Former Hawaii men’s basketball forward Noah Allen was named Wednesday to the Washington Wizards’ NBA Summer League squad playing in Las Vegas beginning Saturday.
Allen, an All-Big West selection in his lone season in Manoa in 2016-17, played for the Wizards’ G League team, the Capital City Go-Go, in 2018-19 averaging 9.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.
The Wizards’ summer roster features their first-round draft pick Rui Hachimura out of Gonzaga and second-rounder Admiral Schofield from Tennessee.
“I’m just excited and blessed for the opportunity and hope to make the most of it,” Allen messaged the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
The Wizards open with the New Orleans Pelicans and No. 1 draft pick Zion Williamson at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center in an ESPN-televised game at 4 p.m. Saturday. The Wizards will play three more preliminary-round games through next Thursday in an attempt to make the eight-team summer playoffs.
Ma’a earns Pac-12 medal
Punahou graduate and current U.S. men’s national volleyball team member Micah Ma’a was named the UCLA male athlete recipient of the Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal.
Medals are awarded annually to the outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership. Ma’a, a three-time AVCA first-team All-American, had a 3.64 GPA in political science and holds the school records for career (208) and single-season aces (67).
The son of former Hawaii volleyball players Pono Ma’a and Lisa Stand-Ma’a made his first start at setter for the U.S. last week in a loss to Bulgaria in FIVB Volleyball Nationals League play. He had been used as a backup setter as well as an outside hitter for the U.S. in earlier matches.
Kanaka Ikaika hosts juniors distance race
Registration is open for Saturday’s “Race for Hawaii’s Future,” a development race for junior paddlers sponsored by Kanaka Ikaika Racing Association.
The race begins at 10 a.m. and is from Maunalua Bay to Sand Island and requires open-water crew changes. Online registration is available until midnight Friday at flpregister.com for $150; late registration is $240.
Divisions for are for boys and girls, 18U and 16U, as well as open mixed and unlimited. There are also divisions for combined adult-junior crews.
Check-in is Saturday from 7-8:30 a.m. For more information, call 927-0711.
