University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

Rayson Romero joined the Rainbow Warrior baseball program during the fall of 2023 after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Hawai‘i Pacific.

YEARS IN COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Hawai'i - 2nd season (2024-present)
Overall - 4th season (2022-present)

EXPERIENCE
Hawai'i - Director of Player Development (2024-present)
Hawai'i Pacific - Assistant coach (2022-23)
Inspiration Academy (Fla.) - Manager, Collegiate Summer League Team (2021)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Has helped UH to back-to-back 35-plus win seasons for the first time since 1991-92, winning 37 games in 2024 and 35 in 2025.
• Helped lead UH to a 37-16 overall record and third-place Big West finish during his first year on the staff in 2024.
• The Rainbow Warriors ended 2024 winning 18 of their last 20 games including 11 in a row at home.
• Worked with the hitters and infielders over his two seasons at Hawai‘i Pacific.
• Helped HPU post its best team fielding percentage in 10 years in 2023, finishing with a .967 mark.
• Also helped the Sharks finish second in the PacWest in batting average at .291 in 2023 while they led the league in stolen bases, going 95-of-114.
• Spent one year as a collegiate summer league manager at Inspiration Academy in Florida before arriving at HPU.
• Played professionally for the independent league Sonoma Stompers after a four-year collegiate career at Sonoma State.
• A first-team all-state shortstop at Saint Louis School.

ALMA MATER
Sonoma State (2018)
Saint Louis School (2014) 

PLAYING CAREER
Sonoma State, 2015-18