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Kualiʻi earns PacWest Golfer of the Week award

Tia Kualiʻi landed in second place during the Augustana Spring Fling.

Blaze Akana earned an exemption into the Sony Open after winning a local qualifier shooting 66 at Waiʻalae CC.

UH set team scoring records for a single-round, 36 holes and 54 holes.

Donovan and Im were recognized for their athletic accomplishments.

Emiko Sverduk posted seven birdies with no bogeys on her round, which started with birdies on four of the first six holes.

Junsu Im finished third, landing him atop leaderboard.

Ting-Yu Liu, Hyeonji Kang, and Mayumi Umezu repeatedly named All-American Scholars by WGCA.

Hayashida became the first current UH golfer to win Hawaiʻi's most prestigious and oldest amateur tournament since T.J. Kua captured the 2009 title.

Kiersten Saludares and Tia Kualiʻi earned PacWest Freshman of the Year and All-PacWest Second Team honors, respectively.

Andrew Otani, Junsu Im and Coach Earl Tamiya were honored with 2023 PacWest men’s golf awards.