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Hawai'i Hilo Vulcans Athletics

HAWAI'I HILO VULCANS ATHLETICS

2024 Softball Roster

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5 Maya Lee Saneishi

  • Class Senior (Sixth Year)
  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-1
  • Bat - Arm S-R
  • Hometown Wahiawa, Hawai‘i
  • High School Mililani HS
  • Previous Big Bend CC + Abilene Christian
  • Major B.B.A. Marketing
  • Seasons 2022-2024

Biography

[D1 + D2] CAREER NUMBERS

78

GAMES

35

HITS

.222

BAVG

82

PUTOUTS


AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team

STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2023-24 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2023-24 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2023 (Spring) B.B.A. Marketing
» 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


2024 (Sixth Year): Started all 43 games in center field, totaling 26 hits (.239), 11 RBI, nine runs, 21 walks, 67 putouts and five assists ... Drew two walks with a single and a run scored along with seven putouts and one assist in a nine-inning 4-2 win vs HPU (Feb. 25). Hit a two-strike bases-clearing double in a 6-3 win vs Dominican (March 1). Batted 2 for 4 with a two-strike RBI single in a 4-2 win vs Biola (March 19). Drove in the game-winning run with a sacrifice fly in T6 in 2-1 win vs Biola (March 19) ... Selected to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.

2023 (Redshirt Senior): Started 13 games in center field. Missed nearly two months of action due to an early-season knee injury ... Brought in the Vulcans first two runs with RBI at-bats before scoring the game-tying run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh of a 6-5 walk-off win (Feb. 3). Made a diving stop and doubled up a runner in the top of the 10th inning of a 7-6 win over Chaminade (April 22).

2022 (Redshirt Junior): Started five of 14 games played in ... Scored the game-winning run in the top of the ninth inning of a 5-2 win over Biola (March 29).

2021* (Abilene Christian): Played in eight games with four starts for the NCAA Division-I Wildcats. Received a medical hardship for the season.

2019-2020 (Big Bend CC): Played in 46 total games for the Vikings.

*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
» Spent one year at Abilene Christian University (Texas) playing for coach Abigail Farler
» Spent two years at Big Bend Community College (Washington) playing for coach Michael Garoutte
» Honors: Golden Glove Award, East Region All-Star First Team, Scholar Athlete All-American
» 2018 graduate of Mililani High School (Hawai‘i)
» Played four years of varsity softball for coach Rose Antonio where they captured the 2015 and 2017 O‘ahu Interscholastic Association Division I Championships with Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association State Championships runner-up finishes both years
» Played club for Guava Jam and Mililani Prep

PERSONAL
» Born September 2000 in Honolulu, Hawai‘i
» Parents: Gina and Lance Saneishi
» Has one older sibling

FAVORITES
» Hobbies: Fishing, Hunting, Diving
» Sports Team: Los Angeles Angels
» Movies: Roll Bounce, Warriors, Rocky

Academic All-District Team

Team Seniors

Spring Commencement. May 13, 2023.

Team Seniors

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2022Sophomore

    Outfield / Infield
    5'1"
    2
  • 5

    2023Senior (Redshirt)

    Outfield
    5'1"
    5
  • 5

    2024Senior (Sixth Year)

    Outfield
    5'1"
    5