HONOLULU – The Hawai'i baseball team returns home and begins an eight game homestand with four games against Big West newcomer CSU Bakersfield April 16-18 at Les Murakami Stadium.   
 

HAWAI'I (15-11, 7-9 Big West) vs CSU Bakersfield (8-7, 5-3 Big West)
Date | Time				Friday, April 16 at 3 p.m. HT; Saturday (DH), April 17 at 12 p.m. HT; Sunday, April 18 at 1:05 p.m. HT
Location				Honolulu, O'ahu - Les Murakami Stadium
Television				Spectrum Sports - Sunday only
Live Stream				BigWest.tv - Sunday only
Radio				ESPN Honolulu | Sideline Hawai'i App
Live Stats				Hawai'i Athletics
Game Notes				Hawai'i | CSU Bakersfield
Social Media				@HawaiiBaseball  | #HawaiiBSB | @HawaiiBSB  | Facebook

 

PROBABLE ROTATION
HAWAI'I								CSU BAKERSFIELD
Name				Yr.		(Rec., ERA)	DAY	Name	Yr.		(Rec., ERA)
Aaron Davenport				So.	RHP	(2-1, 2.85)	Fri.	Arthur Joven	R-Sr.	LHP	(1-2, 5.09)
Austin Teixeira				Fr.	LHP	(3-0, 2.76)	Sat. (1)	Aaron Charles	Sr.	RHP	(0-0, 2.81)
Cade Halemanu				So.	RHP	(2-1, 3.56)	Sat. (2)	TBA
TBA							Sun.	Roman Angelo	Jr.	RHP	(1-0, 2.74)

 
HEAD COACH MIKE TRAPASSO
Overall record: 527-516 (20th season)
At Hawai'i: same

SERIES VS CSU BAKERSFIELD
Overall record: 4-1, CSU Bakersfield
Under Trapasso: same
Streak: CSU Bakersfield, 3

FIRST PITCH

• Kole Kaler was named Big West Player of the Week after hitting .421 in the series and hitting for the cycle against UC Riverside on April 10. His 2nd career BWC award. 
• Hawai'i has shutout a Big West time twice in the same season for the first time since 2015 when the Rainbow Warriors had three BWC shutouts.
• Hawai'i's strength of schedule ranked 1st and 8th in the country according to Boyd's World and NCAA Stats going into UCR series. SOS now ranks 17th and 44th now.
• Hawai'i ranks 67th in the nation in batting average (.281) and ranks fourth in the Big West.
• Hawai'i has allowed the 3rd fewest walks per nine innings in the country (2.19).
• UH pitching ranks 46th in the country in ERA (3.87) and has posted the 11th most shutouts in the country (4).
• Hawai'i's strikeout-to-walk ratio ranks 17th in the country (3.31).
• Scotty Scott ranks 9th nationally in hit by pitch per game (0.52).
• The Rainbow Warriors rank 78th in the country as a team in on base percentage (.377).
• Davenport set a career-high for innings pitched (8.1) when he went pitch-for-pitch against UCSB's Michael McGreevy April 2.
• Hawai'i has not won a Big West Conference game on a Sunday this season.
• Hawai'i's 10-game winning streak was the longest since 1998 and the longest in Trapasso's tenure.
• Aaron Davenport was named a preseason All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Davenport ranked 2nd in the country in wins (4-0) in 2020 and had a 2.15 ERA.

NCAA EXTENDS EXTRA YEAR TO SPRING SPORTS ATHLETES

All returning college players were granted an additional year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic that ended the 2020 season six weeks into the season. All NCAA athletes (D-I, D-II and D-III), and junior college athletes keep their athletic standing from the 2020 season. Thus a freshman in 2020 is a freshman in 2021. A redshirt junior in 2020 stays a redshirt junior in 2021. 

Hawai'i has decided to label all athletes as their athletic eligibility rather than advance their eligibility or add on additional confusing language such as "second-year freshman" or "sixth-year junior."

Incoming freshmen are as listed, freshmen. 

HOMEGROWN TALENT
Head coach Mike Trapasso has built a strong contingent of talent from the Hawaiian islands, and brought in some of the top names from the 2020 class, including the second-ranked recruit in the state. In total, 18 of the teams' 37 roster spots are Hawai'i high school graduates, 10 of which are from O'ahu.
 

NAME	HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL	YEAR	POS.
Bubba Akana	Honolulu, O'ahu (Saint Francis)	Fr.	INF
Tai Atkins	Kohala, Hawai'i (KS-Hawaii)	Fr.	LHP/OF
Naighel Calderon	Lanai City, Lanai (Lanai)	Fr.	OF
Matt Campos	Waipahu, O'ahu ('Iolani)	Jr.	INF
Nainoa Cardinez	Kapa'a, Kaua'i (Kapa'a)	Fr.	C/UTL
Dallas Duarte	Ke'eu, Hawai'i (KS-Hawai'i)	So.	C
Tyler Dyball	Honolulu, O'ahu (Kaiser)	Fr.	RHP
Cade Halemanu	Pearl City, O'ahu (Pearl City)	So.	RHP
Blake Hiraki	Honolulu, O'ahu ('Iolani)	Fr.	C
Trevor Ichimura	Honolulu, O'ahu ('Iolani)	Fr.	RHP
Jacob Igawa	Hilo, Hawai'i (Waiakea)	So.	UTL
Stone Miyao	Hilo, Hawai'i (Waiakea)	Fr.	INF
Konnor Palmeira	Kahalui, Maui (KS-Maui)	Fr.	C/UTL
Li'i Pontes	Honolulu, O'ahu (KS-Kapalama)	So.	RHP
Austin Teixeira	Waimanalo, O'ahu (Saint Louis)	Fr.	LHP/OF
Aaron Ujimori	Honolulu, O'ahu ('Iolani)	Fr.	INF
Safea Villaruz-Mauai	Hilo, Hawai'i (Waiakea)	Fr.	INF
Matt Wong	Honolulu, O'ahu (Saint Louis)	Jr.	OF

 





















DOLLARS FOR DOUBLES

• The University of Hawai'i Athletics and 'Ahahui Koa Ānuenue are inviting fans this year to make a "Dollars for Doubles" pledge for the 2021 baseball season.
• Although attendance at games is not possible due to COVID19 rules, this initiative provides an alternate way to cheer on the Rainbow Warriors from home while also supporting UH Athletics at the same time.
• Make your pledge here.

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