{"id":177069,"date":"2023-05-05T11:54:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T21:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=177069"},"modified":"2023-05-05T11:54:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T21:54:53","slug":"favela-pacwest-defender-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/05\/favela-pacwest-defender-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Favela named PacWest<\/abbr> softball Defender of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Trinity<\/p>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo softball<\/a> player Trinity Favela snagged the 2023 Pacific West Conference Softball Defender of the Year award. The fifth-year senior second baseman is the only Vulcan to receive All-PacWest<\/abbr> distinction.<\/p>\n

\"Favela<\/p>\n

In the Vulcans’ 27 PacWest<\/abbr> conference contests, Favela held a 1.000 fielding percentage on 69 putouts and 60 assists. The ʻEwa<\/span> Beach native was also involved in 13 of the team’s 19 total double plays during the conference season.<\/p>\n

During conference play, Favela had the 17th-most chances (129) with the seventh-most assists (60) and 17th-most putouts (69), and was the only non-catcher or non-first baseman within those top seven or top 17 without a defensive error.<\/p>\n

Favela finished the final 33 games of her career without a single error in 153 chances.<\/p>\n

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

In the Vulcans’ 27 PacWest<\/abbr> conference contests, Favela held a 1.000 fielding percentage on 69 putouts and 60 assists.<\/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":[58,1527,660,14,151],"class_list":["post-177069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-softball","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