The Warriors missed postseason play for the first time since 2005, falling one win short of qualifying for bowl eligibility with a record of 6-7. But UH made it exciting down the stretch, winning four of their last five games and defeating Navy on national television before losing their finale to nationally ranked Wisconsin. John Estes and Greg Salas were named to All-America teams while those two were joined by Blaze Soares and Aaron Kia on the All-WAC teams. Estes was also one of the finalists for the Rimington Trophy, awarded to the nation's top center.

The women's volleyball team advanced to its first NCAA Championship since 2003, falling to three-time national champion Penn State in the national semifinal match. The team won its 14th consecutive Western Athletic Conference title, finishing with a record of 32-3 and 16-0 in WAC play. Head Coach Dave Shoji was named the AVCA National Coach of the Year, while becoming just the second women's volleyball coach to reach the 1,000-win plateau. Kanani Danielson and Aneli Cubi-Otineru earned AVCA All-America honors while Dani Mafua and Amber Kaufman joined those two on the AVCA All-Region teams. UH swept the WAC postseason awards with Shoji and Danielson being named the coach and player of the year, respectively, and Brittany Hewitt earning freshman of the year honors.

 

The women's soccer team finished WAC play in seventh place, missing the WAC Tournament for the first time since 2000. UH ended up 7-11-1 on the season, with six of its losses coming in matches where it out-shot its opponents. Three Rainbow Wahine earned All-WAC honors. Junior Mari Punzal was named to the first team while seniors Ambree Ako and Britta Bourne earned second team honors.

 

The women's cross country team did not field a team for the NCAA West Regional Cross Country Championships for the first time since 2005, although senior Jessica Forrester competed as an individual. Forrester was UH's top finisher in three meets and captured the individual title at the Big Wave Invitational.

 

The men's basketball team finished the season 10-20 overall with a 3-13 record in WAC play. The program picked up victory No. 1,000 on Jan. 17, defeating San Jose State. Roderick Flemings was named WAC Player of the Week twice while earning honorable mention All-WAC honors. Flemings also set a school record with 39 points vs. Cal Poly, the most by a UH player in the Stan Sheriff Center and the fourth-highest single-game point total ever. Hawai'i hosted the inaugural Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, advancing to the semifinals before finishing fourth in the competitive field.

 

First-year head coach Dana Takahara-Dias led UH to an increase of nearly 80 points in the RPI and faced one of the toughest schedules in recent years. The Rainbow Wahine played 11 teams that went to the postseason, and earned six non-conference wins. Keisha Kanekoa was honored with the Ah Chew Goo award at the team's banquet, and four players were named Academic All-WAC, including Rebecca Dew, Courtney Gaddis, Dita Liepkalne and Katie Wilson.

 

Junior diver Stephanie De Lima became the first diver in WAC history to win all three diving events (1-meter, 3-meter, and platform) at the WAC Championships. De Lima was named Diver of the Year, giving UH that honor for the eighth time in nine years. Mike Brown was named Diving Coach of the Year for the fifth-straight year and sixth time overall. As a team, the Rainbow Wahine finished sixth at the WAC Championships. UH had two divers, De Lima and Daniella Nero advance to the NCAA Zone E diving championships. The Rainbow Wahine had 10 swimmers and divers earn Academic All-WAC.

 

UH finished second at the Conference USA Championships for the fourth-straight season, scoring 833 points, the second most since joining C-USA. Freshman Luca Mazzurana was named the Conference USA Invitational Swimmer of the Meet, while head coach Victor Wales was named the Coach of the Meet. Mazzurana won the 200-yard IM, 100-yard butterfly and finished third in the 200-yard butterfly and on the team in the 400-yard medley relay. Mazzurana was the second UH swimmer to earn Swimmer of the Meet honors in the past five years. Sophomore diver Douglas Cohen won the platform diving final and finished second in the 1-meter and 3-meter finals.

 

UH water polo had another successful season, finishing ranked No. 6 in the country with an 18-8 overall record. The Rainbow Wahine finished tied for third place in the MPSF and landed four players on the All-MPSF team. Monika Eggens earned first-team honors, while Carmen Eggens and Leonie Van Der Molen were named to the second team. Amarens Genee was named to the all-freshman team. Monika Eggens and Dagmar Genee were named Academic All-MPSF following the season. Overall, Monika Eggens led the MPSF in scoring with 53 goals in 23 games, for a 2.30 goals per game average.

 

The men's tennis team won the WAC Tournament for the third-straight season, advancing to the NCAA Tournament, also for the third year in a row. The team ended the season ranked No. 35 in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association poll, the highest ever ranking for the program. UH also captured a share of the WAC regular-season title for the first time in program history. Dennis Lajola earned a national singles ranking while the doubles team of Andreas Weber and Phillip Eberhard earned a national doubles ranking. Lajola, Weber and Leo Rosenberg were named All-WAC in singles, while Weber and Eberhard earned All-WAC honors in doubles.

