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» 2024-25 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2024-25 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2023-24 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2023-24 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
2025 (Senior)
2024 (Junior): Played in 11 matches, making five starts. Finished with five points on two goals (one game-winner) and one assist ... Helped Vulcans qualify for inaugural PacWest Conference Championships postseason tournament, falling in double overtime in the the semifinal round ... Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
2023 (Sophomore): Started all five matches played in. Finished with one goal and one assist ... Became just the second team in program history to finish with double-digit victories.
2022 (Oklahoma Panhandle State): Appeared in 12 matches with 10 starts for the Aggies, totaling three goals (two game-winners) and one assist.
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» Spent first year at Oklahoma Panhandle State University
» 2022 graduate of Morioka Commercial High School (Japan)
» Played for coach Yosuke Nakata
» Iwate Prefecture Soccer High School Overall Champion
PERSONAL
» Nickname: Shu
» Born May 2002 in Japan
» Parents: Kumi and Shinichi Ito
» Has one sibling
» Career Aspirations: Accountant
» Major: Business Administration – Management
» Summer Teams: OMIYA Club
WHY HAWAI‘I HILO
» "Great soccer environment, diversity and university."
FAVORITES
» Sports Teams: Manchester City
» Athletes: Messi
» Movies: About Time
» Musicians: Morgan Wallen
» Video Games: FIFA
