{"id":233317,"date":"2026-04-29T13:13:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=233317"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:14:37","slug":"2026-jack-bonham-award-turban-sims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/29\/2026-jack-bonham-award-turban-sims\/","title":{"rendered":"\u02bbBows Turban, Sims selected as 2026 Jack Bonham Award recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa athletics department presented its highest individual honor, the Jack Bonham Award<\/a>, to Lilian Turban of track and field and football running back Landon Sims at the 13th annual H<\/abbr> Awards ceremony, April 28.<\/p>\n

Lilian Turban<\/h2>\n

Turban has achieved a level of consistent excellence across her five years that is unmatched in program history. Spanning her career in indoor and outdoor track and field, Turban is a two-time All-American in the high jump, an eight-time Big West champion, and a nine-time NCAA<\/abbr> qualifier. Turban has also cleared six feet in the high jump seven times in her career, a milestone considered the benchmark of a world-class high jumper.<\/p>\n

As the unanimous pick among her teammates to serve as team captain for 2025–26, Turban became the first international student in her event group to hold that distinction. She was twice voted the Big West Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year across all sports. In the community, Turban volunteers at the Oʻahu<\/span> Bright Lab art studio in M\u0101noa, and her experiences working with children at the studio have inspired her to pursue art therapy after graduation.<\/p>\n

Landon Sims<\/h2>\n

Sims is a second-generation Rainbow Warrior football player who wore the same No.<\/abbr> 30 jersey as his father. Sims was named the team’s Offensive MVP<\/abbr> in 2025, and added to the family legacy by helping the Rainbow Warriors’ return to the postseason for the first time in five years, capping his career with a victory in the Sheraton Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Bowl.<\/p>\n

Academically, Sims graduated cum laude in the 2025 spring semester and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in finance. He was a 2025 semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, college football’s premier scholar-athlete award. Sims volunteered with Grace Honolulu’s children’s ministry and worked with Special Olympics Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, Unity Prom and the Tim Tebow Night To Shine.<\/p>\n

The Bonham Award<\/h2>\n

Named for the late assistant athletics director who was killed in a plane crash in American Samoa in 1974, the Bonham Award is given annually to the top male and female senior student-athlete who “best exemplifies the ideals for which Jack Bonham stood for in the areas of athletic excellence, academic achievement, public service, leadership and character.”<\/p>\n

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

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