Biography
2020
Named to the Preseason All-PacWest team as a Utility player...Started all 21 games in her final (shortened) season as a Vulcan...Second on the Vulcans with ten runs scored...Had two home runs and ten RBI...Had ten walks and was hit by a pitch six times...Leaves the Vulcan program as the all-time leader in getting hit with 26...On-base percentage of .405...Finished with 92 career RBI, eighth all-time at UHH...Had 16 career home runs, which ranks ninth on Vulcans list...Posted a .485 slugging percentage in 3+ seasons (7th)...Fifth in walks (80)...Started 162 games in her Vulcan career...Named to the PacWest Scholar-Athlete team, graduating with a 3.30 GPA in Kinesiology.
2019
Named Third Team All-PacWest at second base...Hit .279 with six doubles, two home runs and 14 RBI...Had 35 walks, third highest total in school history...On-base percentage of .451...Scored 30 runs, second highest total on the squad...Had three hits against nationally ranked Colorado Mesa...Had three hits, scored four times and had two doubles in a win over Azusa Pacific...Played and started in all 48 games...Named to the PacWest All-Academic Team...Was the PacWest Preseason Player of the Year and was named to the PacWest All-Preseason team.
2018
Played five different positions for the Vulcans (first base, second base, catcher and corner outfield positions), starting in 45 of UH Hilo's 46 games...Named to two All-West Region teams (second team) as a utility player...Also named Second Team All-PacWest Conference...Hit .361, second highest average on the team...Had 13 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 39 RBI...Set a Vulcan single-season record, getting hit by a pitch 12 times...Went 4-for-4 with two RBI against Notre Dame de Namur...Hit home runs in three consecutive games against Western Washington, Colorado Mesa and Western New Mexico...Had four RBI in the WWU win...Scored three runs and had three RBI in season opener against San Francisco State...Had six-hitting streak and a five-game run...Fielding percentage of .979...PacWest All-Academic Team.
2017
Had a stellar freshman season for the Vulcans...Hit .280 with five doubles, six home runs and 29 RBI...Started in all 48 games that the Vulcans played, one of only four players to do so...Played mostly in rightfield, but also saw action at second base, third base, shortstop, centerfield and behind the plate...Was named the Pacific West Conference Freshman of the Week three different times...She was named in the first week of the season after hitting .429 in her first five collegiate games. She won again in early April after hitting a walk-off home run against Hawai`i Pacific, and captured the honor a week later after hitting the home run against Chaminade...Hit five or her home runs in the teams' final 12 games...Drove in four runs with a homer and double against BYU-Hawaii...Had nine games with at least two hits...Named to the PacWest All-Academic team.
BEFORE UHH
A 2016 graduate of Moanalua High School in Honolulu... Played four years for Coach Kristie Morikawa ...Two-time First-Team All-State third baseman ...First-Team All-State catcher as well ... Played for the Island Angels Softball Club.
PERSONAL Â
Born on November 27, 1998 in Honolulu ... Nickhame is "Mae"...Hobbies include going to the beach, dancing, hiking, singing and spending quality time with her family ...Majoring in Kinesiology and Exercise Science, Sports Medicine and Therapy ...Has four siblings - Bellerina (37), Breena (27), Bryanna (26) and Ho‘oikaikapupono (16) ... Parents are Maka and Keith Kaleikini of Honolulu, Hawaiii...Likes Island music, oldies, hip hop and country.
