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2017 Women's Track & Field Roster

Amber Kozaki

Amber Kozaki

  • Position:
    Pole Vault
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Wailuku, Maui
  • High School:
    Baldwin HS

Summary

Biography

2017 (Senior):
Outdoor

  • Competed in eight meets during her final season at UH
  • Produced a team-leading, career-best pole vault mark of 12-10.25 (3.92m) for sixth place at the Big West Outdoor Championships - ranked in a tie for fourth on the UH Outdoor all-time performances list
  • Also earned fifth place at the adidas/Steve Scott Invitational with a height of 12-6 (3.81m)
  • Par of the season-leading 4x100m relay at the Rainbow Relays, finishing second with a 52-second time
  • Named to the Big West All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year

Indoor

  • Produced Indoor season best at the UW Invitational in the pole vault, reaching 12-6.75 (3.83m) with a 10th-place finish
  • Recorded a season-best of 16-8.5 (5.09m) in the long jump at the MPSF Indoor Championships
  • Finished 16th at the MPSF Championships in the pole vault with a height of 12-0.5 (3.67m)
  • Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team for a second year in a row


2016 (Junior):
Outdoor

  • Competed in the long jump and pole vault events
  • Placed 10th in the pole vault at the Big West Outdoor Championships with a mark of 12-4 (3.76m)
  • Set a personal record of 17-3.25 (5.26m) in the long jump at the 2016 Rainbow Relays to take fourth for her best long jump performance of the season
  • Best finish in the pole vault was at the 2016 Rainbow Relays where she took silver with a mark of 12-1.5 (3.70m)
  • Holds the team’s second best mark for the season in the long jump from the Leah Bennett Invitational (5.30m)
  • Big West All-Academic honors

Indoor

  • Competed in the long jump and pole vault events
  • Placed 13th in the pole vault at the MPSF Indoor Championships with a mark of 12-8 (3.86m)
  • Also placed 19th in the long jump with a mark of 16-6 (5.03m)
  • Holds the team’s second best mark for the season in the long jump from the MPSF Championships
  • MPSF all-academic honors

2015 (Sophomore):
  • Competed during the indoor and outdoor seasons
  • Placed fourth in the pole vault at the Big West Conference Championships with a clearance of 12-4 (3.76m)
  • Cleared 12-6.25 (3.82m) at the MPSF Indoor Championships, where she placed eighth
  • Season-best outdoor mark of 12-6.75 (3.83m) at the Aztec Invitational
  • Named MPSF All-Academic

2014 (Freshman):
  • Placed fourth in the pole vault at the Big West Conference Championships with a clearance of 12-8.25 (3.87m)—which ranks No. 6 all-time in school history
  • Jumped 12-6 (3.81m) at the Beach Invitational and CSULA Twilight Meet
  • Took 17th at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Indoor Championship (12-6 / 3.81m)
  • Took top honors in her heat (12-5.5 / 3.80m) at the Pole Vault Summit
 
Prep:
  • A 2013 graduate of H.P. Baldwin High School in Wailuku, Maui
  • Lettered all four years in track and field and  three years each in cheerleading and soccer
  • Competed in the pole vault and was the 2013 state champion with a Hawai‘i state record jump of 13-0
  • Also holds the Maui Interscholastic League (MIL) record and was league champion as a senior
  • Ranked 18th nationally in the pole vault in 2013
  • Also placed third in the long jump at the state meet with a jump of 16-10
  • Team’s Most Valuable Player from 2011-13
  • Also a member of conference champion soccer team in 2010 and ’11
  • Cheerleading squad captured MIL titles in 2009 and ’10
  • Received the school’s  Scholar-Athlete Award in 2013
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude
  • Played club soccer for Maui United Soccer Club
 
Personal:
  • Born in Wailuku, Maui
  • Major is Biology
  • Has three brothers
  • Parents are Jayson and Sandy Kozaki of Wailuku, Maui

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    Pole Vault
    5'4"
  • 2015Sophomore

    Pole Vault
    5'4"
  • 2016Junior

    Pole Vault
    5'4"
  • 2017Senior

    Pole Vault
    5'4"