{"id":151798,"date":"2021-11-16T15:03:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T01:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=151798"},"modified":"2021-11-17T11:16:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T21:16:31","slug":"padron-tait-jones-pepsi-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/16\/padron-tait-jones-pepsi-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulcan hoop and soccer star earn Pepsi honors"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo Vulcan soccer<\/a> standout Alyssa Padron<\/strong> and basketball<\/a> star Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones<\/strong> are the Pepsi Athletes of the Week.<\/p>\n

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Alyssa Padron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Padron had an assist in UH<\/abbr> Hilo’s first goal and then scored twice in the second half in a 60-second span. Her scores helped pad the lead for an eventual 5-1 win over the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pacific University Sharks that translated into a co-conference championship and the program\u2019s first-ever playoff berth. Padron, despite missing four matches this season, finished third on the team in scoring with three goals and four assists.<\/p>\n

Tait-Jones earned the honor for his play in five games last week. He had 26 and 24 points in a pair of wins over Simpson University, also pulling down eight and nine rebounds. In three official games this season, Tait-Jones is averaging 21 points per game, eight rebounds a contest and has converted 12 of 15 free throw attempts.<\/p>\n

For more go to the UH<\/abbr> Hilo athletics website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vulcans Alyssa Padron and Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones are Â鶹´«Ã½Hilo\u2019s Pepsi Athletes of the Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,660,14,151],"class_list":["post-151798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t