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Moanalua High School Athletics - Alumni

	
Kepua Lee ('04)        Menlo College                       Womens Basketball
Jamie Ronolo ('07)     Holy Names College                  Womens Basketball
Brittni Ronolo ('08)   Holy Names College                  Womens Basketball
Amy Kotani             University of Hawaii                Womens Basketball
Eric Keys              Chaminade University                Mens Basketball

Sanoe Eselu ('03)      Menlo College                       Volleyball
Courtney Adaro ('04)   Menlo College                       Volleyball
Patti Hardemon ('03)   St. John's                          Volleyball
Kathleen Yee ('05)     St. John's                          Volleyball
Cecily Kaya ('05)      Dartmouth                           Volleyball
Austin Zavala ('05)    Missouri Valley College             Volleyball
Ashley Gaundali        Eastern Washington University       Volleyball
Sasha Silva ('04)      Citrus College                      Volleyball
Brianna Amian ('07)    San Jose State University           Volleyball
Kaleinani Kabalis('08) Western Nebraska CC                 Volleyball
Shauna Kaiura('07)     UH Hilo                             Volleyball


Una Smiley ('04)       Oregon State                        Football
Quinton Tang ('06)     Palomar JC                          Football
Stanford Leti ('06)    Eastern Arizona JC                  Football
Eric Quinn ('08)       Eastern Arizona JC                  Football
Montay Rover ('08)     Eastern Arizona JC                  Football
James Kaopuiki ('03)   Wesleyan College                    Football
Julius Fajotina ('03)  University of Britsh Columbia       Football
Savaii Eselu ('07)     University of California Berkley    Football
Jordan Monico ('08)    University of Hawaii                Football
Kawika Pieper ('11)    Florida A&M                         Football
Jordan Tanioka ('11)   Azusa Pacific Univ                  Football
Emilio Mendoza ('11)   Menlo College                       Football
Richard Villasenor('11)Western Arizona College             Football

Ayumi Hori             University of Idaho                 Golf
Iris Ocariza ('06)     Boise State University              Golf
Ryan Perez ('04)       University of Hawaii                Golf
Jackie Hilea ('06)     Furman                              Golf
Neal Manutai ('02)     BYUH                                Golf
Kristina Merkel ('09)  University of Tulsa                 Golf

Clarissa Calibuso      Missouri Valley College             Wrestling
Stephany Lee           Missouri Valley College             Wrestling
Ariella Ng ('07)       Pacific University                  Wrestling

Kainoa Rudolfo         University of Hawaii                Cheerleading
Julie Nagata ('08)     University of San Francisco         Cheerleading

Ryan Moore             Pacific University                  Handball (club sport)

Mika Tanji             St Andrews College (N.C.)           Softball

Andrew Lester ('05)    NC State                            Swimming


Kenneth Ogata ('06)    Illinois Institute of Technology    Mens Soccer
Bryan Fujiwara ('07)   Illinois Institute of Technology    Mens Soccer
Emi Tano ('07)         HPU                                 Womens Soccer
Ashley Dolan ('07)     HPU                                 Womens Soccer
Donn Almeida ('08)     Northwest Christian University      Womens Soccer
Tiana Fujimoto ('11)   Univeristy of Hawaii                Womens Soccer

Kelli Murata ('06)     University of Hawaii                Cross Country/Track

Andrew Bloomberg ('05) Claremont McKenna                   Baseball
Adam Arakawa ('05)     Chico State                         Baseball
Peter Arakawa ('06)    Mesa State                          Baseball
Trevor Bell ('06)      Hartnell                            Baseball
Trevan Kawaoka ('06)   Hartnell                            Baseball
Marcus Miyashiro ('06) Shoreline                           Baseball
Kekoa Lee ('07)        UH Hilo                             Baseball
Jordan Monico('08)	   Savannah State                      Baseball
Markus Miyashiro ('06) Graceland University                Baseball
Sheldon Mow	('07)	   Graceland University                Baseball
Jayson Hironaka	('08)  Graceland University                Baseball
Chance Daskauskas('05) Alan Hancock Junior College         Baseball
Kekoa Lee ('07) 	   UH Hilo                             Baseball
Kainoa Kaulukukui ('08)Concordia University                Baseball
Reid Matsumoto ('08)   Iliinois Institute of Technology    Baseball
Timothy Arakawa ('11)  Yavapai College                     Baseball
Kamalu Kamoku ('11)    Yavapai College                     Baseball
Michael Egami ('11)    Feather River College               Baseball
Ryan Cortez ('10)      Feather River College               Baseball
Dae Yang Kim ('10)     Feather River College               Baseball
Jordan Deponte ('11)   Univeristy of Hawaii                Baseball

