Tonight we celebrate the accomplishments of some of the state’s finest senior high school athletes.
Since this is the 30th class to enter the HHSAA Hall of Honor — and since you can read all about them elsewhere in today’s section and meet them at tonight’s banquet — I’ve decided to take a look back while I can still remember 1983.
How good is your memory (or your ability with search engines)? If you know all of these without help, you are an expert on Hawaii’s elite high school athletes of the past 30 years … or, at least trivia about them AFTER high school. All of the answers come from among the names of the 360 members of the Hall of Honor.
1. Now an assistant coach for the University of Hawaii baseball team.
2. Who played in back-to-back Super Bowls?
3. Who represented the Philippines in the 2008 Olympics?
4. This athlete played professionally in two sports and has worked at the White House.
5. Whose son played for George Mason in the 2006 Final Four?
6. She has played on the national rugby team.
7. He served on the Honolulu City Council.
8. He pitched 16 major league seasons and won a game in Cuba.
9. Won national championships as a college volleyball player and head coach.
10. A four-time Big Ten champion at Michigan.
11. Who hit a grand slam in Japan to beat the Cubs in extra innings?
12. After volleyball and basketball in college she played professional football.
13. This veteran state legislator’s sister is also in the Hall. Name both.
14. He never played high school football but played in the NFL.
15. He was a second-team Associated Press All-American in football in 1988.
16. She was a member of three national championship teams in volleyball.
17. Who was seventh in the 2002 Heisman Trophy voting?
Answers:
1. Carl Fraticelli (Kalaheo, 1984). 2. Aaron Francisco (Kahuku, 2001). 3. Christel Simms (Punahou, 2009). 4. Kahi Villa (Kamehameha, 1994). 5. Brian Norwood (Radford, 1983). 6. Natasha Kai (Kahuku, 2001). 7. Todd Apo (Kamehameha, 1985). 8. Mike Fetters (‘Iolani, 1983). 9. Tita Ahuna (Kamehameha, 1984). 10. Vera Simms (Mililani, 2000). 11. Benny Agbayani (Saint Louis, 1989). 12. Sunshine Misa-Uli (Farrington, 2004). 13. K. Mark Takai (Pearl City, 1985), Nadine Takai (Pearl City, 1988). 14. Ikaika Alama-Francis (Kalaheo, 2002). 15. Larry Khan-Smith (Campbell, 1986). 16. Debbie Lambert (Punahou, 1994). 17. Jason Gesser (Saint Louis, 1998).
Reach Dave Reardon at dreardon@staradvertiser.com or 529-4783 or on Twitter at @dave_reardon.
