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Darren Yamashita

3 Lily Wahinekapu

3 Lily Wahinekapu

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Kane‘ohe, O‘ahu
  • Prev School:
    Cal State Fullerton

Summary

Biography

2024-25 (Senior):
Big West Player of the Year
All-Big West First Team
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Big West Winter Academic All-Conference Team
Ah Chew Goo Award / Most Valuable Team Player
Jack Bonham Award recipient
  • Played in 31 games with 30 starts. Averaged a team-high 28.2 minutes per game.
  • Became the third Rainbow Wahine player to be named Big West Player of the Year, joining Judy Mosley (1990) and Amy Atwell (2022).
  • Closed her three-year UH career with 1,114 points, good for 18th in program history.
  • Finished seventh in program history with 122 made 3-pointers in her UH career.
  • Led the team in scoring (11.4 points per game), assists (79) and steals (38).
  • Became the third player to lead the team in scoring in three consecutive seasons and first since Kamilah Jackson (2011-14).
  • Became the 25th member of the program’s 1,000 point club at Long Beach State (2/13/25).
  • Finished the season second on the team with 45 made 3-pointers and led the team with a .363 3-point percentage.
  • Posted her second career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds against UT Martin (11/30/24).
  • Scored a season-high 20 points against Louisiana-Monroe (11/22/24) and Long Beach State (12/7/24).
  • Had a season-high seven assists at Cal Poly (1/4/25).
  • Scored in double figures in 22 games.
  • Led the team in scoring in 12 games.
  • Co-female recipient of the Jack Bonham Award, the University of Hawai‘i Athletic Department's most prestigious honor, which recognizes "athletic excellence, academic achievement, public service, leadership and character."
  • Named to the Big West Commissioners Honor Roll
2023-24 (Junior):
All-Big West second team
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • Started 30 games, averaged a team-high 28.7 minutes per game
  • Led the team with 11.6 points per game
  • Scored in double figures in 17 games
  • Made a team-high 125 field goals on 300 attempts, finished second on the team with a .417 field-goal percentage
  • Second on the team with 32 made 3-pointers
  • Passed the 900-point mark for her career with 14 points against San Jose State (Dec. 3)
  • Passed the 1,000-point mark for her career with nine against UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 25)
  • Scored a season-high 22 points against CSU Bakersfield (March 9)
  • Named to Big West Winter Academic All-Conference team
  • Named to Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2022-23 (Sophomore)
  • An all-Big West first team selection.
  • One of just two players on the team to start all 33 games.
  • Led the team in points (12.5), assists (2.9), steals (1.7), and minutes (32.2) per game.
  • Also led the team in three-point percentage (.331) and free throws made (113) and attempted (149).
  • Second on the team in 3-pointers made (45) and attempted (136)
  • Double-digit scoring in 12 straight games, including a season-high 21 points on the road at Long Beach State (Jan. 14).
  • Also poured in 21 points against UC Santa Barbara (March 4) in the team’s regular-season finale.
  • Snatched a career-high 10 rebounds at UC Riverside (Jan. 21).
  • Also set a new career-high with six steals in a home contest vs. the Highlanders.
  • Averaged 19.0 points and 6.3 rebounds over three games in the Big West Championship, helping UH to its second straight tournament title. 
  • Named the Big West Championship all-tournament team. 
  • Scored 19 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter, to help lead UH to a come-from-behind win over UC Santa Barbara in the tournament title game.
  • Earned academic all-Big West honors.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Prior to UH:
  • Competed for Cal State Fullerton for one season.
  • Named Big West Freshman of the Year for 2021-22 season.
  • Averaged 14 points, four rebounds, and three assists per game, while competing and starting in all 29 contests.
Prep:
  • A 2021 graduate of ‘Iolani High School in Honolulu, O’ahu.
  • Lettered for four years at varsity level.
  • Named player of the year in 2021.
  • Competed in two state championships.
Personal:
  • Hometown is Kane’ohe, O’ahu.
  • Graduated with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Spring 2025.
  • Parents are Dawn Wahinekapu and Maea Lefotu of Kane’ohe, O’ahu.
  • Has two siblings, Jovi and Zion.
  • Sister Jovi Lefotu is also on the women’s basketball team.
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Historical Player Information

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    2022-2023Sophomore

    Guard
    5'7"
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  • 3

    2023-2024Junior

    Guard
    5'7"
    3
  • 3

    2024-2025Senior

    Guard
    5'7"
    3