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Jan Tribler, Allan Sato, Lisa Shandy, the late Jim Hochberg and the 1998 Women’s NCAA Volleyball Championship team make up the fifth class of HPU Hall of Fame inductees, as announced by the Hawaii Pacific University athletics department on Wednesday. The S.H.A.R.X. Benefit will take place on Feb. 23 as the class will be inducted at a gala event at HPU’s Aloha Tower Marketplace.
Tribler (2000-02) was a three-time All-American men’s tennis player and finished 10th in the ITA National Singles rankings after his first year of competition.
Sato (1983-86) played baseball and ranks third in HPU history with 18 wins, fourth all-time with 218 career innings pitched and recorded two wins against University of Hawaii. He also spent 10 years as the head coach and helped the program transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II competition.
Shandy (1993-95) was named District 20 MVP as a sophomore pitcher for the softball program. She was a two-time All-American and holds multiple records for HPU including: career games pitched (66), career wins (49) and complete games in a season (23) and career (58). She is one of just two HPU pitchers to throw a perfect game.
Hochberg was a senior vice president of the university, who co-founded HPU athletics in 1978 with its first men’s basketball team. He built a 25-year career in the United States Army and earned two Bronze Stars for bravery under fire. He died in 2011.
The 1998 Women’s Volleyball team won the NCAA Division II title, finishing that year with a 31-5 record. All five losses came to BYU-Hawaii, but the Sea Warriors avenged those losses with a five-set victory over the Seasiders in the regional tournament. HPU beat North Dakota State in four sets to win the national championship for the first time since the program moved into the NCAA.
For more information, including ticket purchasing, go to www.HPUSharks.com/hof16.
Hawaii surfers move on in Portugal
A third straight day of action at the Ericeira World Junior Championships featured the opening men’s round and eight heats of the women’s competition took place in three-to-four foot surf at Praia dos Pescadores in Ericeira, Portugal, on Wednesday.
Round one on the men’s side included Hawaii surfers Elijah Gates, Kalani David and Seth Moniz. Moniz finished his heat in second place with a 10.67 score, while David and Gates finished their heats in third place with scores of 9.90 and 8.17.
On the women’s side, reigning Women’s World Junior Champion Mahina Maeda won her round-three heat with a score of 13.03, while Brissa Hennessy took second in her heat, scoring an 11.64. Dax McGill has yet to surf in her round-three matchup. In her round-two heat, Dax McGill won against Nicole Pallet 15.73 to 10.26.
Freitas, Miranda, Sells take titles at Pipeline
Mo Freitas took first place in the Da Hui Shootout SUP Invitational in Memory of Duke Kahanamoku at Pipeline on Wednesday. In the final heat, Freitas was able to navigate a tricky lineup en route to the title.
Dino Miranda won the longboard division and Todd Sells took the bodysurfing event.
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