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Hawai'i Hilo Vulcans Athletics

HAWAI'I HILO VULCANS ATHLETICS
Coach Aisha Sueda

Aisha Sueda

  • Title
    Softball Head Coach
  • Since
    June 2021
  • Email
    aishas@hawaii.edu
  • Phone
    808-932-7176

After serving six seasons as an assistant, former Vulcan Aisha Sueda was named the program's seventh head coach in June 2021.

The hometown-native first served as an assistant in 2013, the year she graduated from Hawai‘i Hilo after wrapping up a four-year career for the Vulcans.

HAWAI‘I HILO SOFTBALL RECORD

SEASON TEAM RECORD NOTES
2022 17-20 Overall
13-15 PacWest (No. 5)		 PacWest Defender of the Year
PacWest Freshman of the Year
(3) All-PacWest Team Selections
2023 16-25 Overall
11-16 PacWest (No. 7)		 PacWest Defender of the Year
2024 26-17 Overall
18-10 PacWest (No. 3)		 PacWest Championships Third Place
(4) All-PacWest Team Selections
2025 19-17 Overall
13-10 PacWest
4 Seasons 78-79 Overall
65-51 PacWest		 0 Championships
3 Major Awards

2022 (1): Fifth-year senior Skylar Thomas was named PacWest Defender of the Year. Freshman Jayda Favela was named PacWest Freshman of the Year as well as to the All-PacWest First Team. Senior Brandee Chinen named to All-PacWest Second Team and fifth-year senior Angel Prewitt named to Third Team.

PLAYERS' ACCOLADES
» 2023 NCAA Division II Rank: No. 1 Double Plays Per Game
» 2023 PacWest Conference Defender of the Year: Trinity Favela
» 2022 PacWest Conference Defender of the Year: Skylar Thomas

PLAYING CAREER
» Played four years for the Vulcans at second base (2009-2012)
» Honors: 2012 All-PacWest First Team, Academic All-PacWest Team (x2)
» PacWest Conference Player of the Week (Feb. 6-12, 2012)
» Three-time All-Big Island Interscholastic Federation selection at Hilo High School
» Other HS Sports: Basketball
» Played club for Kaikamahine

ALMA MATER
» Hilo High School (Hawai‘i) 2008
» University of Hawai‘i at Hilo 2013 - B.A. Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
» University of Hawai‘i at Manoa 2016 - B.S. Civil Engineering

PERSONAL
» Hometown: Hilo, Hawai‘i

COACHING
2021-Present: University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
2017-2021: University of Hawai‘i at Hilo (Assistant)
2013-2013: University of Hawai‘i at Hilo (Assistant)