 

The women's tennis team ended the year with a record of 12-14, winning five of its last six matches. The team also went 5-3 in WAC play, good for fourth in the regular season, before advancing to the WAC Tournament semifinals for the second straight year. Sophie Kobuch and Katarina Poljakova were named to the All-WAC team for doubles, while Kobuch also earned second team All-WAC honors in singles.

 

T.J. Kua highlighted the men's golf teams' efforts this season, earning second team All-WAC honors. Kua also qualified for the Sony Open, finishing just outside the cut with rounds of 69 and 74. Hawai'i finished ninth at the WAC Championships, posting three other top 10 finishes. Their best finish came at the Kaua'i Collegiate Invitational, where the team took fourth.

 

The women's golf team finished just one stroke behind San Jose State at the WAC Championship, posting the program's highest finish in the WAC, taking second. Freshman Ka'ili Britos finished second individually, while earning WAC Freshman of the Year honors. Senior Corie Hou capped a great senior year, earning second team All-WAC honors, leading the team in five of their nine tournaments.

 

The men's volleyball team returned to national prominence, finishing the year ranked fourth in the final poll. Under first-year head coach Charlie Wade, the team went 19-10 and advanced to the MPSF semifinals for the first time since 2003. After winning an exciting MPSF quarterfinal match at home against fifth-ranked Pepperdine, UH lost to eventual national champion Stanford to end its season. Freshman Jonas Umlauft was named the AVCA Newcomer of the Year while earning first team All-American honors. Josh Walker was named a second team All-American while Nejc Zemljak joined those two with All-MPSF honors.

 

The softball team reached its first Women's College World Series, defeating top-seeded Alabama in the NCAA Super Regional on an exciting walk-off home run by Jenna Rodriguez that made all the national highlight reels. Hawai'i also won its world series opener in dramatic fashion as Traci Yoshikawa hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning. UH won the WAC regular season and tournament championships, finishing with a record of 19-1 in conference and an overall record of 50-16. They won all three games in a regional at Stanford before advancing to the Alabama Super Regional. Hawai'i broke the NCAA record with 158 home runs as a team while freshman Kelly Majam led the country with 30 homers. Majam and Melissa Gonzalez were both named NFCA All-Americans. Jessica Iwata and Stephanie Ricketts took home WAC Player and Pitcher of the Year honors, respectively, with Majam earning Freshman of the Year and Bob Coolen being named the WAC Coach of the Year. Gonzalez, Rodriguez and Amanda Tauali'i were also named to the All-WAC teams.

 

The baseball team won its first WAC title since 1992, beating four-time defending champion Fresno State for the WAC Tournament championship. Hawai'i then advanced to the finals of the NCAA Tempe Regional before falling to top-ranked Arizona State. Four Rainbows, Greg Garcia, Lenny Linsky, Jeff Van Doornum and Kolten Wong, were named to the All-WAC first team with Josh Slaats being named to the second team. Slaats was also drafted in the fifth round of the MLB draft. Garcia went in the seventh round with David Freitas getting taken in the 15th and Sam Spangler in the 41st rounds.

 

The women's sailing team qualified for its 11th nationals appearance in the last 13 years, clinching UH's first nationals trifecta (qualifying for the nationals in coed dinghy, team racing and women's for the first time since 2004). Hannah Tuson-Turner was named an all-PCCSC skipper with Darla Baldwin and Hanne Nagatani being named All-PCCSC crew.

 

The coed sailing team earned its first berth to the team race nationals since 2005 while qualifying for the dinghy nationals for the eighth time in the last nine years. William Petersen and Darla Baldwin were named all-conference skipper and crew, respectively, while Ryan Wild earned the Mikey Murison Memorial Sportsmanship Award.

 

The cheerleading team placed eighth at the Universal Cheerleaders Association National Championship after taking first place at the UCA Western Regional. With an extremely young team, Hawai'i performed a difficult routine at nationals, filled with original stunts, dynamic basket tosses and pyramids.

 

Amber Kaufman became the first UH track athlete to win a national championship in 26 years, winning the high jump in the NCAA Outdoor championships. She was also the silver medalist in the high jump at the NCAA Indoor championships while winning the WAC in both the indoor and outdoor meets. Kaufman had the top collegiate mark in the country at 6-3.25. As a team, UH tied for 26th at the NCAA outdoor championships and 28th at the indoor, while tying a school record with nine qualifiers at the NCAA West Preliminaries. Hawai'i also captured five medals at the WAC Outdoor Championship, including gold by Kaufman and TeRina Keenan, in the discus, winning three medals at the WAC Indoor Championship.