The University of Hawaii Rainbow baseball team has signed nine players for the class of 2017 during the fall signing period.

Connor Zalewski, a 6-foot-3 right-hander from Mid-Pacific, is one of six high school commitments and the only one from Hawaii.

The other high school kids are LHP/Util Alex Baeza of Jordan (Utah) H.S., 3B Dustin Demeter of Dos Pueblos (Calif.) H.S., 1B/OF Adam Fogel of Palos Verdes (Calif.) H.S., RHP/INF Carter Loewen of Yale Secondary (British Columbia) and OF Jacob Sniffen of Westview (Calif.) H.S.

The three junior-college transfers are RHP Nick Belzer of Des Moines (Iowa) C.C., SS Terrell Tate of Moorpark (Calif.) C.C. and OF Dylan Vchulek from Bellevue (Wash.) College.

Belzer signed with Kansas State out of high school before ending up at junior college.

Tate hit .321 with eight doubles, a triple and 29 runs scored last season at Moorpark.

Vchulek hit .395 with six doubles, a triple, 28 runs scored and 12 stolen bases at Bellevue last season.

UH opens its 2016 season Feb. 13 and 14 with two games at UH-Hilo.

Harward leads BYU-Hawaii

Ian Harward tallied a game-high 28 points and pulled down nine rebounds to lead the BYU-Hawaii men’s basketball team to a 93-80 victory over Western Washington at Skagit Valley Community College.

Cory Lange added 19 points, while Scott Friel had 16 points and five assists. The Seasiders (1-0) shot 59 percent from the field, and 41.7 percent from 3-point range.

BYU-Hawaii will travel to Seattle Pacific for its next game on Friday at 5 p.m.

>> Jiashan Cui had a career-high 25 points to lead the BYU-Hawaii women’s team over Alaska Fairbanks, 76-71, on Wednesday.

UH Hilo softball signs seven

Seven players have signed national letters of intent to play softball next season, according to head coach Peejay Brun. Five of the commits are from local high schools.

Mylee Enos (Maryknoll), Kristen Ishii (Mililani), Brinell Kaleikini (Moanalua), Jordan Millwood (Kamehameha-Kapalama), and ALeigha "Red" Scovel (Kauai) are joined by Toshonnie Baker from Torrance, Calif. and Leah Gonzalez from Wilmington, Calif.

"All of them bring something very individualized to the table but they all have one thing in common, they compete to win," Brun said. "They will be a great addition to the Vulcan softball family and help carry on the top tradition of softball here in Hilo."