HIGHLIGHTS
» Walk-Off Run Scored vs Chaminade (April 22, 2023)
» Walk-Off Run Scored vs Montana State Billings (Feb. 3, 2023)
» Three-Run Home Run vs Cal Poly Humboldt (April 2, 2022)
» Batted 3 for 4 with Four RBI vs Dominican (March 13, 2022)
» Walk-Off Run Scored vs Central Washington (Feb. 6, 2020)
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
» 2022 Hawai‘i Hilo Softball Most Pono Vulcan Award
» 2022 All-PacWest Second Team Outfielder
» 2021 Hawai‘i Hilo Softball Most Pono Vulcan Award
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2023 (Spring) B.S. Biology – Cell, Molecular & Biomedical Sciences
» 2022-23 D2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2022-23 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2022-23 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2021-22 D2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2021-22 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2020-21 D2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2020-21 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2019-20 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2019 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
» 2018-19 Academic All-PacWest Team
2023 (Fifth Year): Started all 41 games splitting between right field and center field ... Helped spark a late-game comeback with a RBI single in the top of the seventh before coming around to score the game-winning run in a 6-5 walk-off win over Montana State Billings (Feb. 3). Hit her second-career home run with a two-run shot in the sixth inning of a one-run loss to No. 16 CUI (Feb. 25). Scored two of the Vulcans four runs in a 4-2 victory over Azusa Pacific (March 14). Drove in two runs in a 5-0 win over No. 13 Sonoma State (April 1). Came across to score the game-winning run in the 10th inning of a 7-6 walk-off win against Chaminade (April 22) ... Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
2022 (Senior): Started all but one of 27 games played in at left field. Finished the season leading the team with a .370 batting average (34 of 92) as well as a .859 OPS and .467 slugging percentage. Second on the team in runs (23), hits (34), total bases (43) and stolen bases (13) ... Went 3 for 4 with one RBI, two runs scored, a walk and two stolen bases in a 5-2 win over HPU (Feb. 20). Batted 3 for 4 with one RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in an 8-0 win over Holy Names (March 8). Hit a two-RBI double to extend the Vulcans' lead in a 6-2 win over Holy Names (March 9). Drove in four total runs, notching an RBI in each of her three hits in an 8-0 win over Dominican (March 13). Batted 2 for 2 with one RBI and two runs scored, including the go-ahead score in the sixth inning of a 7-5 win over Cal State San Bernardino (April 1). Smacked her first collegiate home run with a three-run shot in a 9-5 win over Cal Poly Humboldt (April 2). Scored the game-tying run and batted 3 for 5 with a double in a 5-3 loss to HPU (April 29) ... Named to the All-PacWest Second Team.
2021 (Junior*): Played in 25 games, starting 10 of them in the outfield. Recorded 11 putouts for a 1.000 fielding percentage ... Got first RBI with a sacrifice fly in a 7-0 win over Chaminade (March 20). Caught a season-high three fly outs in 3-1 loss to Chaminade (April 17) ... Helped Vulcans in winning the PacWest Conference Hawai‘i Pod and claiming the No. 5 seed in the NCAA West Regional, finishing in third place.
2020 (Sophomore): Played in 14 games during the shortened season, mostly used as a pinch runner ... Scored the walk-off run in a 9-1 mercy-rule win over Central Washington (Feb. 6).
2019 (Freshman): Played in 32 games, starting 12 of them at second base with 20 putouts, three assists (0.767 fielding percentage) and 12 runs scored ... Walked thrice in a 7-5 win over Holy Names, walked a total of five times in the doubleheader against the Hawks (March 9). First collegiate hit in an 8-0 win over Dominican (March 14).
*Student-athletes were not charged with use of a season of eligibility for the 2020-21 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» 2018 graduate of Waiakea High School (Hawai‘i)
» Played four seasons of varsity softball for coach Bo Saiki
» Honors: 2018 ScoringLive All-Hawaii Second Team
» Played club for Nobu Yamuchi RBI Hawai‘i
PERSONAL
» Born October 2000 in Hawai‘i
» Parents: Charmaine and Brandon Chinen
» Has two older siblings and one younger sibling
» Career Aspirations: Pediatric Oncologist
» Major: Biology – Cell, Molecular & Biomedical Sciences
» Minor: Communication
FAVORITES
» Sports Teams: St. Louis Cardinals
» Movies: A League of Their Own, The Greatest Showman, Creed 2
» Shows: The Vampire Diaries
