IRVINE, Calif. – Hawai'i Pacific University saw half of its student-athletes honored on the 2020-21 Academic All-PacWest Honor Roll recently announced by the conference.
 
The Sharks had 132 of their 264 student-athletes recognized by the PacWest for their academic achievements.
 
Student-athletes who achieve at least a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average, completed at least two semesters at their institution and participated in regular season competition in a PacWest sponsored sport receive Academic All-PacWest recognition.
 
The HPU Baseball team led the way in 2020-21 with 24 Sharks recognized. Softball and Volleyball had 17 student athletes honored, while Women's Soccer boasted 15 on the list.
 
The Women's Tennis team had all seven of its student-athletes who saw action this season qualify for the honor, to rank as the highest percentage of the roster among HPU teams.
 
The HPU numbers do not include student-athletes from Acrobatics and Tumbling, a sport not sponsored by the PacWest.
 
HPU student-athletes posted an overall departmental grade point average of 3.25 for the 2020-21 school year, marking the sixth straight year of a departmental GPA of greater than 3.10.
   
2020-21 ACADEMIC ALL-PACWEST FROM HAWAI'I PACIFIC UNIVERSITY

BASEBALL
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
Jason Shiigi	So.	3.88	Pre-Nursing	Mililani, Hawai'i/Mililani
Gavin Pringle	Fr.	3.87	Business Administration	Duncan, B.C. Canada/Cowichan Secondary
Richard Higa	Sr.	3.82	Business Administration	Honolulu, Hawai'I/University Lab
Douglas Zolezzi	Jr.	3.75	Business Administration	Sunnyvale, Calif./Homestead
Max Beaulieu	Fr.	3.70	Business Administration	Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga
Darius Price	Fr.	3.67	Biology	Fontana, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga
Nicholas Jio	So.	3.65	Business Administration	San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch
Jacob Abell	Jr.	3.63	Mathematics	St. Louis, Mo./Parkway North
Brandon Booz	Sr.	3.62	Business Administration	Turlock, Calif./Turlock (Modesto JC)
Zach McHone	Sr.	3.62	Business Administration	Bakersfield, Calif./Liberty Hills (San Joaquin Delta CC)
Haydon Huff	Fr.	3.60	Business Administration	Riverside, Calif./Woodcrest Christian
Grant Dragmire	Sr.	3.53	Business Administration	Elk Grove, Calif./Bradshaw Christian (Folsom Lake CC)
Cole Kashimoto	So.	3.48	Business Administration	Kanehoe, Hawai'i/Saint Louis HS
Scott Laur	Sr.	3.48	Psychology	Santa Fe, N.M./Santa Fe
Edward Lee	Jr.	3.39	Public Health	Honolulu, Hawai'i/Kalani
Cole Mayeshiro	Jr.	3.38	Business Administration	Mililani, Hawai'i/Mililani
D.J. Stephens	So.	3.32	Business Administration	Nanakuli, Hawai'i/Saint Louis HS (College of Southern Nevada)
Brandon Peterson	Sr.	3.19	Business Administration	Stockton, Calif./Excel Academy (Modesto JC)
Shane Adams	Jr.	3.15	Business Administration	Honolulu, Hawai'i/Mid-Pacific Institute
Joe Gallagher	Sr.	3.13	Communication Studies	Sacramento, Calif./Del Campo (Sierra CC)
Micah Layosa	Sr.	3.14	Oceanography	Lihue, Hawai'i/Kauai
Daniel Cortez	Fr.	3.07	Business Administration	Diamond Bar, Calif./Diamond Ranch
