{"id":230670,"date":"2026-03-10T16:01:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T02:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=230670"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T02:01:40","slug":"wahine-basketball-big-west-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/10\/wahine-basketball-big-west-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Wahine basketball earn two major Big West awards, 5 all-conference honors"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Rainbow<\/p>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa women\u2019s basketball<\/a> collected two major awards and five total honorees in the Big West Conference.<\/p>\n

Bailey Flavell was named Big West Freshman of the Year, while sophomore center Ritorya Tamilo earned the conference\u2019s Best Sixth Player award.<\/p>\n

Imani Perez earned All-Big West Second Team and All-Defensive Team honors for the third consecutive season. She was joined on the second team by Saniyah Neverson and Flavell. Keiara Curtis also received recognition, earning a spot on the All-Freshman Team alongside Flavell.<\/p>\n

Flavell becomes the fifth Rainbow Wahine player to win Big West Freshman of the Year and the second in as many seasons.<\/p>\n

Together, the group helped lead the Rainbow Wahine to a strong regular season heading into the upcoming Big West postseason tournament.<\/p>\n

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

The recognitions were highlighted by Bailey Flavell being named Freshman of the Year and Ritorya Tamilo earning Best Sixth Player honors.<\/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":[58,82,9,550],"class_list":["post-230670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","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