GRADUATED OR NO LONGER PARTICIPATING

Cy Hiyane                    Fresno State University                              Bowling (club sport)
Kyle Nakamichi               Linfield                                             Baseball
Lorin Nakagawa               Chico                                                Baseball
Abe Manutai                  Porterville                                          Baseball
Geoff Say                    HPU                                                  Baseball
Scott Batula                 HPU                                                  Baseball
Jimmy Strombach              Sacramento State                                     Baseball
Brett Tanigawa               Sacramento State                                     Baseball
Lindsey (Marks)Jakubek ('02) Mehtodist College & Virginia Commonwealth Univ.      Cheerleading
Blossom Caballero            HPU                                                  Cheerleading
Angelica Wright              HPU                                                  Cheerleading
Rachel Nagata ('05)          HPU                                                  Cheerleading
Jenna Neeley ('04)           HPU                                                  Cheerleading
Jennifer Maki ('04)          HPU                                                  Cheerleading
Jennifer Oyape ('05)         HPU                                                  Cheerleading
Katlin Taosaka('05)          University of Hawaii                                 Cheerleading
Russ Fukushima               Menlo College                                        Football
Jamie Rego                   Menlo College                                        Football
Wolly Coleman                University of Britsh Columbia                        Football
Tracy Burt ('85)             College of Sequoias                                  Football
Bill Lenoard ('78)           University of Texas El Paso                          Golf
Erin Chow                    University of Hawaii                                 Soccer
Kenji Treschuk               Penn State                                           Soccer
Audrey Marks                 University of Arizona                                Soccer (intramural)
JD Baba ('06)                UH Hilo                                              Soccer
Kahala Kabalis               Chaminade University                                 Volleyball
Amanda Vazquez ('02)         UC Irvine                                            Volleyball

Alumni Stories below


9-22-2008 Stephany Lee qualifies for World Championships in Tokyo Oct.11-13.Two-time World University champion Stephany Lee made her first World Team by downing 2005 World champion Iris Smith in the finals.
72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Stephany Lee, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) vs. Iris Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
Lee def. Smith 1-1, 1-0
Lee def. Smith 3-0, 1-0
Lee wins series 2-0
9-3-2008 Lena Yee ('05), Brianna Amian ('07), and Kaleinani Kabalis ('08) in Homegrown section of Advertiser.

8-5-2008 Austin Zavala on scholarship at Missouri Valley College for volleyball will be graduating this year.
7-11-2008 Team USA women's freestyle won it's first world title in over a decade at the 8th World University Championships held in Thessaloniki, Greece Friday July 11, 2008 by claiming 3 golds, 1 silver, 2 bronze, and 1 fifth place finish.
72kg Stephany Lee World Champion
3-28-2008 Brett Tanigawa in Homegrown notebook. See article HERE
3-7-2008 Jaime Ronolo, & Andrew Lester in Homegrown notebook. See article HERE
3-5-2008 Andrew Lester does well at ACC Championships in Atlanta. See article HERE
2-27-2008 Kepua Lee recieves Richard O'Brien award. See article HERE
1-30-2008 Jaime Ronolo, Quinton Darling, Andrew Lester and Kepua Lee in Homegrown report. See article HERE
1-16-2008 Jaime Ronolo, Quinton Darling, and Kepua Lee in Homegrown report. See article HERE

