Rainbow Wahine soccer players earn academic all-district awards

Six University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa women’s soccer players received academic all-district recognition from the College Sports Communicators on November 15 for their accomplishments in the classroom and on the field. All six student-athletes will now be eligible to receive Academic All-America honors later in the fall.

Read about the six Rainbow Wahine below:

Taylor Caporus

• A senior majoring in kinesiology.
• Appeared in 13 of the 15 matches off the bench on the front line as a senior.
• Recorded first career point and assist in a win over UC Riverside on October 20.

Maya Gonzalez

• A junior majoring in kinesiology.
• Appeared in 14 of the 15 matches with six starts on the back line.
• A starter in all four of the Rainbow Wahine’s shutouts this year.
• Played in nine of the 10 matches during conference play.

Lauren Marquez

• A graduate student with a degree in kinesiology.
• Had four shutouts this year and tied for the seventh-most shutouts in a single season in program history.
• Goals against average of 1.21 is the 10th best in a season in program history.
• Named Big West Defensive Player of the Week after a shutout win over UC Davis on September 15.
• Finished career ninth in program history with 97 saves.

Kylie McNamara

• A senior majoring in elementary education.
• Played in all 15 UH matches and made her first 11 career starts this year.
• Started the final five matches of the year and seven of the last eight.
• Appeared in 35 career matches while totaling 1,251 minutes.

Krista Peterson

• A sophomore majoring in business with a focus in entrepreneurship.
• Led the team and finished tied for sixth in the conference in both goals (5) and points (14).
• A Big West honorable mention selection.
• Registered a point in eight of her 14 matches played.

Kelci Sumida

• A senior majoring in kinesiology.
• Finished tied for sixth in The Big West with four assists.
• Led the team in minutes played (1,228), shots (36) and shots on goal (21).
• Finished UH career with 12 goals, six assists and 30 points while starting 44 of 45 matches played.
• Started 30 consecutive matches to end her career.

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