Jake Hintze	Sr.	3.02	Business Administration	Peoria, Ariz./Mountain Ridge (Glendale CC)
Tyler DeYoung	Fr.	3.01	Criminal Justice	Canyon Country, Calif./Canyon
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
Tucker Pellicci	Fr.	4.00	Business Administration	Portland, Ore./Franklin
Lachlan Viney	So.	3.78	Psychology	Melbourne, Australia/Mazenod
David Rowlands	Gr.	3.55	Master of Business Administration	Dayton, Ohio/Moorpark
Elijah Martinez	Jr.	3.50	Multimedia Cinematic Production	Denver, Colo./Regis Jesuit
Chidozie Ndu	Sr.	3.44	Business Administration	Lagos, Nigeria/Sunrise Christian Academy (Sam Houston State)
Colton Martin	Jr.	3.40	Business Administration	Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound
Rodney Hounshell	Jr.	3.39	Communication Studies	Richmond, Va./West Linn (Ore.) (Lane CC)
Tavon Tarpley	Sr.	3.24	Business Administration	McLean, Va./Langley
Jacob McEnroe	Sr.	3.03	Psychology	Honolulu, Hawai'i/Farrington (Fullerton CC)
Jacob Foy	Jr.	3.02	Public Health	Newcastle, Australia/St. Francis Xavier
Trey Miller	Jr.	3.01	Business Administration	Mukilteo, Wash./Archbishop Murray
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
Olivia West	Sr.	3.88	Biology	Launceston, Australia/Templestowe (Utah State)
Ally Bates	Sr.	3.76	Public Health	Melbourne, Australia/Yarra Valley (Utah Valley)
Kaylee Berry	Jr.	3.68	Psychology	San Diego, Calif./La Costa Canyon
Alysha Marcucci	Sr.	3.67	Psychology	Yarragon, Australia/Marist-Sion
Makenna Gambee	Sr.	3.64	Business Administration	Hillsboro, Ore./Hillsboro
Alejandra Fernandez	Jr.	3.51	Criminal Justice	Corcoran, Calif./Corcoran (West Hills-Lemoore)
Avery Cargill	So.	3.48	Psychology	Santa Rosa, Calif./Cardinal Newman
Taylor Tateyama	Fr.	3.26	Elementary Education	Honolulu, Hawai'i/Roosevelt
Amy Baum	Jr.	3.21	Business Administration	Melbourne, Australia/Rowville Secondary
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
Kent Glover	So.	4.00	Marine Biology	Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville
Troy Oshimo	So.	3.87	Business Administration	Honolulu, Hawai'i/Kalani
Ian Beals	So.	3.85	Biology	Anchorage, Alaska/West Anchorage
Dominic Padre	Fr.	3.62	Psychology	Alameda, Calif./St. Joseph Notre Dame HS
Cade Harrington	Sr.	3.48	Business Administration	Galveston, Texas/Ball
Jona Bodirsky	Jr.	3.38	Electrical Engineering	Rettingheim, Germany/Leibniz Gymnasium Ostringen
Yadvinder Grewal	Fr.	3.14	English	Union City, Calif./Logan
David Rutto	Jr.	3.08	Electrical Engineering	Eldoret, Kenya/Kimwarer
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
McKay Guckenberg	So.	3.80	Biology	Eureka, Mont./Lincoln County
Maggie Meeds	Jr.	3.76	Business Administration	Anchorage, Alaska/South Anchorage (Alaska)
Karen Corona-Perez	Jr.	3.64	Public Health	Ocracoke, N.C./Ocracoke (Meredith)
Alison Lorah	Fr.	3.11	Chemistry	Walnutport, Pa./Northern Lehigh
MEN'S GOLF
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
Noah Daher	So.	3.94	Cinematic Multimedia Arts	Cottonwood, Ariz./Mingus Union
Hasee Nazir	So.	3.84	Business Administration	Orange, Calif./Orange Lutheran (Santiago Canyon CC)
Tom Purcell	Sr.	3.55	Business Administration	Liverpool, England/St. Mary's (Brevard)
