{"id":171988,"date":"2023-01-30T13:02:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T23:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=171988"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:02:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T23:02:40","slug":"kamakawiwoole-ramsey-jr-kta-superstars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/30\/kamakawiwoole-ramsey-jr-kta-superstars\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamakawiwo\u2018ole, Ramsey Jr. named KTA<\/abbr> Superstars of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo women\u2019s basketball<\/a> player Kamalu Kamakawiwoʻole<\/span><\/strong> and men\u2019s basketball<\/a> player Carlos Ramsey Jr.<\/strong> earned KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores Superstars of the Week awards for January 11–24.<\/p>\n

Kamakawiwoʻole<\/span> averaged 6.8 rebounds over the Vulcans\u2019 last five games and put up double-digit scoring figures in three of them. She scored a career-high 21 points in UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s 60-48 victory over Academy of Art University on January 12. On January 24, she had her third three-steal game of the season against Fresno Pacific University.<\/p>\n

Ramsey Jr. averaged 17.2 points across the Vulcans\u2019 last five games. He put up a season-high 26 points to help lead UH<\/abbr> Hilo to a 75-58 win over Fresno Pacific on January 24.<\/p>\n

The KTA<\/abbr> Superstars award<\/a> names one male and one female Vulcans student-athlete each week, highlighting their accomplishments from the prior week.<\/p>\n

For more, visit hiloathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> Hilo basketball players Kamalu Kamakawiwoʻole<\/span> and Carlos Ramsey Jr. were named KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores Superstars of the Week, January 11–24.<\/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":[58,82,660,714,14,151],"class_list":["post-171988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-student-recognition","tag-student-athlete","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