{"id":172664,"date":"2023-02-10T16:24:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T02:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=172664"},"modified":"2023-02-10T16:25:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T02:25:14","slug":"charlie-ushijima-award-joyce-lau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/10\/charlie-ushijima-award-joyce-lau\/","title":{"rendered":"Joyce Lau honored for longtime athletics support"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Longtime University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa supporter Joyce Lau<\/strong> is the recipient of the 2023 Charlie Ushijima Award, which is presented to an outstanding volunteer for dedicated and unselfish service to UH<\/abbr> Athletics. Lau will receive her award during halftime of the men\u2019s basketball game on Saturday, February 11 at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.<\/p>\n

Lau has been connected with UH<\/abbr> for more than 15 years, first as an employee with UH<\/abbr> Foundation<\/a> then in 2010 when she began working for the Nā Koa Football Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After her retirement in 2018, Lau continued to volunteer with many of the same planning committees and events that she worked on as an employee. She has been a planning leader for men’s volleyball’s Aʻo<\/span> a Koa Event, baseball’s For the Love of the Game and the inaugural Sistahhood Social.<\/p>\n

She is also a dedicated supporter of the Men\u2019s Basketball Booster Club, Letterwinners Club, the Murphy\u2019s Pigskin Pigout, Nā Koa Golf Tournament, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Bowl and Diamond Head Classic. She and her husband, Eddie can be seen at almost every athletics event, and she travels to support the teams on the road.<\/p>\n

In 2004, Lau returned to school and earned her degree in psychology from UH<\/abbr> Mānoa.<\/p>\n

For more on Lau go to hawaiiathletics.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lau will receive her award during the men\u2019s basketball game on February 11 at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.<\/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":[679,58,9,550],"class_list":["post-172664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-athletics","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-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