Ryan Torres	Sr.	3.45	Business Administration	San Jose, Calif./Evergreen Valley (San Jose City CC)
Keli'i Kamelamela-Dudoit	So.	3.16	Environmental Studies	Ho'olehua, Hawai'i/Kamehameha-Kapalama
Ray Kim	Jr.	3.07	Business Administration	Aiea, Hawai'i/Moanalua
WOMEN'S GOLF
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
Kirsten Lindner	So.	3.81	Biochemistry	Glendora, Calif./Glendora
Cameron Kaneshiro	Jr.	3.45	Business Administration	Kaneohe, Hawai'i/Hawai'I Baptist Academy (Holy Names)
Marli Koba	Sr.	3.15	Biology	Seattle, Wash./Garfield
MEN'S SOCCER
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
Gerrit Arzberger	Sr.	3.86	Business Administration	Munich, Germany/Therese von Bayern
Leandro Weingaertner	Fr.	3.83	Business Administration	Ober-Moerlen, Germany/Ernst-Ludwig-Schule
Dennis Dinyer	Fr.	3.78	Business Administration	Hamburg, Germany/Helene-Lange-Gymnasium
Diego Saavedra Garcia	So.	3.77	Human Resource Development	Kailua, Hawai'i/Vista Murrieta (Calif.)  (Grand Canyon)
Yuya Yamamoto	Jr.	3.77	Business Administration	Osaka, Japan/Osaka Toin (Peninsula CC)
Austin Stafford	Sr.	3.68	Communication Studies	Federal Way, Wash./Beamer
Connor Margo	So.	3.60	Biotechnology Engineering	Wadsworth, Ohio/Wadsworth
Paul Enzingmueller	Sr.	3.39	Business Administration	Zirndorff, Germany/Dietrich-Bonhoeffer Gymnasium
Travis House	Jr.	3.08	Communication Studies	Atlanta, Ga./Community Christian
Ryo Hirayama	Sr.	3.05	Business Administration	Fukuoka, Japan/Kyushu International (Phoenix CC)
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
Madelyn Duran	Gr.	4.00	Master of Public Health	Bayfield, Colo./Bayfield (Fort Lewis)
Rianna O'Neill	Jr.	4.00	Criminal Justice	San Diego, Calif./Westview
Maya Hagiwara	So.	3.98	Pre-Nursing	Pearl City, Hawai'i/Kamehameha-Kapalama
Kayli Ann Yoshioka	So.	3.91	Environmental Studies	Honolulu, Hawai'i/Kaiser
Kaylee Sumida	So.	3.89	Public Health	Honolulu, Hawai'i/Moanalua
Katie Pothier	So.	3.88	Environmental Science	Ewa Beach, Hawai'i/Campbell
Madi DePhillips	Fr.	3.78	Computer Science	Tacoma, Wash./Bellarmine Prep
Brittny Ihara	Jr.	3.74	Public Health	Pearl City, Hawai'i/Pearl City
Makinna Fisher	Jr.	3.71	Psychology	Fort Myers, Fla./Canterbury
Daisie Flores	Sr.	3.71	Public Health	Whittier, Calif./La Mirada
Caylie Uyema	Fr.	3.71	Biochemistry	Pearl City, Hawai'i/Pearl City
Hayley Silipa	So.	3.70	Public Health	Ewa Beach, Hawai'i/Kamehameha-Kapalama
Marissa Froio	Jr.	3.61	Business Administration	Simi Valley, Calif./Royal
Tayzha Furuta	Jr.	3.50	Criminal Justice	Mililani, Hawai'i/Mililani
Alyssa Gabriel	So.	3.48	Pre-Nursing	Honolulu, Hawai'i/Kaiser
SOFTBALL
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
Laurel Ainsworth	Jr.	4.00	Environmental Science	Conifer, Colo./Conifer
Leipua Kaui	Jr.	3.95	Elementary Education	Kapa'a, Hawai'i/Kapa'a
Malia Torres	Sr.	3.90	Business Administration	Danville, Calif./Monte Vista
Sadie Garner	Sr.	3.83	Elementary Education	Preston, Idaho/Preston (Blue Mountain CC)
Brandi Leong	Jr.	3.83	Nursing	Wahiawa, Hawai'i/Leilehua
Megan Wilson	Sr.	3.82	Elementary Education	Santa Clarita, Calif./West Ranch (Canyons CC)
