HIGHLIGHTS
» Career High: Four Blocks vs Fresno Pacific (Feb. 6, 2025)
» Career High: 10 Rebounds vs Northern State (Nov. 29, 2024)
» Career High: 10 Points vs Northwest Indian College (Nov. 25, 2023)
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District Team
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2023-24 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2023-24 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2022-23 WBCA Academic Special Mention
» 2022-23 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2022-23 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
2024-25 (Junior): Finished with double-digit rebounds for first time in career with 10 against Northern State (Nov. 29). Recorded four blocks in a loss to Fresno Pacific (Feb. 6).
2023-24 (Sophomore): Started all 26 games, finishing third on the team in minutes played (27.7 min/game). Ranked second on team with 12 blocks ... Scored a season-high 10 points in a 99-49 win vs Northwest Indian College (Nov. 25). Splashed three 3-pointers in a 53-49 win vs Biola (Feb. 8) ... Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
2022-23 (Freshman): Played in 24 games, averaging 11.5 minutes off the bench. Finished with 46 points on .340 shooting.
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» 2022 graduate of Sam Barlow High School (Oregon)
» Played four seasons of varsity basketball for coach Nick Hudson
» Mt. Hood Conference Champion (x2), Division 6A State Tournament Runner-Up
» Honors: Mt. Hood Conference First Team, Mt. Hood Conference Second Team
» Played club for Or3gon Tripl3
PERSONAL
» Nickname: "Mel"
» Last name pronounced like "Hugh"
» Born January 2004 in Oregon
» Parents: Joni and James Hiu
» Has an older sibling and a dog named Baxter
WHY HAWAI‘I HILO
» "I wanted to pursue my Division-II basketball career as well as earn a biology degree, and what better place to do that than Hawai‘i? My dad is also from O‘ahu so it is a great opportunity for me to be able to experience some of the culture that is in my family."
FAVORITES
» Sports Moment: "Playing in the state championship senior year of high school."
» Sports Team: Portland Trail Blazers
» Athletes: Damian Lillard, Sabrina Ionescu
» Movies: White Christmas
» Shows: Bones
» Musicians: Juice WRLD
