University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2012: Redshirted

Prep: A 2011 graduate of Niles North High School…earned four varsity letters in both softball and volleyball…as a senior earned all-conference, all-league and all-area first team honors and was voted her team’s Most Valuable Player…in volleyball was selected Defensive Player of the Year in 2009 and Offensive Player of the Year in 2010 and was named the team MVP while also earning all-conference honors in 2010...academically, earned the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators  Association Scholar Athlete Award 2010-11 and the National Scholar Athlete Award by the United States Army Reserve for Academic and Athletic Excellence for 2011…named Outstanding Senior Girl Class of 2011 and earned the Distinguished Service Award…participated in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, and was a member of the Athletic Leadership Council and the National Honors Society…earned the Triple Impact Cometitor 2010 Award & Scholarship Recipient from the Positive Coaching Alliance.
 
Personal: Born in Skokie, Ill. …nickname is Sugi…majoring in communication…played club ball for North Suburban Slammers…has two older borthers…daughter of Karl and Eleanor Sugihara of Skokie, Ill.