HI-FiVE Athlete of The Week

The HI-FiVE Athlete of the Week is given to a local athlete who rises above all the rest. HI-FiVE athletes can be a high schooler, college athlete or professional. The performance of these athletes are what makes everyone say "WOW!"

  • The Konawaena Wildcats girls basketball team has a ton of talent, and they put it all on display in winning their 2nd straight State Championship this past weekend

  • Nani Vercrussyen is no stranger to winning championships, recently winning the Double Mini Trampoline National Championship in Japan, she's been winning gymnastics championships since the age of 10.

  • Waipahu High School soccer player Alyssa Almogela scored eight girls during the regular season, with 3 of them coming in the OIA White Championship game.

  • She's a coaches dream and every opponents nightmare. The name of Iolani's Kama Pascua is well known around the ILH, just don't ask her to go by her birth name. She scorched opponents for 17 goals in just 12 games...

  • Tadd Fujikawa, not only made the cut in the Sony Open, but also doing some damage finishing in a tie for 19th place, his best PGA finish to date.

  • To students at Saint Francis, Tony Randoplh is known as the dean of discipline, as well as one of the basketball team's assistant coaches. Not everyone knows about his successful career in basketball...

  • Lanaki Apele carries a humble demeanor off the court, but when it's game time the Kamehameha-Hawaii point guard puts on an impressive show.

  • Mililani High School wrestler Chase Tantog came up big in the recent HWOAS Tournament. Tantog defeated the two-time defending state champion in convincing fashion.

  • Although faced up against some of the best high school basketball teams in the country, Iolani's Gabriel Vega made a huge impact on the court in the 28th Annual Iolani Classic.

  • Leaving their hearts on the floor is exactly what the Radford Cheerleading Squad did in the 2011 Hawaii High School Cheerleading Championship. It was the first team championship in the large division and their 7th state title in the tournament's history.

  • John John Florence has been competing with the best in the world for quite sometime. He was the youngest competitor to surf in the Triple Crown of Surfing at the age of 13. Now, he's the contests youngest ever champion.

  • It was the night of the Raiders, as Kahuku Red Raiders and Iolani Raiders both walked out of Aloha Stadium as State Champions in Division One and Division Two.

  • As a starting quarterback for the Punahou football team... There was already a lot riding on the shoulders of Larry Tuileta, but last Friday the sophomore played beyond his years in a 35- nothing win over Baldwin in the State semi-final game.

  • Junior Quarterback from Baldwin High School on Maui, Keelan Ewaliko, kept his team alive in their quest for the state championship with a gaming winning run with 42 seconds left in their stunning win against Farrington.

  • Our HI-FiVE Athletes of the week features a team who lifted up an entire community with a long awaited championship. The Kapaa football team won their first KIF title in 22-years.

  • This week's HI-FiVE Athlete of the Week is a cross country runner from Campbell High School. It's not just the accomplishments Keahi Inay has made on the course that makes him a true inspiration...

  • Two Leilehua teammates had exceptional games for the Mules this past weekend. That made it a tough choice for our HI-FiVE Athlete of the Week, so we didn't choose, we picked them both.

  • Mililani Trojans quarterback, Jarin Morikawa, did so much damage on the football field that he only played in the first half of his game.

  • Hawaii Baptist Academy outside hitter Tiffany Thompson put on a serving clinic in a sweep over Saint Francis, hammering home 6 aces in two sets.

  • After an outstanding performance and win against number one ranked Kahuku, the entire Farrington football squad earned our HI-FiVE Athletes of the week.

  • When Kainalu Kaleo from the Anuenue Football team asked his ancestor's for a blessing last Friday, he never envisioned what kind of help was ahead.

  • While Campbell football head coach Amosa Amosa has himself a stingy defense this year, his offense has been generous and the man spreading the wealth is our HI-FiVE Athlete of the Week, junior quarterback Justin Tago Su'e.

  • It's only appropriate that Hao Faumuina plays for the Honokaa Dragons. Afterall his performance this past week was much like the mythical beast, legendary.

  • Bryant Moniz led the University of Hawaii Warrior football team to a convincing 34-17 vicotry over Colorado, avenging a loss from last season.
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