  {"id":203174,"date":"2024-09-05T10:01:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T20:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=203174"},"modified":"2024-09-05T10:01:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T20:01:07","slug":"uh-bookstores-nil-store-uh-hilo-student-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/05\/uh-bookstores-nil-store-uh-hilo-student-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Bookstores announces <abbr>NIL<\/abbr> store to support <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo student-athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hilo-athletics-bookstore-nil-2.jpg\" alt=\"Examples of apparel with U H Hilo N I L\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-203176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hilo-athletics-bookstore-nil-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hilo-athletics-bookstore-nil-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hilo-athletics-bookstore-nil-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Bookstores announced the opening of a second <abbr>NIL<\/abbr> (Name, Image and Likeness) online store to support its <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.athsolutions.shop\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo student-athletes<\/a>. This new shop will feature officially licensed <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Vulcan merchandise that is customized for each participating athlete. Powered by Athletic Solutions, the <abbr>NIL<\/abbr> store gives student-athletes the opportunity to open and promote their own personalized online store. Fans will be able to browse and purchase these items and directly support their favorite <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo athletes.<\/p>\n<p>With every purchase, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo athletes receive direct payments from the sale of their merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>Athletic Solutions works with student-athletes at universities and colleges around the country. It has online stores at more than 170 campuses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u2019re excited to partner with Athletic Solutions and offer our athletes a store where their fans, family and friends can shop for their customized merchandise that directly support them,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Bookstore Director Tricia Ejima-Zane.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Athletics is excited to partner with Athletic Solutions and the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Bookstore that will benefit our student-athletes as it relates to monetizing their name, image and likeness. At the same time, this collaboration broadens our presence and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> brand,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Director of Athletics Patrick Guillen.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>NIL<\/abbr> stores will offer more than 150 different styles including headwear, tees, fleece, and accessories from various brands in the collegiate space, all with the specific student-athletes name, image and likeness represented. The offerings of colors, styles and graphics are almost unlimited.<\/p>\n<p>Athletic Solutions is proud to partner with the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>. To visit the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo <abbr>NIL<\/abbr> Shop log on to: <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.athsolutions.shop\">https:\/\/hilo.athsolutions.shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/19\/uh-manoa-bookstore-new-nil-store\/\"><abbr>NIL<\/abbr> shop for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa student-athletes<\/a> opened last month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hilo-athletics-bookstore-nil-1.jpg\" alt=\"U H Hilo N I L website\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-203175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hilo-athletics-bookstore-nil-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hilo-athletics-bookstore-nil-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hilo-athletics-bookstore-nil-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new shop will feature officially licensed <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Vulcan merchandise customized for each participating athlete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[58,714,460,14,151],"class_list":["post-203174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-athletics","tag-student-athlete","tag-uh-bookstore","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203174"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203180,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203174\/revisions\/203180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}