10.31.2007 Brianna Amian in Homegrown report. See article HERE
9.5.2007 Brianna Amian and Jamie Leigh Ronolo in Homegrown report. See article HERE
8.17.2007 Moanalua Alumni Jamie Ronolo joins Holy Names University [here].
7.8.2007 Moanalua Alumni Emily King competed in the North Shore Swim Series race 2. Emily placed second in her age group.
7.1.2007 Brianna Amian will compete in Minneapolis and Atlanta at the USA Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships this week. See great article [here].
6.23.2007 Moanalua Alumni Kalen Darling, Quinton Darling and Emily King compete in the North Shore Swim Series. Kalen placed third overall. Quinton placed first in his age group and Emily placed third in her age group.
5.11.2007 Kenji Treschuk is playing for the Seattle Sounders[here].
4.23.2007 Brent Tanigawa hit a home run for Sacramento State when they played San Jose State[here].
3.28.2007 Kepua Lee gets DII All-American Honors [here].
3.14.2007 Stephany Lee gets All-American Honors [here].
3.7.2007 Lorin Nakagawa makes news at Chico State [here].
2.28.2007 Kepua Lee gains MVP title, and Andrew Lester makes personal record for swimming [here].
2.7.2007 Kepua Lee in the Homegrown Report.
1.24.2007 Noah Casaquit and Andrew Lester in the Homegrown Report.
1.10.2007 Kepua Lee and Una Smiley in Homegrown report.

12.28.2006 Jackie Hilea Article in Advertiser see story here
12.17.2006 Una Smiley shot in recruiting trip to New Mexico see story here
12.13.20006 Kepua Lee earned the California Pacific Player of the week honor.
12.13.20006 Una Smiley earned the Outstanding Offensive Lineman honor and made 1st team in the Mission Confrence Division.
11.22.20006 Find Patti Hardimon, Lena Yee, Sanoe Eselu, and Una Smiley all in the Honolulu Advertiser's Homegrown report.
11.10.20006 Quinton Tang and Sasha Silva make the Honolulu Advertisers Homegrown report.
11.10.20006 John Bareng took 3rd place in the Paradise Cup for his weight division.


10.25.2006 Homegrown Report Article on Patti ('03) and Sanoe Eselu ('03) Here

10.19.2006 JD Baba making news in UH Hilo for the Vulcan Soccer team.

9.6.2006 Patti Hardimon ('03) # St. John's senior outside hitter Patti Hardimon (Moanalua '03 of Honolulu) was named to the Big East Volleyball Weekly Honor Roll on Aug. 29. Hardimon was selected the Fairfield Invitational Most Valuable Player after averaging 4.67 kills and 2.67 digs per game while hitting .292. See article Here or get info on Patti Here
9.6.2006 James Kaopuiki ('03) Iowa Wesleyan College (Mt. Pleasant, Iowa) senior linebacker James Kaopuiki (Moanalua '03) recorded five tackles and forced a fumble in a 10-3 season-opening victory over Waldorf (Iowa) Saturday. See article Here


7.28.2006 Jaclyn Hilea takes HSWGA's Stroke Play Crown
7.17.2006 Jaclyn Hilea wins ESPN qualifier for regional finals with teammate Cyd Okino.

7.2.06 New article on Stephany Lee in Honolulu Advertiser.
6.7.06 Stephany Lee wins gold medal in Brazil [Star Bulletin].
5.24.06 Andrew Blomberg selected to the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1st Team.


5.3.06Ric Fukushima selected to the All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
4.27.06 Read Ric Fukushima's player profile from Occidental College.

4.26.06 Jim Strombach in the Honolulu Advertiser Homegrown Report & 4.19.06 .


4.15.06 Moanalua Alumni Stepahny Lee and Clarissa Calibuso place 2nd and 7th respectively in the Wrestling US Open National Championships. Both Qualify for the World Team Trials. See the full page article [here]


4.13.06 Amy Kotani wins the Ah Chew Goo Achievement Award, read it in the Honolulu Advertiser.
4.12.06 Jim Strombach ('02),in the Honolulu Advertiser Home Grown Report. See the full page article [here]
3.22.06 Kepua Lee ('04), Brett Tanigawa ('03), & Jim Strombach('01) in the Star Bulletin Home Grown Report. See the full page article [here].


3.05.06 MoHS Alumni (C/O 89) Greg Leasure
"Dear Coach Kawachi,
My Name is Greg Leasure and I am an Alumni of MoHS, Class of 1989!!! I just happen to stumble onto the MoHS site and thought I'd have a look around. I found the link that had Alumni playing sports, kind of a "where are they now". Although I didn't play high school sports while I was there, I was always busy traveling to the mainland on the weekends, racing my BMX bike. I made it to my life long dream of racing as a professional in 1996 and raced at that level until 1998. Even today I compete regularly on the national curcuit as an amatuer and I am currently ranked #1 and #2 in different categories. I've stayed active in my sport and had a chance to create my own nationally selling magazine, BMX WORLD MAGAZINE!!
So I understand the importance of getting involved in sports at a young age, especially in high school, even if it's not your average sport.
Keep up the good work at Moanalua!!!"


