Iolani Alumni

Kyle Pape ‘05, a 6-0, 190-lb. junior guard at the Colorado School of Mines, was a unanimous selection to the First Team All-RMAC East Division squad.

The only Oredigger to start all 29 games, Pape concluded the 2007-08 regular season ranked first on the team and second in the RMAC in scoring at 20.7 ppg shooting 45.6% from the field and 36.2% (54-of-149) from three-point range. He also finished with just over 2.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game to go along with a team-high 24 steals.

Pape reached the 20-point plateau in 21 of 29 games this winter including a career-best 37 points against Nebraska - Kearney on January 26th. This season he led the RMAC in points scored (601), free throws attempted (174) and free throws made (155) while finishing second and third, respectively, in field goals made (tied - 196) and free throw percentage (.891).

As an Oredigger, Pape has started 82 of 83 games and is averaging 16.3 ppg in three seasons. Following his first season at Mines in 2005-06, Pape garnered RMAC Freshman of the Year, RMAC Shootout All-Tournament and Division II Bulletin All-Freshman Team accolades. Last season, he was named to the RMAC East Division second team.

Pape is currently majoring in Civil Engineering.

[Photo: CSM Athletics]

On Saturday evening, senior guard Bobby Nash ‘03 will take the floor at the Stan Sheriff Center for one final game as a member of the University of Hawaii men’s basketball team.

It’s been a long road, but in his five years as a student-athlete at the University of Hawaii, Nash has accomplished more than most. On the court, the 6-6 swingman is just 32 points shy of reaching the 1,000 point milestone having played nearly every position on the floor during his career as a Warrior. This season, he is averaging 14.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists and could become the first four-time Academic All-WAC selection in the program’s history.

Off the court, Nash has already earned his degree in political science - a feat he attributes, in small part, to his alma mater. “Looking back, Iolani really prepared me for college,” he said in today’s Honolulu Advertiser. “Graduating in four years was a huge thing for me.”

Nash hopes to continue playing professionally next season, but has shown interest in the field of law and is considering law school once his playing days are over.

The University of Hawaii will play their final two home games tonight against Idaho and on Saturday against Boise State (Senior Night). Both games will tipoff at 7:05pm at the Stan Sheriff Center (Televised on K5).

[Photo: HawaiiAthletics.com]

“UH’s favorite son finishing stellar career” - Honolulu Advertiser »
“Season of destiny for Nash” - Honolulu Star-Bulletin »

When the University of Hawaii Men’s Volleyball team takes the court tonight to face the #9 Stanford Cardinal, it will be a reunion of sorts for two former alumni. Sean Carney ‘04 and Kawika Shoji ‘06, once teammates during Iolani’s state championship run in 2004, will face each other for the first time as starters when they open a two-game series today on the Palo Alto campus.

The University of Hawaii is coming off of a two-match sweep of UOP, but fell out of the national rankings for the first time in school history this week, while the Cardinal are riding a bit of momentum with a three-game sweep of former #1 BYU last weekend.

The Hawaii-Stanford series runs Wednesday and Thursday at Maples Pavilion. Match time is 7:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. HST) both nights.

Kansas sophomore Wally Marciel ‘06 pitched six strong innings in a 2-1 victory over UH Hilo on Friday afternoon at Simmons’ Field in Kona.

The 5-10 lefty gave up just one run on five hits with four strikeouts and one walk to earn his first win of the season and help the Jawhawks improve to 1-0. This is the second consecutive year Marciel and his Kansas teammates have traveled to the Big Island to open their season to avoid the cold winter weather of the Midwest. Through five innings last year, he gave up two runs on five hits, striking out six and walking three in a 7-2 win.

Though their first five games, the Jayhawks are 2-3 and will play a single game at Arkansas tomorrow before opening the Music City Classic in Tennessee on Friday.

[Photo: KUAthletics.com]

The Iolani Girls Basketball team reached the finals of the 2008 Hawaii State Basketball Tournament, but fell to the Punahou Buffanblu 46-41 in a tight game that wasn’t decided until the last few minutes.

Behind the hot shooting of senior Chanel Hirata, who finished with a team-high 18 points, the Raiders built a 16-8 lead after one quarter and a held on for a 23-16 lead at the half. In the second half, the Buffanblu toughened up on the defense end and slowly closed the margin, taking the lead midway through the fourth. Iolani was outscored 13-4 in the final quarter with all 4 points coming from the line.

