HONOLULU — A total of 45 current and former University of Hawai'i student-athletes celebrated a milestone in their collegiate journeys by participating in the 2025 Mid-Year Commencement Exercise on Saturday, Dec. 20th at the Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.
 
The list of student-athletes who took part in the graduation ceremony includes representatives from 10 UH programs.--including three men's teams, six women's teams and one co-ed program. Football led the way with 17 graduates followed by track and field with 14. Softball had three graduating seniors, while four programs had two graduates each--baseball, women's golf, soccer, and women's swimming/diving. Cheerleading, men's tennis, and water polo all had one graduate apiece.

 

Winter 2025 University of Hawai'i Graduating Student-Athletes

Catherine Belyakov (Gaithersburg, Md.) Women's Swimming & Diving MS - Finance	Allison Bliss (Farmington, N.M.) Track & Field BS - Food Science & Human Nutrition	Lucas Borrow (Newcastle, NSW, Australia) Football MA  - Communication	Keliam Brunn (Wahiawa, O'ahu) Football BA - Public Health	Nick Cenacle (Montreal, Canada) Football BA - Interdisciplinary Studies
Kristin Cook (St. George, Utah) Track & Field BA - Interdisciplinary Studies	David Cordero (Tucson, Ariz.) Football BA - Communication	Marissa Crane (Port Orchard, Wash.) Track & Field MEd - Educational Foundations	Kamalu DeBlake (Honolulu, O'ahu) Football BS - Human Dev. & Family Science	Rose Forshaw (St. Joachim, Canada) Track & Field BS - Earth Sciences
Greta Fraraccio (Isernia, Italy) Track & Field BBA - Finance	Stevilyn Griffin (Upland, Calif.) Water Polo BA - Psychology	Andy Hernandez (Fullerton, Calif.) Men's Tennis BS - Electrical Engineering	Wynden Ho'ohuli (Kapolei, O'ahu) Football BS - Human Dev. & Family Science	Cherish Hose (Wai'anae, O'ahu) Softball BA - Public Health
Jackie Johnson III (Honolulu, O'ahu) Football BA - Interdisciplinary Studies	Tariq Jones (New Orleans, La.) Football BA - Communication	Wakaba Kogure (Tokyo, Japan) Soccer BA - Economics	Ting-Yu Liu (New Taipei, Taiwan) Women's Golf BA - Economics	Austin Machado (Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.) Baseball BA - Interdisciplinary Studies
Kayde Mahuka (Wahiawa, O'ahu) Football BBA - Management	Peter Manuma ('Ewa Beach, O'ahu) Football BS - Human Dev. & Family Science	Micah Mariteragi (Laie, O'ahu) Football BA - Interdisciplinary Studies	Kansei Matsuzawa (Tokyo, Japan) Football BA - Interdisciplinary Studies	Shannon McClish (Morro Bay, Calif.) Track & Field PhD - Oceanography
Kilinahe Mendiola-Jensen (Pearl City, O'ahu) Football BA - Psychology	Angie Mesa-Espinosa (Syracuse, N.Y. ) Track & Field BA - Interdisciplinary Studies	Bryant Moniz (Wahiawa, O`ahu) Football BA - Political Science	Zola O'Donnell (Mililani, O'ahu) Track & Field BS - Mathematics	Krista Peterson (San Antonio, Texas) Soccer GCER - Entrepreneurship
Isabella Plantz (Tucson, Ariz.) Women's Swimming & Diving BA - Botany	Starrett Quarry (Seattle, Wash.) Cheerleading BS - Kinesiology, Health & Exercise Science	Kekai Rios (Kahalu'u, O'ahu) Baseball BS - Human Dev. & Family Science	Kea Rodrigues (Wai'anae, O'ahu) Football BBA - Finance	Bella Sanvictores (Upland, Calif.) Track & Field BBA - Management & International Business
Céleste Sela (Mont de Marsan, France) Track & Field BA - Interdisciplinary Studies	Daniella Smith (San Diego, Calif.) Track & Field BBA - Marketing	Liliana Thomas (Kailua, O'ahu) Softball BA - Psychology	Kayla Tierney (Corona, Calif.) Softball BS - Kinesiology, Health & Exercise Science	Lilian Turban (Tallinn, Estonia) Track & Field BA - Communication
D.J. Utu (Honolulu, O'ahu) Football BS - Biology	Christian Vaughn (Las Vegas, Nev.) Football BA - Sociology	Samaria Vital Track & Field BA - Political Science	Tara Wyllie (Canberra, Australia) Track & Field BA - Communication	Kellie Yamane ('Aiea, O'ahu) Women's Golf BBA - Accounting