2.22.06 Menlo (Calif.) sophomore guard Kepua Lee (Moanalua '04) in the Star Bulletin Home Grown Report. See the full page article [here]

1.5.06 Article in Star Bulletin on Amy Kotani.

1.4.06 Menlo (Calif.) sophomore guard Kepua Lee (Moanalua '04 of Honolulu) was named the Peninsula Hoops Classic Most Valuable Player. See the Menlo article [here]

12.7.05 Article in the Honolulu Advertiser on Ric Fukushima.
12.29.05
Volleyball
UC Irvine senior middle blocker Amanda Vazquez (Moanalua '02 of Honolulu) was named to the all-Big West first team. Vazquez, an honorable mention selection last year, is ranked among the Big West's top 10 in several categories. She is third in hitting percentage (.345), (4.55), fifth in kills (3.64) and ninth in blocks (1.00).
Menlo (Atherton, Calif.) sophomore Christa Hewett (Kamehameha '04 of Pearl City) was named the California Pacific Conference Libero of the Year. Senior setter Kari Shimomura (McKinley '02) was named to the first team and junior outside hitter Sanoe Eselu (Moanalua '03) was selected to the second team, along with Hewett. Courtney Adaro (Moanalua) was an honorable mention pick. Hewett led the Cal Pac with 421 digs. With 816 career digs, Hewett, after just two seasons, is Menlo's all-time leader. Shimomura finished the regular season second in total assists (446) and digs (280); fifth in assists per game (5.57), and digs per game (3.50). Eselu had 237 kills with a .224 hitting percentage. Adaro led the Cal Pac with 59 total blocks (24 solo, 35 assisted) and Menlo with 0.73 blocks per game.

Basketball
Menlo (Calif.) sophomore guard Kepua Lee (Moanalua '04 of Honolulu) was named the California Pacific Conference Player of the Week. She had 16 points and seven assists in Menlo's 75-56 victory against La Verne Friday, and scored a game-high 12 points in a 90-45 victory at Pomona-Pitzer Saturday.

Football
Linfield (McMinvillle, Ore.) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs after beating Occidental (Los Angeles), 63-21, Saturday. Senior defensive end Brandon Tom (Kamehameha of Kailua) had four tackles, and junior defensive end Nik Soo (Kamehameha of Kamuela), freshman defensive tackle Ian Estrada (Kamehameha from Kailua), and senior cornerback Saffery Silva (Moanalua of Kane'ohe) had one tackle each.
11.16.05
Ric Fukushima and Saffery Silva to play in the DIII Football playoffs for Occidental.
Occidental looses to Linfield in first round of DIII playoffs.
11.2.05

Moanalua Alumni Patti and Lena doing well for St. Johns Volleyball. Read the article in the Advertiser [Here]

12.14.05 West Hills College (Coalinga, Calif.) offensive guard Sean Yandall (Moanalua) was named to the Central Valley All-Conference first team and the All-State team, and was named an Academic All-American. He also was named the Dick Woodson Academic Champion at the team's awards banquet.

Menlo (Calif.) sophomore guard Kepua Lee (Moanalua '04 of Honolulu) scored 12 points in a 50-40 win over Notre Dame de Namur Saturday. Senior guard Shannon Riley (Maryknoll '02) had 10. Lee had 24 and Riley 13 in a 56-39 win over Holy Names on Friday.
10.24.05 21st Sunkist Kids/ASU International Open

Hawaii wrestlers do extremely well with Moanalua's Stephany Lee placing first in her weight class
TEMPE, Ariz. - The 21st Annual Sunkist Kids/Arizona State University International Open will be held this weekend, Oct. 21-22, inside Wells Fargo Arena on the campus of Arizona State Univ. in Tempe. The longest standing international open wrestling tournament in the United States, the Open is a premiere event that kicks off each USA Wrestling season and includes numerous elite wrestlers from around the world. The tournament, which is used as a selection tool for choosing Team USA's winter touring team, will again feature men's and women's freestyle wrestling as well as men's Greco-Roman wrestling.

For information on Hawaii finishers go [Here]
9.05.05 Shingo Katsura, a Moanalua graduate, finished second in the men's 90 kg (198 pounds) division, at the Golden State Open at Glendora, Calif., Aug. 28.