The Raiders finished the season at 15-3 and were second in the ILH and State.

[Photo: Honolulu Advertiser]

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The Iolani Boys team finished in a controversial 5th (or 6th) after Moanalua ended their championship run in the quarterfinals of the 2008 Hawaii State Basketball tournament. The Menehune, though, were later found to have played with an ineligible player which forced a forfeit of their two opening round victories.

Despite the forfeit, the results of the previous games were not altered and the Raiders were kept out of the semifinals and forced to play their final two games for fifth. Iolani went on to defeat Kamehameha-Maui 81-60 then fell to Kamehameha-Oahu on Saturday afternoon in the fifth place game, but because the Menehune were suspended from the tournament (due to the forfeits), the 4th place position was left vacant. There was no official word on where the teams finished.

Iolani ended their season unofficially at 13-3 (with the forfeit) and were the 2008 ILH Champions.

With a win over the OIA Champion Kalani Falcons, the Iolani Girls Basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the 2008 Hawaii State Basketball Tournament to face BIIF Champion Waiakea tonight at 8:00pm at Kaimuki High School (Live on OC16).

In a quarterfinal matchup of alumni coaches, the Glenn Takara ‘80-led Raiders defeated George Weeks ‘86 Falcons 60-37. All-state center Jamie Smith scored a game-high 20 points to go along with 10 rebounds for the Raiders whose stingy defense held the Kalani posts to a combined 9 points and limited Falcon star Iwalani Rodrigues to just 2 points in the first half.

To compliment the inside attack by Smith, Iolani continued its hot long-range shooting last night, connecting on 5 three-pointers to bring their two game total to 10. Tami Konishi led the way with 2 followed by Chanel Hirata, Dayna Jandoc and Kylie Ahlo with one apiece.

Having recently been promoted to company president, Daniel Ho ‘91 was the featured profile in last week’s issue of Pacific Business News. As the general manager at Hawaii Self Storage for the last two years, Ho was named to his new position a few months ago and currently oversees development, operations and sales and marketing at the state’s largest locally owned storage chain.

Hawaii Self-Storage has facilities in Salt Lake, Pearl City and Kaimuki and will be opening two new facilities in Mililani and Kapolei this year.

[Source: Pacific Business News]

The Washington State Cougars moved up #17 in the AP Top 25 after completing a two-game sweep of Oregon and Oregon State on the road last weekend.

The Cougs received huge contributions from backcourt mates Taylor Rochestie and Derrick Low ‘04 who accounted for more than 60% of the WSU offense in each of the two games. On Thursday, the pair combined for 45 points in a 70-57 win at Oregon State and returned two nights later to score 37 points in a 62-53 win over the Ducks.

On Saturday against Oregon, Low got the Cougars out to an early lead after hitting 3 of his first 4 shots, all three-pointers, and scoring 11 points in the first 7 minutes of the game. This was much to the dismay of the “Pit Crew”, Oregon’s student section, and one young man in particular who came to the game doing his best D-Low impersonation - dark black wig and ponytail to go along with a makeshift jersey with Low’s name and number (The fan quickly removed his gear after the hot start).

With the two road wins, Washington State improved to 20-5 and maintained their position in the Pac-10. The Cougs will return home to Pullman this week to face Arizona and Arizona State on Thursday and Saturday.

The Iolani Boys Basketball team earned the top seed in the 2008 Hawaii State Basketball Tournament and will open play on Thursday, February 21st. The Raiders will face either Moanalua or Campbell at 8:00pm at McKinley High School.

The Iolani Girls Basketball team will open play tomorrow evening against Aiea at Kaimuki High School at 8:00pm. The game will be televised live on OC16.

The boys tournament runs from February 20-23 with the final two days at Neal Blaisdell Center. The girls tournament starts a day early and ends on Friday, February 22nd at the Stan Sheriff Center.

After a 3 1/2 match “experiment” at outside hitter, Sean Carney ‘04 moved back to his natural position at setter last night to help the #15 Hawaii Warrior Men’s Volleyball team to a 5-set win over the #4-ranked UCLA Bruins.

