Hawaii sweeps swimming awards

Hawaii’s Mateusz Chaba and Franziska Weidner were named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation athletes of the week in swimming on Tuesday.

Chaba, a sophomore from Poland, won two individual races (100 and 200 butterfly) and was part of the Rainbow Warriors’ two winning relay teams (200 medley and 400 free) in last week’s home victory over Dartmouth.

Weidner, a junor from Germany, won three events (100 and 200 free, 200 IM) in the Rainbow Wahine’s dual meets against Oregon State and Dartmouth and was part of the winning 200 medley relay team.

Shastri, Looney earn PacWest honors

Chaminade senior guard Kiran Shastri was named player of the week and Hawaii Pacific senior guard Connor Looney the defender of the week by the Pacific West Conference on Tuesday.

Shastri averaged 22.7 points on 41.7 percent shooting with a combined 14 3-pointers in victories over Seattle Pacific, Dominican and Brigham Young-Hawaii in the past six days. Against Seattle Pacific last Wednesday, he hit a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in an 87-86 win, and on Monday at BYUH, he tied the school and conference single-game records with 10 3-pointers en route to 36 points, one off his career high.

Nationally, Shastri is 16th in 3-pointers (39) and 19th in free-throw percentage (.927). He is 10th on Chaminade’s all-time scoring list (1,266).

Looney had a combined 10 steals in the past three games as the Sharks remained undefeated at 11-0. He ranks seventh nationally in steals (30) and 11th in steals per game (2.7), and has helped HPU top the conference in scoring defense (65.9 ppg).

Silverswords sign 4 in volleyball

Kalaheo setter Riley Lynch, who helped the Mustangs to four consecutive state tournament berths, is one of four players who signed with Chaminade.

Lynch, who moved to setter after three seasons as an outside hitter, ranked fourth in the Oahu Interscholastic Association Division I in assists (110) and was fifth in service aces (15).

Joining Lynch in coach Kahala Kabalis Hoke’s recruiting class are: Rachel Reedy, a 5-foot-11 opposite from Arcadia (Calif.) High who helped the Apaches (28-2) to a Pacific Division title en route to being named the division’s tri-player of the year; Danielle Wiley, a 5-10 setter from Centennial (Ariz.) High who led the Coyotes to the Division 5A state title; and Claire Zanon, a 5-10 hitter from Portland, Ore., where her Jesuit High was 151-7 during her four varsity seasons and was undefeated when winning Oregon 6A state championships in 2014 and ‘15.