Eureka, Calif.): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Kalaya Havellana (Oceanside, Calif.): Business Administration
• Ari Hill (Sumner, Wash.): Communication
• Payton Inabata (ʻAiea, Hawaiʻi): Biology
• Grace Ingalls (Fountain Valley, Calif.): Chemistry
• Lydia Keller (Idaho Falls, Idaho): Education Studies
• Briana Kubli (Eugene, Ore.): Psychology
• Courtney Linn (Guelph, Ontario, Canada): Marine Science
• Makenna Maloy (Noblesville, Ind.): Biology
• Natalia Minissian (Pasadena, Calif.): Administration of Justice
• Myah Patterson (Colorado Springs, Colo.): Agriculture
• Brooke Peiler (Mililani, Hawaiʻi): Biology
• Ashley Perez (Dallas, Texas): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Melisa Ranvik (Skedsmokorset, Norway): Marine Science
• Jordan Schaden (Appleton, Wis.): Environmental Science + Geography
• Nikkie Scott (Huntington Beach, Calif.): Communication
• Gabriela Semlick (Ridgefield, Wash.): Biology
• Ella Smith (Silverdale, Wash.): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences + Communication
• Annette Sotelo (San Marcos, Calif.): Communication

SOFTBALL

• Harley Acosta (Kaneʻohe, Hawaiʻi): Psychology + Exploratory Health Sciences
• Mariah Antoque (Maʻili, Hawaiʻi): Accounting
• Chenoa Cainglit (Kapolei, Hawaiʻi): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Mia Castillo (Rialto, Calif.): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Hailey Gibson (Kapaʻa, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Mia Joaquin (Waikoloa, Hawaiʻi): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Madi Lee (Irvine, Calif.): Business Administration
• Breeann Leong (Wahiawa, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Keʻalohi Markham (Pearl City, Hawaiʻi): Accounting
• Ava Monturio (Las Vegas, Nev.): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences + Exploratory Health Sciences
• Lauren Otsubo (Kahului, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Madison Rabe (Waipiʻo, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Janessa Santos (Moreno Valley, Calif.): Communication
• Tehani Seto (Torrance, Calif.): History
• Lexie Tilton (Mililani, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Makanalei Watkins-Villegas (Mililani, Hawaiʻi): Communication
• Rayna White (Mililani, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• Megan Yorba (Modesto, Calif.): Business Administration

MEN'S TENNIS

• Filippo Di Perna (Imola, Italy): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Angel Fonseca (Madrid, Spain): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Iori Furuhata (Hilo, Hawaiʻi): Business Administration
• David Krnavek (Brno, Czech Republic): Business Administration
• Jaime Paquet (Asturias, Spain): Mathematics + Data Science
• Max Solano (Barcelona, Spain): Business Administration
• Sergi Tintore (Barcelona, Spain): Business Administration
• Matthieu Wehner (Wulfrath, Germany): Communication
• Jaden Williams (Miami, Fla.): Business Administration

WOMEN'S TENNIS

• Marie Cordonnier (Paris, France): Business Administration
• Victoria Ricaurte-Cabas (Edmond, Okla.): Aeronautical Sciences
• Johanna Roggenkamp (Leipzig, Germany): Mathematics + Physics
• Mila Srebro (Nice, France): Business Administration
• Pia Starnecker (Munich, Germany): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Anna Takahashi (Saitama, Japan): Business Administration

VOLLEYBALL

• Isabella Aguinaldo (Hilo, Hawaiʻi): Biology
• Anae Asuncion (Mililani, Hawaiʻi): Psychology
• Carys Fouser (Albuquerque, N.M.): Administration of Justice
• Isabella Freeman (Lehi, Utah): Biology
• Alohi Garcia (Haleʻiwa, Hawaiʻi): Communication
• Sajal Glunz (Aurora, Colo.): Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
• Ava Gray (Flagstaff, Ariz.): Undeclared
• Isabella Hadaller (Kelso, Wash.): Psychology
• Maya Imoto-Eakin (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi): Chemistry
• Kaliko Kealoha (Hilo, Hawaiʻi): Communication
• Imani Lee (Hacienda Heights, Calif.): Psychology
• Erynn Munoz (Mission Viejo, Calif.): Psychology
• LC Nakagawa (Mililani, Hawaiʻi): Communication
• Emerson Reinke (Arvada, Colo.): Communication
• Olivia Woodley (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada): Psychology