HONOLULU – Twenty-four University of Hawai'i student-athletes earned places on the 2024-25 Big West Winter Academic All-Conference teams announced on Monday. The winter season includes men's and women's basketball and men's and women's swimming and diving.
Women's swimming and diving led the way with nine honorees, followed by women's basketball with six. Men's swimming and diving had five honorees and men's basketball had four representatives.
To be eligible for the Academic All-Conference team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average, complete one full year at the member institution prior to the season for which the award is being received (at least a sophomore academically) and compete in at least 50 percent of their team's contests. In swimming & diving, a student-athlete must have competed in either 50 percent of the institution's events or participated in the Conference Championship.
The Big West recognizes individuals academically per season – fall, winter, and spring – for all conference-sponsored sports. The Fall Academic All-Conference Team honored student-athletes in cross country, soccer and women's volleyball. The Spring Academic All-Conference Team will consist of student-athletes from men's and women's golf, men's and women's track and field, women's water polo, men's and women's tennis, men's volleyball, beach volleyball, softball and baseball.
The following is a list of UH's winter honorees:
Tom Beattie — Sophomore, Exploratory Business
Akira Jacobs — Sophomore, KRS, Health and Exercise Science
Ryan Rapp — Graduate, Unclassified
Harry Rouhliadeff — Junior, KRS, Health and Exercise Science
Kelsie Imai — Senior, Human Development and Family Studies
Jovi Lefotu — Junior, Human Development and Family Studies
MeiLani McBee — Graduate, Unclassified
Jade Peacock — Sophomore, Public Health
Brooklyn Rewers — Senior, Communication
Lily Wahinekapu — Senior, Interdisciplinary Studies
| MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING (5) |
Milan Bukovics — Senior, Electrical Engineering
Tom Caps — Junior, KRS, Health and Exercise Science
Logan Euker — Senior, Political Science
Tomer Goldfaden — Senior, Finance
Karol Ostrowski — Junior, Sociology
| WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING (9) |
Kailee Chow — Junior, Communicology
Lola Davison — Junior, Public Health
Delara Ditterich — Senior, Biology
Isabelle Meraz — Junior, Marketing
Holly Nelson — Senior, Psychology
Mandolin Nguyen — Senior, Art
Alexa Ozment — Sophomore, Pre-Psychology
Ruby Pickron — Sophomore, Special Education
Zofia Tyminska — Sophomore, Exploratory Business
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