Iolani Alumni

Up 32-20 at the half, the Washington State Cougars held on for a 62-50 victory against the Portland Pilots to record their seventh consecutive victory. At 7-0, the start to this season marks the Cougs best opening run since the 1993-94 season in which they made it to the NCAA tournament.

Derrick Low ‘04 scored 8 points for the Cougars on 3-9 shooting with 4 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot.

Washington State will travel to Salt Lake City this weekend to face Utah and then will return to Pullman to face the nationally ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs on Tuesday, December 5th. Check your local listings for the Gonzaga game.

Class: 1996
Field: Culinary
Status: Married, 1 Child
Living: Las Vegas, NV

Since graduating from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Devin has been working in the culinary industry for the past several years learning from top chefs in a few of The Strip’s most renowned French restaurants. After a long stint at Renoir at the Mirage (now closed), Devin has since moved on to the newly opened Alex at The Wynn to work under well-respected executive chef Alessandro Stratta. Alex, like Renoir, features high-end French cuisine and is recognized as one of only three AAA Five Diamond Restaurants in Las Vegas.

If you haven’t heard them or of them then WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!… Well, the phenomenon known as Thick Tubes has been rockin the Hawaiian scene for several years now having just released their second album “Thick 2” earlier this year. (Recognize the face on the CD cover?… Any guesses?)

Photo: (clockwise from left) Dave Gonzalez, Steve Brady, Sean “Ulu” Scanlan ‘87, Pat Samsonas ‘93, Denny Ono ‘92, Darin Au and Jane Aromin

Funny what you can find on the internet these days… old files stashed deep on Iolani’s servers. See more »

Stage Band 3 1992-93 (shown): Back - Dean Uehara ‘93, Derrick Ford ‘95, Mark Miyasaki ‘95, Stephan Ichiriu ‘95, Nathan Chinen ‘94; Middle (seated) - Chad Otoshi ‘95, Gabe Ishida ‘93, Jan Okumura ‘94; Front (floor) - Alan Matsuda ‘93, Megan Kawatachi ‘93, Joni Motoshige ‘93

Event Date: Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Come down to Chai’s Island Bistro and find out what your classmates have been up to for the last 5 years. Food, drinks, and fun… after all you are 21!

Pre-sale (before Dec 12): $5
At-the-door: $15

Derrick Low ‘04 scored a game-high 17 points in 65-63 victory over future UH opponent and WAC member, Boise State. Despite trailing for most of the game, the Cougs were able to pull out the win with timely shooting and a hard-nosed defense which forced 21 turnovers and 3-19 (15%) shooting from three. Coby Karl, son of Denver Nuggets coach, George Karl, led the Broncos with 19 points.

WSU will play its next game against the University of Portland Pilots on Wednesday, November 29th at 4pm HST (not televised).

Special Note: This will be a sort of “REVENGE” game for Derrick as he will have the opportunity to go against former Montrose Christian guard Taishi Ito who is a freshman on the Pilot squad. If you remember back a couple years ago, Ito nailed a 3-pointer as the buzzer sounded to help nationally ranked Montrose Christian beat the Raiders by 1 point in the quarterfinals of the Iolani Classic.

More Alumni:

Bobby Nash ‘03 - UH - After struggling in his first two games (2-19), Bobby rebounded with 13 points against Pac-10 opponent Oregon State and a game-high 17 points in a 1 point win against Hofstra. In the semifinal game of the Great Alaskan Shootout against Cal, Bobby struggled (as did the rest of the team) but came back strong the following night with 10 points in a 71-60 victory over Pacific.

Kyle Pape ‘05 - Colorado School of Mines - In two recent losses over the weekend, Kyle was held to 11 points (in 2 games) dropping his average to 9.8 ppg on 35.7% shooting.

Hennasea Tokumura ‘06 - Utah - Despite being a true freshman, Hennasea has seen a lot of playing time for the Utes as they enter this year with a fairly new and inexperience team. Through 5 games (1-4), she has averaged 14.4 minutes coming off the bench to make a significant contribution even in close games.

Keilyn Fujioka ‘06 - Willamette - Freshman forward Keilyn Fujioka has made an early impact for the Willamette Bearcats this season, starting 4 games and leading the team in rebounding (7.8/game) and blocks (8). She is averaging 6.8 ppg shooting a team-best 41.2% (among players with more than 10 attempts), but despite her efforts, WU has yet to pick up a win (0-5).

Lana Young ‘03 - Claremont McKenna - In her final year as a member of the CMS (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) basketball team, Lana has started at guard every game thus far for the 1-2 Athenas. She is currently averaging 6.7 ppg with a high of 12 points in a win against La Sierra University. Joining Lana on the CMS team, but in a limited role, is fellow alumnus Kari Oki ‘05 who currently attends Scripps College.

After about a week of full practice (but missing 3 players from the football team), the Iolani Raider Boys Basketball team opened their 2006-07 season with a 56-55 overtime loss to the Moanalua Menehune. Down most of the game, the Raiders were able to mount a comeback tying the game on a 3-pointer with under a minute to play in regulation. Able to get the ball back with 13 seconds remaining and the score still tied, Iolani sophomore, Liloa Nobriga, got off two final shots but was not able to convert. In overtime, the game went back and forth with each team missing a number of freethrows and no team taking a lead larger than a few points. Down one, Iolani had the final possession but was not able to get a shot off before time expired. The team was led by senior Case Miyahira who scored 21 points including six 3-pointers.

