Zamora, Parnaby earn Big West honors
Jazmine Zamora and Kaia Parnaby were honored on Monday for their performances during the University of Hawaii softball team’s title-clinching weekend.
Zamora, a junior second baseman, earned her first Big West Softball Field Player of the Week award, while Parnaby was named Pitcher of the Week for the fifth time this season.
Zamora hit .545 (6-for-11) with two doubles and a home run in UH’s series sweep at Pacific to close the regular season. Zamora’s two-run homer in the sixth inning of the series opener last Friday sent UH to a 3-1 win, and the Rainbow Wahine clinched the Big West championship. Zamora ended the regular season hitting a team-high .359 overall and .422 in conference games.
Parnaby (37-5) earned two wins in the series, breaking two conference records in the process. Her complete-game victory in the opener gave her the Big West’s single-season wins record, a mark that had stood since 1987. She raised her strikeout total to 325 in the series finale to pass the previous UH and Big West records set by former Wahine standout Brooke Wilkins in 1994.
Parnaby’s 37 wins is tied for most in the nation this season, and she ranks fifth in strikeouts.
The Rainbow Wahine stayed in Stockton, Calif., after finishing the regular season at 43-11 overall and 20-4 in Big West play. They’ll next head to Seattle and open the NCAA regionals on Friday against Minnesota. UH’s first game in the double-elimination regional is set for 12:30 p.m. Hawaii time.
Jay to speak about his UH athletics vision
University of Hawaii athletic director Ben Jay will discuss his vision for the program in a 7 p.m. town hall meeting at the Pearl Ridge Elementary School cafeteria on Thursday.
The session is being hosted by legislators representing the Aiea and Pearl City areas. Admission is free.
Enriques picked for national training team
Kamehameha-Hawaii junior Evan Enriques has been selected to the 2013 U.S. Boys Youth National Volleyball Training Team.
The 17-player roster will be pared to 12 in time for the FIVB Volleyball Boys U-19 World Championship, which begins June 27 in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico.
Enriques, a 6-foot-1 outside hitter, was the Star-Advertiser Player of the Year in 2012.
Felix wins Pac-12 pole vault title
Baldwin High alumnus Kristine Felix of Washington State won the Pac-12 pole vault championship at USC on Sunday.
Felix, a freshman from Wailuku, cleared the bar at 13 feet, 41⁄4 inches on her first attempt.
Okamura, Nomura advance to sectional
Garrett Okamura and Kyohei Nomura each shot 3-under 69 on Saturday in the U.S. Open local qualifier golf tournament at the King Kamehameha Golf Club on Maui.
Both advance to sectional qualifying, where they will try to make it to the 113th U.S. Open, June 13-16, at Merion Golf Club in Pennsylvania.
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