HIGHLIGHTS
» Career High: 21 Points vs Azusa Pacific (Feb. 16, 2023)
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» KTA Super Stores Superstar of the Week (Dec. 28, 2022 - Jan. 10, 2023)
» PacWest Hawai‘i Pod Player of the Week (Jan. 25-31, 2021)
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2023 (Spring) B.A. Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
» 2022-23 WBCA Academic Special Mention
» 2022-23 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2022-23 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2021-22 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2020-21 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2019-20 Academic All-PacWest Team
2022-23 (Senior): Started all 26 games ... Unofficially recorded a career-high of 18 points (8-14 FG) and eight assists in a 77-74 loss to UNLV in an exhibition (Dec. 7). Totaled 10 rebounds to go along with six points in an overtime loss to HPU (Dec. 10). Scored a (official) career-high 14 points in a loss to CUI (Jan. 7). Splashed five 3-pointers for a career-high 21 points in a loss to Azusa Pacific (Feb. 16).
2021-22 (Junior): Started all 24 games, finishing with double-digit scorings numbers in six games. Scored a season-high 13 points in three different games.
2020-21 (Sophomore*): Started all 12 games, leading the team with 28 free throws made and seven blocks ... Finished with double-digit scoring figures four times with a season-high 13 points and eight rebounds to go along with one steal and two blocks in a 57-37 win over Chaminade (Jan. 31) ... Named PacWest Hawai‘i Pod Player of the Week for Jan. 25-31.
2019-20 (Freshman): Started 23 of 26 games played in. Made her first start in the second game of the season against Sioux Falls (Nov. 26). Pulled down six rebounds against Biola (Dec. 10). Had five assists in a 73-57 win over Notre Dame de Namur (Jan. 13). Had a season-high 10 points against Academy of Art (Jan. 31)
*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
» 2019 graduate of C.K. McClatchy High School (California)
» Played four seasons of varsity basketball for coaches Jeff Ota and Que Ngo
» San Joaquin Metro League Champion (x4), 2017 D-I NorCal Champion
» Honors: All-Metro League Team
PERSONAL
» Born April 2001 in California
» Parents are Sylvia and Dean Waki
» Has a younger sibling
» Aspires to be a physical therapist
FAVORITES
» Sports Team: Sacramento Kings
» Movies: Coco, The Book of Life
» Shows: Jane the Virgin, Grey's Anatomy, Parks & Rec
» Musicians: Lizzo, Kanye West, Usher
