POSTCAREER
» Cardiff Met Archers (July 24, 2023)
HIGHLIGHTS
» Program All-Time Career Rank No. 2 (142 3-Pointers)
» Program All-Time Career Rank No. 2 (255 Free Throws)
» Program All-Time Career Rank No. 2 (179 Steals)
» Program All-Time Career Rank No. 3 (474 Rebounds)
» Single-Season (22-23) Program Record (168 Field Goals) (Feb. 21, 2023)
» Program All-Time Career Leader (1,485 Points) (Feb. 8, 2023)
» Program All-Time Career Leader (438 Assists) (Dec. 1, 2022)
» Single-Game Program Record (36 Points) vs HPU (Dec. 1, 2022)
» Career Point No. 1,000 vs Chaminade (Feb. 25, 2022)
» Game-Winning Basket in OT vs No. 5 Alaska Anchorage (Dec. 19, 2021)
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» 2022-23 All-PacWest First Team
» 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District Team
» KTA Super Stores Superstar of the Week (Feb. 8-21, 2023)
» PacWest Conference Player of the Week (Feb. 6-12, 2023)
» KTA Super Stores Superstar of the Week (Nov. 30 - Dec. 13, 2022)
» 2021-22 All-PacWest First Team
» Pepsi Athlete of the Week (Feb. 9-15, 2022)
» PacWest Conference Defender of the Week (Jan. 10-16, 2022)
» Pepsi Athlete of the Week (Feb. 9-15, 2022)
» Pepsi Athlete of the Week (Dec. 14-20, 2022)
» Pepsi Athlete of the Week (Nov. 30 - Dec. 6, 2021)
» 2020-21 All-PacWest Hawai‘i Pod Team
» Pepsi Athlete of the Week (Feb. 15-21, 2021)
» Pepsi Athlete of the Week (Dec. 31, 2019-Jan.6, 2020)
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2023 (Spring) B.A. Communication
» 2023 (Spring) B.A. Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
» 2022-23 WBCA Academic Special Mention
» 2022-23 D2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 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
» 2020-21 D2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2020-21 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2019-20 D2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2019-20 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2018-19 Academic All-PacWest Team
2022-23 (Fifth Year): Started all 26 games and led the Vulcans with 17.8 points per game, 43 3-pointers and 84.2 free-throw shooting percentage. Also led the Pacific West Conference in free-throw percentage while ranking No. 2 in scoring, No. 2 in assists, No. 7 in steals, No. 9 in assists-turnover ratio and No. 15 in rebounds ... Set the Hawai‘i Hilo single-game program record with 36 points in a 84-78 overtime loss to HPU (Dec. 1). She also had three assists to become Hawai‘i Hilo's all-time career leader. Nabbed a third career double-double with 10 rebounds and 20 points in an overtime loss to HPU (Dec. 10). Scored 30 points with a career-high five 3-pointers and 12 total field goals to match a single-game school record in a loss to CUI (Jan. 7). Got a fourth career double-double with 16 points and 10 boards (Jan. 9). Double-double with 11 points and 10 boards in a 60-48 win over Academy of Art (Jan. 12). Sixth career double-double on 11 points and 11 rebounds in a loss to Dominican (Jan. 27). Dropped 30 points while becoming Hawai‘i Hilo's new all-time leading scorer in a 83-62 win over Holy Names (Feb. 8) ... Named to the All-PacWest First Team and CSC Academic All-District Team. Voted to All-PacWest Preseason Team. Selected as PacWest Conference Player of the Week for Feb. 6-12.
2021-22 (Senior): Started all 24 games, leading the Vulcans in blocks (seven), steals (35), assists (96) and scoring (385 pts + 16.0 pts/g. 141 field goals, 389 field-goal attempts, 71 free throws, 85 free-throw attempts) ... Logged a season-high 27 points in a 78-66 win over Point Loma Nazarene (Dec. 6). Scored the go-ahead basket with under 30 seconds left in an 76-73 overtime win over then-No. 5 Alaska Anchorage (Dec. 19). Surpassed 1,000 career points in the regular season finale's 89-49 win over Chaminade (Feb. 25) ... Named to All-PacWest First Team. Selected as PacWest Conference Defender of the Week for Dec. 10-16.
2020-21 (Junior*): Started 10 of 12 games played in, finishing second on the team in scoring with 12.0 points a game. Also led the team with 17 steals and 4.1 assists a contest while averaging 4.1 rebounds and shooting 83.3 percent from the charity stripe (20 of 24) ... Had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Hawai‘i Pacific (Feb. 25). Scored a season-best 19 points in a 93-59 win over Chaminade (March 6) to close the season ... Named to All-PacWest Hawai‘i Pod Team.
2019-20 (Sophomore): Started all 26 games, averaging 9.8 points per game and leading the Vulcans with 91 assists and 45 steals; second on the team with 31 3-pointers made while shooting 75 percent from the free-throw line ... Had her first double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds against Point Loma Nazarene (Dec. 12). Had season-highs of 20 points in a 58-52 win over PLNU (Jan. 4) and a 79-58 win over Holy Names (Jan. 27) where she was a perfect four-for-four from three-point range. Season-best eight assists in a 67-50 win over Holy Names (Feb. 10).
2018-19 (Freshman): Started 25 of 26 games played in, averaging 9.2 points with a squad-best 99 assists and 38 steals ... Scored 16 points and had five assists in collegiate debut in a 74-51 win over Multnomah (Nov. 16). Season-high 22 points against Fresno Pacific (Dec. 3).
*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
» 2018 graduate of Hilo High School (Hawai‘i)
» Played four seasons of varsity basketball for coach Clifford Kawaha
» Honors: All-Big Island Interscholastic Federation Team (3x), 2017-18 ScoringLive All-Hawaii Third Team
PERSONAL
» Born July 2000 in Hilo, Hawai‘i
» Parents: Katherine Kawaha
» Has two older siblings and two younger siblings
» Younger sister Mindy is also on the team (2020-2026)
MEDIA
» Mandi Kawaha thriving for hometown team (Feb. 26, 2023) - KHON2 News
