Majam earns Academic All-America honor

University of Hawaii senior Kelly Majam was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Division I softball team on Thursday. Majam made the second team and is the third UH softball player to earn a place on the academic All-America teams selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Majam posted a 3.86 grade-point average and graduated this spring with a degree in secondary education in health and physical education. She is a three-time NFCA scholar-athlete and earned the top grade-point average on the team every year in her UH career.

"At the beginning of the year I wrote down a list of goals I wanted and that was one of them," Majam said. "It’s just such an honor."

On the field, Majam, UH’s leadoff batter all four years, led the Rainbow Wahine in seven categories and was named the Big West Defensive Player of the Year for her play in center field.

Majam joins Tracy Loo and Stephanie Ricketts as the only UH softball players named academic All-Americans. Loo made the team in 1992 and Ricketts was a third-team pick last year. Majam and Ricketts were this year’s female recipients of the Jack Bonham Award, the UH athletic department’s top student-athlete honor.

NBA Hall of Famer at McCabe Gym today

Dominique Wilkins, one of the most celebrated dunkers in NBA history, is on hand for a meet-and-greet at Saint Louis School’s McCabe Gym today.

Wilkins, 53, "The Human Highlight Film," was diagnosed with diabetes at age 40. He is appearing on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and is available from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Wilkins is 11th on the NBA career scoring list (26,668 points) and won the slam dunk contest twice.

Space is limited. For more information, call JDRF at 988-1000.

NSFL holding football tryouts

The National Spring Football League will hold free-agent tryouts on Wednesday at Aloha Stadium.

The NSFL aims to be a developmental base for professional football leagues and plans to launch a 12-team league in 2014. It is targeting players ages 21 to 29.

Registration fees are $65 for early appointees and $85 for late comers. Registration begins at 7 a.m., with the combine running 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For more information, email David Dawson at 1elitestrength@gmail.com or visit www.goNSFL.com.