Chaminade volleyball team adds 5 players

Chaminade women’s volleyball coach Kahala Kabalis Hoke announced her five-player roster for the 2024 season on Tuesday.

Mililani High winger Erica Roberts was a two-time Honolulu Star-Advertiser Fab 15 All-State selection and was selected to the OIA first team her senior season.

Letizia Cammillucci, a winger from Padova, Italy, is a graduate transfer from San Jose State. She posted career highs with 236 kills, 191 digs and 31 aces last season.

Anna Stucchi, a middle blocker from Roncello, Italy, is a transfer from Santa Clara. She posted career highs with 164 kills and 85 blocks, and had 37 aces last season.

Malena Mihalik is a freshman outsider hitter from Santa Fe, Argentina, who was part of the Silverswords beach volleyball team this spring.

Sina Bauer is a libero and defensive specialist from Litzendorf, Germany.

Silverswords, Sharks teams post top GPAs

The Chaminade men’s and women’s basketball teams and the Hawaii Pacific women’s golf team posted the highest team averages of the past sports season, the Pacific West Conference announced Tuesday.

Silversword’s women achieved a GPA of 3.78, which was the highest of all 15 PacWest-sponsored sports, while Chaminade’s men achieved a GPA of 3.48.

The HPU women’s golf team had a GPA of 3.73.

Point Loma won the PacWest Academic Achievement Award for the second year in a row with a cumulative GPA of 3.52 across all sports.

UH Hilo tennis coach Mizuguchi steps down

Kallen Mizuguchi has stepped down as coach of the Hawaii Hilo men’s and women’s tennis teams after six seasons.

Mizuguchi, who played for the Vulcans from 2011 to 2015, was named interim coach of the men’s and women’s teams in February 2019. He was named permanent coach two months later.

The Waiakea graduate led Hawaii Hilo’s men to an NCAA runner-up finish in 2019 and the PacWest title and NCAA runner-up finish in 2021.