Carney was named K5’s Player of the Match for his 48 assist, 10 dig performance. He also added 2 kills, 2 blocks and 2 service aces.

The Warriors will take on the Bruins again tonight at 7:00pm at the Stan Sheriff Center (Televised on K5).

[Photo: Honolulu Advertiser]

Occidental freshman shortstop Case Miyahira ‘07 opened his collegiate career batting 6 for 13 in three games against Whitman College. The 5-10 shortstop currently leads the team in hitting at .462 with one double and one triple and is tied for the team lead in runs scored (4).

The Tigers are 1-2 on the season and will play three more games before opening conference play at home against Redlands on February 22nd. Occidental competes in NCAA Division III and is a member of the SCIAC (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference).

[Photo: OxyAthletics.com]

Event Date: Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Iolani School will performing the hit musical The Wiz from February 28 to March 1 at 7:00 p.m at Hawaii Theatre. Tickets are $16 - which includes a $3 theater restoration fee - and can be purchased at Hawaii Theatre. Vouchers for tickets are available at the ‘Iolani performing arts office (call 943-2244).

A modern version of the perennial “Wizard of Oz”, The Wiz was made into a major motion picture (starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson) in the late 70s. The characters and story line are largely faithful to the 1939 movie version of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 story and should make for an entertaining show.

There’s Good News & Bad News…

The good news is that I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance… just kidding. The “real” good news is that the Iolani Boys Basketball team captured the ILH Championship by defeating the Punahou Buffanblu 54-51 in a single game playoff on Friday evening at Neal Blaisdell Center.

The win also gives the Raiders a seeded berth to the 2008 Hawaii Basketball State Tournament which runs from February 20-23. Iolani will be trying for its sixth championship in seven years when they open play in the quarterfinal round on Thursday, February 21st (after a first round bye).

The Girls Basketball team will open state tournament play on Tuesday, February 19th. Location and time are to be determined.

[Photo: Honolulu Advertiser]

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Now for the bad news… the ILH Champion Iolani Boys Soccer team fell to the Kamehameha Warriors on penalty kicks in the finals of the 2008 Hawaii Soccer State Tournament.

After playing to a 1-1 tie in regulation and two scoreless overtime periods, the Warriors outshot the Raiders 4-2 in penalty kicks to earn the title. Read the details from the Honolulu Advertiser »

There’s a lot going on in the Iolani Sports Community this week, so do your best to make it to the games or show your support from behind your TV (Just make sure you’re wearing “Red & Black”). Go Raiders!

Thursday (2/7):
• Boys Soccer - State Tournament Opener vs. Kaiser - 1:00pm at Waipi’o Peninsula Soccer Complex

  (Update: Iolani def Kaiser, 2-0)

• Girls Basketball - ILH Tournament Finals vs. Kamehameha - 7:30pm at Neal Blaisdell Center (Televised on OC16)

  (Update: Iolani def Kamehameha, 49-45, Clinch State Berth)

• NCAA Basketball - Washington State vs. UCLA - 5:30pm (Televised on FSN - Digital 226)

  (Update: UCLA def WSU, 67-59)

Friday (2/8):
• Boys Basketball - ILH Championship Playoff vs. Punahou - 8:00pm at Neal Blaisdell Center (NOT Televised)
• Boys Soccer - State Tournament Semis vs. Mililani - 8:00pm at Waipi’o Peninsula Soccer Complex

With a 55-51 win over St. Louis yesterday evening, the Iolani Boys Basketball team clinched a berth to the 2008 Hawaii Basketball State Tournament and guaranteed themselves at least a chance to play for the ILH title.

At 10-2, the Raiders are a half game up on Punahou (9-2) who need a win tonight against Maryknoll to force a one-game playoff. The Buffanblu have already locked up a state tournament berth and are hoping to get a chance to play Iolani for a fourth time this season in a final game for all the marbles.

A Punahou loss would give the Raiders the ILH Championship outright. A win would setup a winner-take-all match on Friday, February 8 at 8:00pm at Neal Blaisdell Center to determine the champion.

Don’t forget about the girls! The Iolani Girls Basketball team will face the Kamehameha Warriors on Thursday, February 7 for the second and final berth to state tournament. The game will begin at 7:30pm at Neal Blaisdell Center (Televised on OC16).

[Photo: Honolulu Advertiser]