Waiakea High School graduate Chelsea Camello, who is now a senior at Chaminade University. Chaminade Athletics photo.
Chelsea Camello’s strong start to her senior season at Chaminade University is getting her noticed in the PacWest Conference.
Camello, a 2012 graduate of Waiakea High School, earned the PacWest’s Softball Pitcher of the Week award after pitching 4.1 innings of shutout ball in a win over Saint Martin’s on Saturday.
In the 8-6 Chaminade victory, Camello allowed just four hits and two walks while picking up a strikeout. It was her second shutout performance of the season.
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Hours after earning the award, however, Camello picked up her first loss of the season at Brigham Young University-Hawai’i. She allowed three runs on six hits in the Silverswords’ 3-1 loss on Monday.
On the season, Camello is 1-1 with a 1.75 earned run average in three appearances.
Teammate Keani Passi was named Player of the Week, and Dixie State’s Jessica Gonzalez was announced as the Newcomer of the Week.
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The PacWest Softball Weekly Awards recognizes performances between Feb. 8-14.
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