University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2023 RAINBOW WAHINE SOFTBALL

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

• The Rainbow Wahine finished the 2023 season with a 30-23 overall for its second-straight winning season. It is just the sixth winning season for UH since 2013

• Finished in a tie for fifth place in the Big West with a 13-14 record

• UH recorded 30 wins for the 25th time in program history, the first time since 2019

• Hawai‘i led the league with a team with a .440 slugging percentage, 1.00 home runs per game and .36 double plays per game. 

• Individually, several Rainbow Wahine finished the season leading the Big West, including…
  • Mya’Liah Bethea - 12 home runs and .23 home runs per game
  • Maya Nakaura - .531 on-base percentage
  • Haley Johnson - .81 RBI per game
  • Ka‘ena Keliinoi - .26 sacrifice bunts per game
  • Izabella Martinez - toughest to strikeout (4 strikeouts)

• UH starting pitchers Key-Annah Campbell-Pua and Brianna Lopez both fired their first career no-hitters in 2023. Freshman Campbell-Pua faced the minimum 21 Montana batters in Las Vegas, Nev. (2/19) in UH’s first no-hitter since 2019. Lopez fired her no-hit shutout against UC San Diego (4/1) to clinch the series. The southpaw was one walk away from firing a perfect game against the Tritons. 

• UH cranked a league-high 53 home runs–the most since the 2015 squad hammered 56 homers. Eleven different players hit at least one home run, led by Bethea’s league-best 12 

• Six Rainbow Wahine garnered All-Big West honors
  • FIRST TEAM - Izabella Martinez and Maya Nakamura
  • SECOND TEAM - Brianna Lopez
  • HONORABLE MENTION - Xiao Gin and Haley Johnson
  • ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM - Key-Annah Campbell-Pua

• In addition to earning all-BW honors, Nakamura also was voted to the NFCA’s All-West Region Third Team after leading UH for the second-straight season with a .390 batting average. The Honolulu-native who started 50 games at second base also led UH with 35 runs, 29 walks

• Three Rainbow Wahine–Bethea, Nakamura, and Rachel Sabourin were named to the prestigious CSC Academic All-District team
    
   

AWARDS & HONORS

ALL-BIG WEST HONORS

• First Team: Izabella Martinez (C/1B), Maya Nakamura (UTIL)
• Second Team: Brianna Lopez (LHP)
• Honorable Mention: Xiao Gin (IF), Haley Johnson (C/1B)
• All-Freshman: Key-Annah Campbell-Pua (P)

2023 BIG WEST PLAYERS OF THE WEEK AWARDS

NO-HITTER'S

Rainbow Wahine's Key-Anna Campbell-Pua and Brianna Lopez throw individual no-hitter's putting opposing hitters on watch.

GOING, GOING, GONE!

The Rainbow Wahine swung the bat with power this year, leading the Big West with 53 home runs.

PICTURE PERFECT

Some of the top shots of the year

CLASS OF 2023

Lapepaina “Princess” Matavao, Amanda Ajari, Rachel “Bueller” Sabourin, Cira Bartolotti

#GOBOWS #SISTAHHOOD