Dylan Langley ‘06 played in 18 games and started in 10 for Swarthmore College (12-5-2). Langley had 2 assists and scored 2 goals, including the game winner against Centennial Conference rival Washington College.

Swarthmore finished third in the Centennial Conference, just missing the NCAA Div 3 National Championship tournament. They played in the ECAC post season tournament.

Plus books… And, K-12 all cost the same, so whether your child is stacking blocks or computing derivatives, you’re still shelling out the same amount. BUT (and it helps to say it while you write the check)… “Its well worth it!”

Compare:
Punahou: $14,725
Mid-Pacific: $13,950
St. Andrew’s Priory: $11,110 (6-12)
Maryknoll: $10,800 (9-12)
HBA: $9,500 (7-12)
St. Louis: $9,200 (9-12)
Damien: $7,875 (9-12)
Kamehameha: $3,237 (7-12) *includes meals
Moanalua: Free
Kaiser: Free
Aiea: Free
Kalaheo: Free
You get the idea…

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The Iolani Raider Basketball team completed tryouts last week and has their squad set for the 2006-07 season. After a successful summer run where they went undefeated against several of the top ILH teams (minus Punahou) and a few all-star traveling squads, the Raiders will be out to defend their 7th consecutive ILH and 6th consecutive state championships in the upcoming season.

Despite losing several key contributers from last year including Co-Player of the Year Kawika Shoji and starters Barry Kang, Vinny Nip, Jon Takamura, and Wally Marciel, the Raiders are hoping to have continued success with seven returnees, a few new faces up from the JV & Intermediate and a recent transfer from Moanalua.

The 2006-07 Roster: *Returnee
Ryan Dung, 6-0, Sr. *
Case Miyahira, 5-11, Sr. *
Lionel Fujioka 5-9, Jr.
Bricen McCartney, 5-11, Jr.
Taylor Mounts, 6-5, Jr. *
Berton Wong, 5-11, Jr. *
Brandon Ball, 6-1, So. *
Nick Christman, 6-1, So.
Kela Marciel, 5-10, So. *
Liloa Nobriga, 6-4, So. *
Pablo Warner, 6-2, So.
Andrew Skalman, 5-9, Fr.

Stay tuned for the season schedule and updates on the Iolani Classic!

For the third straight year, senior setter, Kanoe Kamana’o ‘03 was named the WAC Player of the Year. Since being named the National Freshman of the Year in 2003, Kanoe has since been recognized as a first team all-conference selection for four straight years and, this year, hopes to lead her team, currently ranked 12th nationally, to a WAC and national championship.

The Washington State Cougars moved to 5-0 defeating the Idaho State Bengals 66-60. Derrick Low ‘04 led the Cougars with 22 points on 8-14 shooting (3-6 from three). Despite trailing by 1 point at the half, WSU was able to pull out a win against a “better than you think” Idaho State team who lost by only 3 against highly-ranked Marquette earlier this season. Marquette, themselves ranked at #13, recorded a win yesterday against the #9 Duke Blue Devils 73-62.

Mark “Umo” Sumikawa ‘88 (left) and Jim Camacho ‘88 (second left) made it to the final four of the “Napa Ultimate Sports Trivia Challenge” put on by KKEA 1420. Over the course of a few weeks, the duo was able to take down a number of qualified competitors to advance to the “final four” which was held on the rooftop at Dave & Buster’s on August 9th.

“Umo” advanced to the finals, but fell to Royden Muranaka 5-2 who also defeated “Camacho” (finished 4th) in the semfinals. The grand prize was a trip to Tuscaloosa to watch the UH Warriors open their season against Alabama.

In last year’s contest, “Camacho” was again in the final four with fellow classmate Greg Sekiya ‘88, finishing in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

In case you haven’t been following the exploits of the Iolani School Math Team, here’s an update… They’ve been dominating the Oahu Mathematics League for almost 10 years with their last loss coming on January 11, 1997. No program at Iolani, athletics or otherwise has been able to achieve that type of success on the state level over that length of time.

Well… after winning 66 consecutive matches, the Iolani squad finally fell to the McKinley High School Tigers (who are among the state’s top math teams themselves) on October 28th.

The team is coached by AP Calculus teaching guru Michael Park.

If you’ve sat down early enough before kickoff of the Monday Night Football game on ESPN, you’ve seen it… You know, the 1 minute and 30 second introduction filled with ridiculous computer generated graphics and features a weekly celebrity. Well, whether you have or not, know that one of Iolani’s own, Grant Okita ‘94 was a part of the production team that created the video as a designer/animator for “The Syndicate”. Grant is currently living and working in the Los Angeles area and has been a part of the video production world for some time now having worked most notably under renowned director Joseph Kahn on several music video projects for such celebrities as Janet Jackson and Britney Spears.

See the MNF Intro featuring Eva Longoria: