FRIESEN TO REPRESENT CANADA
Rainbow Wahine senior diver Emma Friesen is one of three divers that will represent Canada at the FISU World University Games on July 1 to 12 in Belgrade, Serbia. The diving competition begins July 4 and ends July 10.
This past season, Friesen, a member of the Canada senior national team, finished third in the one-meter dive at the NCAA Championships and was 13th in the three-meter dive. She was also named Western Athletic Conference Diver of the Year after setting a new WAC record on the one-meter and won the three-meter at the WAC Championships.
In 2008, Friesen was named NCAA Tri-Diver of the Year after she won gold in the one-meter and placed sixth in the three-meter. WARRIORS' KUA WINS MāNOA CUP
Sophomore T.J. Kua won the 101st Mānoa Cup last Saturday at the O'ahu Country Club over Chaminade senior Layne Morita.
Kua, a 2008 Kamehameha graduate, was second on the Warrior golf team this past season with a 74.10 stroke per round average.
The Mānoa Cup is an amateur tournament.
WICHMANN NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN
Women's track and field multi-event athlete Annett Wichmann was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America women's track & field/cross country first team last Friday.
This was the third straight year she was named to the first, second (2008) or third team (2007). Her three Academic All-America awards are the most in school history.
Wichmann recently placed seventh in the heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Women's Track and Field Championships, earning All-American honors.
She will go down as the most decorated track and field athlete in UH athletic history. Wichmann competed in seven NCAA Championships while earning four All-American honors. She is also the WAC's first four-time champion in the heptathlon, a three-time WAC champion in the pentathlon and has won 13 WAC medals.
This year, Wichmann was the recipient of the Jack Bonham Award, given to UH's top senior male and female student-athlete. She has also been named to the Academic All-District VIII first team for three consecutive years and to the WAC All-Academic team for four straight years.
FISHER JOINS WARRIOR COACHING STAFF
First-year Warrior volleyball head coach Charlie Wade named Dan Fisher as the team's associate head coach.
"We are excited to add Dan to our staff," said Wade in a press release. "He brings an impressive résumé as a player and coach. He knows the (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) is a proven recruiter and is one of the best young coaches in the game."
Fisher spent the past two seasons at the University of San Francisco with the women's volleyball team. Prior to USF, Fisher coached the men's team at Pacific for three seasons. He also was named to the USA Volleyball staff for the 2007 World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand.
Fisher started his playing career at UH in 1995 before ending it at Pacific. He also played three years on the U.S. National Team from 1999.
Earlier this month, Wade retained Mason Kuo from last season's coaching staff. Kuo and Fisher both were redshirt freshmen at UH their first year.
"I'm honored and excited to come back to Hawai'i and work with Charlie and Mason," said Fisher in the press release. "I understand how important the team is to the people of Hawai'i and the expectations that come with the job."
RAINBOW WARRIORS SIGN TWO TRANSFERS
Rainbow Warrior basketball head coach Bob Nash announced the signings of two Division I transfers last Wednesday.
Zane Johnson (Arizona) and Aleksandar Milovic (Duquesne) have signed scholarship agreements with the 'Bows but will have to sit out this upcoming season to due NCAA transfer rules.
Johnson, a 6-5 guard from Phoenix, Ariz., was a member of the Arizona Wildcats last two NCAA Tournament teams. He was a part-time starter on this past season's team that made the NCAA Sweet 16. He ranked third on the team with 36-treys and will have two years of eligibility.
Johnson was the No. 83 recruit on Sport's Illustrated's Hot 100 Seniors and the No. 38 small forward prospect by Rivals.com, after averaging 23.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and shooting 44 percent in his senior year.
"Zane is a gym rat who absolutely loves the game," Nash said in a press release. "He'll be able to mature physically and mentally for a year, and his skill and work ethic should be a major contributor for us."
Milovic, a 6-7 forward, has three years of eligibility left. He had limited playing time at Duquesne, but averaged 21.1 points and 8.2 rebounds in his final year of high school in Cetinje, Montenegro.
"He's athletic, has good size and the ability to shoot the three-pointer," Nash said in the press release. "Just like Zane, he'll have a year to sit out, which will aid his development."
Johnson and Milovic join center Douglas Kurtz and guards Jeremy Lay and Dwain Williams to complete UH's 2009-'10 recruiting class.
"This class addresses both our short-term and long-term needs," Nash said in the press release. "It gives us immediate help and at the same time sets us up for the future with such a large class graduating after next season."
KUEHU SIGNS WITH RAINBOW WAHINE
Rainbow Wahine basketball head coach Dana Takahara-Dias announced last Tuesday the signing of Shawna Kuehu to a scholarship agreement for the 2009-10 season.
"I am pleased to have Shawna join the Rainbow Wahine basketball ohana," Takahara-Dias said in a press release.
Kuehu was one of the most highly recruited basketball players coming out of high school in Hawai'i following her senior season in 2008. Takahara-Dias coached Kuehu on her club, Team Aloha.
"It was great coaching her with Team Aloha, and to add a player like Shawna shows our commitment to recruit locally," Takahara-Dias said in the press release.
Kuehu won three state titles at Punahou School. She was named the State Player of the Year her sophomore and senior seasons and was first team All-State her freshman year.
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