{"id":153396,"date":"2021-12-17T12:55:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T22:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=153396"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:57:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T22:57:58","slug":"kunnert-shimizu-pepsi-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/17\/kunnert-shimizu-pepsi-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Kunnert and Shimizu score Pepsi athlete honors"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Sara Shimizu, left, and Max Kunnert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This week\u2019s Pepsi Athletes are University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo Vulcan<\/a> basketball players Max Kunnert<\/strong> and Sara Shimizu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Kunnert had a great game against Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pacific University (HPU<\/abbr>) on December 12 in the Vulcans 79-67 victory. He scored 12 points, contributed one assist, snagged four rebounds and had one steal against the Sharks. Kunnert was 5-for-8 in the field and 50% from behind the arc, landing two of four 3-point shots.<\/p>\n

Shimizu was a key asset in the Vulcans\u2019 73-50 win over HPU<\/abbr>. She was the second-highest Vulcan scorer with 12 points. Shimizu was 3-for-6 in the field and led her team in 3-pointers. She was 2-for-3 from behind the arc and contributed two assists against the Sharks. She was also 4-for-6 at the free throw line and collected four boards.<\/p>\n

For more on Kunnert and Shimizu go to the UH<\/abbr>\u2019 Hilo athletics website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> Hilo Vulcan basketball players Max Kunnert and Sara Shimizu are this week\u2019s Pepsi athletes.<\/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-153396","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