Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Thursday, April 25, 1996

Doucette wins at Chaminade

Don Doucette, Chaminade athletic director and men's basketball coach for the past three years, has resigned to accept the head basketball coaching job at Central Missouri State. His resignation is effective May 10.

Doucette, 44, compiled a 22-51 coaching record at Chaminade, including a 12-14 record in 1994-95 when he was named Pacific West Conference Coach of the Year. The Silverswords finished 4-22 last season, a year that was plagued with injuries, the dismissal of one player and the suspension of another.

Doucette restructured the athletic department and had it operating under budget for the first time in the school's history. Chaminade offers eight sports, four each for men and women.

No successor was named, but Chaminade president Sue Wesselkamper said a committee has been formed to begin the search for a new coach and athletic director.


WAHINE FIRST-ROUND WINNERS: At Ojai, Calif., seventh-seeded University of Hawaii won its opening-round match in the Big West Conference women's tennis championships by defeating No. 10-seed San Jose State, 5-0, yesterday.

Michelle Radman, Amy Kusch, Salani Lesa, Natalie Lum and Alicia Lee all won singles matches for the Wahine.


OWLS ADVANCE: Melissa Kim and Lisa Bauer each scored 12 points to lead Mid-Pacific to a first-round, 45-37 victory over Sacred Hearts in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu girls' basketball tourney.


PAVAO NINTH IN WAC: Michael Pavao of the University of Hawaii men's golf team has the ninth best scoring average (74.9) in the Western Athletic Conference. He is the only UH golfer in the top 20.

Pavao and his Rainbow teammates will be participating in the Cougar Classis in Provo, Utah, tomorrow and Saturday.


VULCANS SWEPT: At Rohnert Park, Calif., Sonoma State won both ends of a nonconference women's softball doubleheader from the University of Hawaii at Hilo (32-18) yesterday by 2-1 and 7-4 scores.


IRONMAN CANOE RACE: The third annual Pop's Puakea Ironman Canoe Race is Saturday at Kailua Beach Park from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The crew entry fee is $72. Race-day registration is from 6 to 8 a.m.

For more information, call Kalai Handley at 259-5101 or Hawaii Paddler Magazine at 263-9654.


HPU'S LONO HONORED: Hawaii Pacific University's Jarnett Lono is the NAIA Far West Region softball player of the week.

The freshman second baseman was 9-for-11 with five RBIs, a double and three runs scored against Chaminade last week.

The Sea Warriors (27-10) are ranked third in the nation and are preparing for the regional playoffs at Azusa, Calif., May 9-10.



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