Iolani Alumni

The Washington State Cougars are off to their best start since the 1991-92 season and are looking to finish up their preseason with a win over San Diego State tomorrow night at Key Arena at 5:30 pm HST (televised on Fox Sports Pacific, channel 246). Since upsetting then-No. 18, Gonzaga, the Cougs have run off two consecutive victories against Idaho and Cal State Northridge. Derrick Low ‘04 led the team in scoring each of the two games hitting for 14 and 17, respectively. On the 28th, WSU will open their Pac-10 season against current No.1 UCLA at Pauley Pavilion. Read More about the ‘Cougs (along with a few quotes from Derrick) »

Bobby Nash ‘03 had the best game of his career thus far as a UH Rainbow scoring 22 points and grabbing 11 boards in a victory against Northwestern State. He hopes to have the same success this evening as he leads his team into the 43rd Annual Rainbow Classic.

After scoring a career-high of 36 points in a 70-60 win over New Mexico Highlands, Kyle Pape ‘05 (Colorado School of Mines - DII) was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference East Division Player of the Week. On the season, Kyle is averaging 14.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and is shooting 80% from the freethrow line.

Ryan Hirata ‘04 (Chaminade - DII) saw his first real action of the season as he got in for 11 minutes in a 92-50 win over Presentation College. In the game, Ryan was 2-3 from the field (1-1 from three) scoring a total of 6 points with 2 rebounds, 1 assist and no turnovers.

Zach Tollefson ‘04 (Colorado State-Pueblo - DII) is on the roster, but hasn’t had many opportunties to make a contribution as he has only recorded a total of 2 minutes in 2 games for the Thunderwolves.

Vinny Nip ‘06 (Occidental - DIII) is currently a starter on the Tiger JV team and has seen a few minutes as a reserve for the varsity. According to Vinny, freshman rarely get an opportunity to contribute on the varsity, so he is fairly excited about his prospects for upcoming seasons.

Keilyn Fujioka ‘06 is proving to be a welcome addition to the Willamette Bearcats this season as she currently leads the team in rebounding (7.8/game), total blocks (11) and field goal percentage (48.4%) and is second in scoring at 8.0 points/game. Earlier this month, the Bearcats picked up their first win of the season due in large part to Keilyn who pumped in 18 points on 8-9 shooting with 15 rebounds and 1 steal and 1 blocked shot.

In her freshman year at the University of Utah, Hennasea Tokumura ‘06 has seen her playing time fluctuate, but has still managed to make a significant contribution this season for the Lade Utes. In a recent 66-63 win over Montana State, Hennasea had a perfect shooting performance scoring 6 points on 1-1 shooting and 4-4 from the freethrow line. She also contributed 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal in 19 minutes.

Lana Young ‘03 (Claremont McKenna) is the second leading scorer for the CMS (Claremont Mudd Scripps) Athena basketball team at 8.3 points/game with team-highs of 12 points and 15 points against California Baptist and Savannah College, respectively. Teammate and fellow alumnus, Kari Oki ‘05 (Scripps) has also seen minutes for the CMS squad leading the team in scoring with 11 points against Life Pacific College earlier this month.