Kalawaia honored with weekly award

L.J. Kalawaia, a redshirt senior outfielder for North Carolina-Greensboro, was one of six players named as Collegiate Baseball’s national player of the week on Monday.

Kalawaia, a 2011 Saint Louis alumnus, was also named the Southern Conference player of the week after hitting .600 with 18 RBIs in five games played during the week.

Kalawaia has five RBIs in three of his past four games and finished 8-for-13 with a double, a triple, two homers, two stolen bases, five runs scored and 13 RBIs to help the Spartans win two of three in a series against Furman that ended Sunday.

Kalawaia has started 36 of 38 games for the Spartans (28-10, 7-2) and is hitting .408 (60-for-147) with five doubles, four triples, five homers and 49 RBIs. He has also stolen 17 bases in 22 attempts.

UNCG has an RPI of 39 and is second in the league behind Western Carolina heading into this weekend’s series against East Tennessee State.

Ma’a gets Freshman All-America nod

UCLA’s Micah Ma’a was named to the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Freshmen All-American Team on Monday.

The 2015 Punahou graduate helped guide the Bruins to the nation’s sixth-best attack percentage at .309 and was named national freshman of the week four times this season.

Ma’a was named first-team All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation as a setter and also had double-digit kills in nine matches while ranking fourth in the nation with 0.51 aces per set.

He led the second-seeded Bruins to a four-set victory over Hawaii in the quarterfinals of the MPSF tournament on Saturday, tallying 21 assists, seven kills, six digs, three block assists and two aces to tie the school’s single-season aces record in the rally-scoring era.

AVCA NAIA grants Wong high honor

Graceland University senior DJ Wong, a 2012 graduate of Kohala High, was named to the AVCA NAIA All-America Team on Tuesday.

Wong helped the Yellowjackets finished 25-6 this season as the team’s starting libero after converting from outside hitter. He was twice named the AVCA national libero of the week and averaged 2.98 digs per set.

“I am so very happy for DJ to be honored with the title of All-American,” coach Mark Lau said in a press release. “This is something that acknowledges the level of discipline that he has to his craft, and how much he impacts our team, making us better every single day.”

Wong is the second Yellowjackets player ever to be named a first-team All-American.

Graceland (Iowa) will compete in the eight-team National Invitational Tournament beginning today.

AROUND THE NATION

BASEBALL

>> Christian Donahue, ‘Iolani ’14: The Oregon State sophomore went 4-for-5 with two doubles, three runs and an RBI in an 11-10 victory over Oregon on Monday. Donahue is hitting .516 (16-for-31) during his current seven-game hitting streak and raised his season average to .369, which ranks fourth in the Pac-12.

>> KJ Harrison, Punahou ’14: The Oregon State sophomore first baseman drew three walks and scored twice against the Ducks.

>> Ryley Widell, King Kekaulike ’15: The Washington State freshman left-hander tossed 32⁄3 scoreless innings in relief with one walk and three strikeouts in a 12-3 loss to Oregon State on Thursday.

>> Rick Nomura, Punahou ’12: The Arkansas senior went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored in a 12-8 loss to Florida on Thursday.

>> Ryan Yamane, Punahou ’11: The Northern Colorado senior started both games against Cal State Bakersfield at designated hitter over the weekend and was 5-for-7 with a double, a walk, three runs and three RBIs to help the Bears win both games.

>> Brent Sakurai, Mid-Pacific ’13:The New Mexico State second baseman went 3-for-10 with two runs and an RBI as the Aggies lost two of three to Utah Valley over the weekend.

>> Jason Rosen, Punahou ’13: The Portland outfielder made his fifth start of the season after missing time with an injury and went 2-for-3 with a walk in a 3-2 loss to Pacific (Calif.) on Sunday.

>> Tyler Meditz, Kamehameha ’13: The Santa Clara junior went 3-for-11 with a double, two walks, a run and an RBI as the Broncos lost two of three against San Diego over the weekend.

>> Dylan Combs, Punahou ’14: The Harvard left-hander allowed two hits and struck out two in 12⁄3 scoreless innings of relief in a 6-3 win over Yale on Saturday.

>> Austin Darmawan, ‘Iolani ’13:The Washington (Mo.) shortstop went 7-for-12 with a double, a triple, four stolen bases, a walk, four runs and three RBIs to help the Bears win two of three over Chicago over the weekend. Darmawan leads the University Athletic Association in hits with 61 and is third with a .404 batting average.

>> Tanner Nishioka, ‘Iolani ’13:The Pomona-Pitzer junior went 8-for-13 with two walks, a homer, five runs, three RBIs and a stolen base as the Sagehens lost two of three against Chapman (Calif.) over the weekend.

>> Landon Teramoto, Hawaii Baptist ’13: The Arizona Christian outfielder went 2-for-2 with a double, run and RBI in a 9-4 loss to San Diego Christian on Saturday.

MEN’S GYMNASTICS

>> Josh Yee, Thompson Academy ’12:The Oklahoma senior scored 14.20 on the pommel, 14.750 on the vault and 14.450 on the high bar at the NCAA Championships, helping the Sooners claim their second consecutive national title.

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

>> Jenna Frowein, Punahou ’12:The Stanford senior earned 9.65 on the floor exercise for the Cardinal, who finished fourth in the prelims on Friday at the NCAA Championships. Frowein is part of only the third senior class at Stanford to qualify for four consecutive NCAA Championships.