Occidental (Los Angeles) senior wide receiver Ric Fukushima (Moanalua '02 of Waipahu) caught a 19-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter in a 40-20 win against Chapman University Saturday. Fukushima finished with 104 yards on four catches
9.15.05 Occidental College's 2005 Football team captain Ric Fukushima
For information on Ric go Here


Moanalua Alum '02 Amanda Vasquez named Big West player of the week in Women's Volleyball
For Information Go Here
9.07.05 Great newspaper story on Amanda Vasquez
For the article go Here

Quinton Darling and Andrew Lester who have been swimming for the Kamehameha Swim Club. Quinton Darling recently won the North Shore Swim seires with a total time of 1:57:30, while Andrew is nationally ranked in 11th place with teammates for the 800Y. Freestyle Relay.



Three MoHS Alumni wrestling @ Missouri Valley College
left: Clarissa Calibuso, middle: Mikio Nagasako, right: Stephany Lee
March 9, 2005
Hawaii and Moanalua athletes @ Missourri Valley College [here]
March 31, 2005
Another Great article [here]



March 9, 2005
Strombach make all tournament team in Hawaii [here]
March 4, 2005 article [here]


March 3, 2005
Story [here]
February 23, 2005
Story [here]
January 6, 2005
Story [here]

2-9-05 Advertiser article featuring Kapua [ here]
Menlo freshman guard Kepua Lee (Moanalua '04 of Honolulu) was named to the Peninsula Hoops Classic all-tournament team, after scoring 13 points and grabbing six rebounds in a 75-64 loss to Madonna U. Dec. 30.--- Honolulu Advertiser 1-05-05
see Menlo College Story [here]


Read about Moanalua Alumni (Kenji Treschuk) playing Soccer at Penn State[ here]


2001 Graduate Jennifer Narimatsu
"Two players from Hawai'i were named Daktronics-NAIA Volleyball All-America Scholar Athletes. Menlo (Calif.) junior outside hitter/libero/setter Kari Shimomura (McKinley '02 of Kaimuki) carries a 3.55 grade point average in business management, and Trinity Christian College (Ill.) senior Jennifer Narimatsu (Moanalua '01) is an elementary education major. Narimatsu was also named a National Christian College Athletic Association scholar-athlete."- Honolulu Advertiser 12/8/2004
Full Article [here]
Biography from Trinity Christian College[here]

Sanoe Eselu and Courtney Adaro article [here] and [here]


Read about two Moanalua Alumni (Patti Hardimon and Kahala Kabalis) playing Volleyball at Chaminade [ here]


Read about Moanalua Alumni (Amanda Vazquez) playing Volleyball at UC Irvine [ here]

"Amanda Vazquez received her first honor on the Big West All-Conference team as an honorable mention. The junior leads the team in total blocks with 108 and is second in service aces with 23. Vazquez is currently eighth in the conference in hitting percentage (.321) and 10th in blocks per game (1.06). She totaled a season-high eight block assists against ranked-Hawaii and matched a career-high 14 kills against Cal State Fullerton. With 244 career block assists, Vazquez is now fourth in the UCI career records. Vazquez’s season is also highlighted by a spot on the Waikiki Beach Marriott Invitational and Nike/Holiday Inn Sunset Classic all-tournament teams."-UC Irvine Web site



Read about Moanalua Alumni (Ric Fukushima) playing Football at Occidental College[ here]
12/8/2004 Update:
news courtesy of Dennis Anderson Homegrown writer for the HHSAA.
OCCIDENTAL (California)- Wide receiver Ric Fukushima (Moanalua '02) and cornerback Derek Turbin (Punahou '02 of Kahala) were both chosen by coaches to the All-Southern California (SCIAC) conference second-team. Fukushima was Oxy's second-leading receiver with 34 catches for 362 yards and three touchdowns before he broke his left collar-bone in the first post-season game. Turbin led the team in unassisted tackles with 44 and was second overall with 52. He led the team in pass interceptions with three. Oxy (10-2) won the SCIAC championship and had a 10-game winning streak before it was beaten by Linfield (Oregon) 56-27 in a NCAA Division III tournament quarterfinal game on Saturday.


Moanalua Alumni and HPU Baseball Players Geoff Say & Scott Batula

   

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