Jim Leahey announced sports for the university for over 40 years.

This is the second time this season the 6-foot-11 sophomore forward-center for the Vulcans has received the honor.

“I didn’t know what kind of game I had coming into this week, but it was pretty good,” Steve Stricker said after winning the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai.

The 42-player field for the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai, in which competitors must be 50 or older, includes first-timers Justin Leonard and Thongchai Jaidee.

Three-time champion Bernhard Langer (2009, 2014, 2017) highlights the list of Hall of Famers playing in the Mitsubishi Electric Championship on the Big Island.

Subsidized golf rates for Hawaiʻi County residents are offered at The Village Course at Waikōloa and Makalei Golf Club from Jan. 1 through June 30.

This will mark the 27th consecutive year that PGA Tour Champions has launched its season at the Hualālai Golf Course on the Big Island.

Track and field, T-ball, baseball and boys basketball are all on tap in February.

In 2024, the races will flip flop and the men’s Ironman World Championship will be in Kona and the women’s will be in Nice, France.

The Vulcans open their 2023 season facing off at home with a five-game series against Augustana, which finished last season 47-13-1 overall with an appearance in the NCAA Super Regional.

The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo team will play six schools from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, three from the California Collegiate Athletic Association and one from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference as part of its non-conference matchups.

The two student-athletes from central O‘ahu helped the Vulcans to an undefeated regular season on the way to capturing back-to-back Pacific West Conference Championships and securing a hosting bid for the NCAA Division II West Regional.

The third-year Vulcans guard leads the PacWest in assists and three-point percentage and is second in steals and fourth in scoring.

UH-Hilo went unbeaten in the regular season on the way to repeating as PacWest champs and hosting a NCAA Division II West Regional.

The fifth-year transfer boasts a 3.98 cumulative grade-point average while leading the Pacific West Conference in goals per game and points per game.

The senior from Kaimukī, Oʻahu, had a total of seven steals, three blocked shots, 18 rebounds and 28 points in both games last week.

Peat made his large defensive presence known during road victories against Hawai‘i Pacific University and Chaminade. He also had 31 points on the offensive end.

Tokunaga and Retsky were both named to the Division 2 Conference Commissioners Association All-America Third Team. Tokunaga also was named a United Soccer Coaches Division II All-America First Team selection.

Fifth-year seniors Grace VerHage and Daelenn Tokunaga landed First Team selections, while Jodi Lillie and Teani Arakawa were named to the Second Team.

Ironman and Hawai‘i County concluded together that the impact of two days of racing in Kona is not in the best interest of the local community.