{"id":173591,"date":"2023-03-03T11:07:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T21:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=173591"},"modified":"2023-03-03T11:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T21:07:22","slug":"all-pacwest-honors-hilo-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/03\/all-pacwest-honors-hilo-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"All-PacWest honors for UH<\/abbr> Hilo basketball players"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Several University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo basketball players earned All-PacWest<\/abbr> awards for the 2022–23 season. The six Vulcans recognized were Nadjrick Peat<\/strong>, Carlos Ramsey Jr.<\/strong>, Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones<\/strong> and Darren Williams<\/strong> on the men\u2019s basketball<\/a> team, and Mandi Kawaha<\/strong> and Kamalu Kamakawiwoʻole<\/span><\/strong> from the women\u2019s basketball<\/a> team.<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s basketball<\/h2>\n
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Peat and Ramsey Jr. earned PacWest<\/abbr> Defender of the Year and Newcomer of the Year awards, respectively. They are the first players at UH<\/abbr> Hilo to ever win All-PacWest<\/abbr> men\u2019s basketball season awards.<\/p>\n

Peat was a disruptive force in the middle of the paint on defense, leading the PacWest<\/abbr> with 62 blocked shots. He was also a three-time PacWest<\/abbr> Defender of the Week<\/a> recipient this season, with his most recent honor being on February 13.<\/p>\n

Ramsey Jr. averaged 16.7 points per game and shot 54% from the field. He was also named to the All-PacWest<\/abbr> men\u2019s basketball second team.<\/p>\n

Tait-Jones and Williams were both named to the All-PacWest<\/abbr> first team. Tait-Jones averaged 17.7 points, 9.1 rebounds and almost four assists per game, while Williams averaged 15.9 points and 4.6 assists per game, and converted 84% of his free throw attempts.<\/p>\n

Read more about the men\u2019s basketball awardees at hiloathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s basketball<\/h2>\n

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Kawaha landed a spot on the All-PacWest<\/abbr> first team. She became UH<\/abbr> Hilo’s all-time leading scorer<\/a> this season (1,485 points) and was second in the PacWest<\/abbr> in points (17.8 per game) and assists (3.9 per game).<\/p>\n

Kamakawiwoʻole<\/span> was named to the All-PacWest<\/abbr> third team. This is her first All-PacWest<\/abbr> selection. She was also named PacWest<\/abbr> Defender of the Week<\/a> on December 5, 2022.<\/p>\n

Read more about the women\u2019s basketball awardees at hiloathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six UH<\/abbr> Hilo men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball players earned All-PacWest awards for the 2022–23 season.<\/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-173591","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