IRVINE, Calif. – The veteran Hawai'i baseball trio of Elijah Ickes, Isaiah Magdaleno and Ben Zeigler-Namoa earned preseason All-Big West recognition ahead of the 2026 season, the league announced Thursday.
 
The Rainbow Warriors are the only team to land three players on the 11-man preseason all-league team, with three other schools earning two recognitions each. UH was also picked to finish in a tie for fourth place in the league, behind UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly and UC Irvine, and tied with Cal State Fullerton.
 
All three have earned postseason All-Big West honors at some point in their careers, with Magdaleno securing a first-team spot last season and Zeigler-Namoa landing on the second team in 2025. Ickes was an honorable mention all-conference selection as a freshman in 2024.
 
Hawai'i opens its season next Friday, Feb. 13 with a 6:35 p.m. first pitch against Gonzaga at Les Murakami Stadium. Season and single-game tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online HERE.
 
Elijah Ickes, Preseason All-Big West

• Owns a .289 career batting average with 19 doubles, 53 RBIs and 69 runs scored.
• Has started all 84 games he has played in over his two seasons.
• 63 career starts at third base and 21 at shortstop.
• A Cape Cod League All-Star during the summer of 2025.
• Hit .303 with seven doubles and 21 RBIs in 31 games as a sophomore last year.
• Honorable mention All-Big West selection as a freshman in 2024 after starting all 53 games and batting .280 with 12 doubles and 32 RBIs.

 
Isaiah Magdaleno, Preseason All-Big West

• A first-team All-Big West selection as a sophomore in 2025.
• Ranked fifth nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.00) and 11th in WHIP (0.95) last year.
• Appeared in 24 games out of the bullpen, posting a 2.70 ERA with 77 strikeouts to 11 walks while earning nine saves.
• Named an All-American by 643 Analytics.
• Pitched multiple innings 18 of his 24 appearances last year and appeared in each of UH's last seven wins of the year.
• Appeared in 12 games as a freshman in 2024, making four starts.

 
Ben Zeigler-Namoa, Preseason All-Big West

• A second-team All-Big West honoree in 2025.
• Led the team in RBIs (54), doubles (17), slugging (.509) and tied for the team lead in hits (72).
• His 54 RBIs last year were the most in a season by a UH player since 2009 (Kevin Macdonald).
• Hit .446 with runners in scoring position.
• True utility man throughout his career, with 73 starts at first base, 44 in left field, 14 in right field and three at pitcher for a total of 137.
• Batted .301 with three homers, 10 doubles and 26 RBIs as a sophomore in 2023.  

Big West Preseason Poll
1. UC Santa Barbara - 95 (5)
2. Cal Poly - 89 (5)
3. UC Irvine - 86 (1)
T4. Hawai'i - 67
T4. Cal State Fullerton - 67
6. UC San Diego - 60
7. Long Beach State - 41
8. UC Davis - 40
9. CSUN - 25
10. Cal State Bakersfield - 22
11. UC Riverside - 13