SOFTBALL

>> Kimberlee Souza, ‘Iolani ’11: The Washington senior went 2-for-3 with a solo homer in a 3-2 win over California on Friday and finished 4-for-9 with two homers and four RBIs to help the Huskies win two of three in the series that ended Sunday.

>> Kamalani Dung, Kamehameha ’15: The Fresno State freshman pitcher threw seven innings in relief and allowed two runs on five hits with one walk and 13 strikeouts to improve to 6-0 in a 12-11, nine-inning win over Utah State on Friday.

>> Mysha Sataraka, Punahou ’12:The UCLA third baseman went 2-for-8 with two walks, two runs and an RBI to help the Bruins win two of three against Oregon State over the weekend.

>> Mikela Manewa, Kapolei ’12:The Oregon State second baseman finished 3-for-9 with a homer, a walk, two runs and three RBIs in three games against the Bruins.

>> Kylie-Rose Dickson, Baldwin ’13:The Utah State junior started two games in the series against Fresno State at second base and was 2-for-6 with a double, two runs and an RBI.

>> Nue Silva, Waianae ’14:The New Mexico State sophomore had a pinch-hit two-run single in an 8-0 win over Grand Canyon on Friday and added a pinch-hit two-run triple in a 9-1 win over Grand Canyon on Saturday.

>> Fahren Glackin, Kamehameha ’14:The New Mexico State outfielder finished 2-for-6 with four walks, two runs and an RBI against the Antelopes.

>> Kacie Oshiro, Mililani ’13:The East Carolina junior had a pinch-hit RBI single in a 2-0 win over Connecticut on Friday and was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI in the three-game series.

>> Krystin Wong, Punahou ’15: The Columbia University center fielder hit a solo homer in a 4-3 win over Harvard in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday and finished 3-for-6 with two runs scored combined in a split of the two games.

>> Taylor Ann Oda, Mid-Pacific ’14:The Shorter (Ga.) University catcher went 4-for-10 with four RBIs in a three-game sweep of West Georgia over the weekend.

>> Gayla Ha-Cabebe, Kamehameha-Hawaii ’14:The Kentucky State catcher went 3-for-4 with a run and three RBIs and a 6-5 win over Stillman on Sunday.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

>> Gabriel Vega, ‘Iolani ’12: The Stanford junior hit .357 with 12 kills, 10 digs, two block assists and a solo block in a five-set loss to UC Santa Barbara in the quarterfinals of the MPSF tournament on Saturday.

>> Evan Enriques, Kamehameha-Hawaii ’14: The Stanford sophomore libero had seven digs and two assists against the Gauchos.

>> Puna Kaniho, Kamehameha ’13:The Grand Canyon sophomore setter had a team-high 18 assists, three digs, a block assist and a kill in a four-set loss to Lewis in the MIVA tournament on Friday.

>> Cullen Mosher, Kamehameha ’13:The Grand Canyon sophomore outside hitter had two kills and three digs against Lewis.

>> Sky Engleman, Moanalua ’14: The Grand Canyon libero had three digs and two assists against Lewis.

>> Luuga Vailu’u, Moanalua ’14:The North Greenville sophomore had 11 kills, five block assists, two digs and an assist in a five-set loss to Barton College on Saturday.

>> Kekaulike Alameda, Kamehameha-Hawaii ’15:The Barton College freshman libero had 13 digs against North Greenville.

>> Chris Wise, Kamehameha ’15:The New Jersey Institute of Technology freshman had a match-high 15 digs and two assists in a five-set loss to Harvard on Saturday.

>> Ryan Thomas, Kamehameha-Hawaii ’12:The Mount Olive senior libero had eight digs and three assists in a four-set loss to Belmont Abbey on Saturday.

WOMEN’S WATER POLO

>> Sarina Shibata, Punahou ’12: The Villanova senior scored three goals in the second quarter and finished with four total in a 7-4 win over St. Francis Brooklyn on Sunday. The Wildcats (16-16) finished fourth in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and will face top seed Wagner in the MAAC Tournament on April 30.

>> Naomi Ng, Punahou ’12: The Villanova senior scored a team-high three goals in a 9-6 victory over Siena (N.Y.) on Saturday.

>> Courtney Miller, Punahou ’12:The UC San Diego goalkeeper made 12 saves in a 7-6 win over California Baptist on Saturday.

>> Lauren Boyer, Punahou ’13: The UC San Diego junior scored two goals against Cal Baptist to help the Tritons win their fourth in a row.

>> Hi‘ipoi Lee, Kamehameha ’14:The Occidental (Calif.) sophomore scored two goals in a 16-8 win over Redlands (Calif.) on Saturday.

>> Kolby Kahahawai, Kamehameha ’15: The Redlands (Calif.) freshman scored a goal in the fourth quarter of a loss to Occidental (Calif.).

>> Nohea Kahauelelio, Kahuku ’15:The Pomona-Pitzer freshman scored a goal in the third quarter of an 8-1 victory over Cal Lutheran on Saturday.

>> Roxy Kiessling, Punahou ’14:The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps sophomore scored three goals in a 14-10 loss to Pomona-Pitzer last Wednesday.

>> Katie Dalgamouni, Le Jardin ’14: The Chapman (Calif.) sophomore scored in the second quarter of a 20-5 win over Caltech on Saturday.