Kanoe Tanigawa	Jr.	3.81	Elementary Education	Mililani, Hawai'i/Maryknoll
Hoku Ching	Fr.	3.77	Undeclared	Honolulu, Hawai'i/Roosevelt
*Alexis Appleyard	Fr.	3.75	Business Administration	Strathmore, Alberta Canada/Holy Cross HS
Ashley Iseri	Sr.	3.73	Biology	Cerritos, Calif./Whitney
Poliahu Aina	Jr.	3.66	Elementary Education	Kailua, Hawai'i/Kamehameha-Kapalama
Cherise Horita	So.	3.59	Criminal Justice	Aiea, Hawai'i/Kalani (CSU-San Marcos)
Kassy Kealoha-Machado	Fr.	3.42	Undeclared	Waimanalo, Hawai'i/Kailua
Cieana Curran	Sr.	3.41	Criminal Justice	Ewa Beach, Hawai'i/Campbell
Kiana Sieu	So.	3.25	Biology	San Ramon, Calif./Dougherty Valley
Ryen Mullaly-Hawkins	Jr.	3.22	Criminal Justice	Kennewick, Wash./Kennewick
Mary Dungey	Sr.	3.20	Psychology	Las Vegas, Nev./Silverado
Noel Saunders	Jr.	3.20	Criminal Justice	Pearl City, Hawai'i/Pearl City
MEN'S TENNIS
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
Benjamin Loccisano	Sr.	3.66	Psychology	Duisburg, Germany/Geamtschule Duisburg-Sued
Ryohei Arai	So.	3.14	Business Administration	Saitama, Japan/Heritage Academy (S.C.)
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
Valentina Mokrova	Sr.	4.00	Business Administration	Aachen, Germany/ILS-Institut fur Lernsysteme (Grand Canyon)
Nichole Ballach	Sr.	3.98	Mathematics	Waldroel, Germany/Hollenberg Gymnasium (Philipps Univ Germany)
Mihoki Miyahara	Sr.	3.89	International Studies	Kitakyushu City, Japan/Aomori Yamada (Aichi Sangyo Univ Japan)
Marta Ruszczynska	Gr.	3.83	Master of Sustainability	Warsaw, Poland/Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace (Fairleigh Dickinson)
Marleen Tilgner	Sr.	3.77	Business Administration	Seevetal, Germany/Stadtisches Gymnasium Kamen (Columbus State)
Elodie Busson	Sr.	3.62	Business Administration	Poille Sur Vegre, France/Academy of Nantes (Ecole Superieure)
Rikona Murakami	So.	3.14	Business Administration	Sanda, Japan/Daisho Gakuen
VOLLEYBALL
Name	Year	GPA	Major	Hometown / Previous School
Abby Gundersen	Jr.	3.96	Communication Studies	Auburn, Wash./Mountainview (Pierce CC)
Emily Johnson	Sr.	3.96	Elementary Education	Washougal, Wash./Washougal (Eastern Washington)
Lauren Christie	Sr.	3.93	Biology	Lebanon, Ore./Lebanon
Emily Joseph	Jr.	3.85	Nursing	Modesto, Calif./Gregori
Ella Dotson	Fr.	3.77	Business Administration	Tucson, Ariz./Marana
Kirah Boynton-Brown	Jr.	3.73	Biology	Vancouver, Wash./Union
Makenzie Fa'amusili-Cacoulidis	So.	3.72	Public Health	Honolulu, Hawai'i/Sacret Hearts (Missouri Southern)
Abigail Wilmington	Sr.	3.68	Environmental Science	Vancouver, Wash./Columbia River
Gillian Huss	Fr.	3.67	Political Science	Anchorage, Alaska/West Anchorage
Casey Davenport	Sr.	3.60	Nursing	Auburn, Wash./Mountainview (Alaska Anchorage)
Makayla Warthan	Fr.	3.58	Pre-Nursing	Modesto, Calif./Beyer
Cameryn Collie	Sr.	3.57	Nursing	El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge
Nicole Ferris	Jr.	3.56	Environmental Studies	Woodstock, Ga./Etowah
Sierra Piester	Sr.	3.56	Psychology	Carlsbad, Calif./Tri-City Christian
Cara McClean	Jr.	3.39	Biology	Beaverton, Ore./Southridge
Demi Winters	Jr.	3.07	Pre-Nursing	Gresham, Ore./Barlow (Corban)
Jayci Carpenter	Fr.	3.00	Pre-Nursing	Springdale, Ark./Har-Ber