{"id":182294,"date":"2023-08-23T13:42:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T23:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=182294"},"modified":"2023-08-23T13:59:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T23:59:07","slug":"thelle-turban-manoa-big-west-scholar-athlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/23\/thelle-turban-manoa-big-west-scholar-athlete\/","title":{"rendered":"Jakob Thelle, Lilian Turban named UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Big West Scholar Athletes of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa men’s volleyball<\/a> player Jakob Thelle and Rainbow Wahine track and field<\/a> athlete Lilian Turban were named UH<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s Big West Scholar-Athletes of the Year on August 22 for their outstanding athletic and academic achievements.<\/p>\n

The only student-athlete in UH<\/abbr> Mānoa history to earn first-team Academic All-America status twice<\/a>, Thelle finished with a 4.0 GPA<\/abbr> and earned his graduate degree in urban and regional planning. The 2023 AVCA<\/abbr> National Player of the Year<\/a> led the Rainbow Warriors to a national runner-up finish after winning back-to-back NCAA<\/abbr> titles in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n

Thelle also earned Big West Player of the Year recognition and was named a first-team AVCA<\/abbr> All-American for the second straight year after leading the nation with 10.67 assists per set. The Tonsberg, Norway native finished his time at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa as the program’s all-time leader in service aces with 122.<\/p>\n

Turban earned All-America status<\/a> in the high jump after finishing fourth at the NCAA<\/abbr> Outdoor Track & Field Championships, reaching a mark of 1.87m<\/abbr>. She is the program’s first All-American since 2010.<\/p>\n

The sophomore earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District<\/a> recognition and was named to the Big West Spring All-Academic team. Turban also took home the Big West title in the high jump to cap off a perfect outdoor season, winning the event at all six meets she competed in.<\/p>\n

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

Thelle and Turban honored for athletic and academic excellence for the 2022–23 year.<\/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":[58,660,714,1585,9,550,80],"class_list":["post-182294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-student-recognition","tag-student-athlete","tag-track-and-field","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-volleyball","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