Mosley, volleyball champs, booster in UH honor circle
Judy Mosley, the career leader in scoring and rebounding in University of Hawaii basketball; members of the 1982-83 UHwomen's volleyball teams that won back-to-back NCAA championships, and sports booster Alec Waterhouse were named to the UH Circle of Honor today. The new inductees will be honored during a ceremony at halftime of the UH men's basketball game against Southern Methodist University at the Special Events Arena on Jan. 17.
Mosley led the Wahine in scoring and rebounding during all four years (1987-90) and finished with 2,479 points. She still holds the game-high record of 46 points against Pacific in 1989 and averaged 21.8 points during her career.
She led the Wahine to their first NCAA Tournament and national ranking in 1989, when they went 26-4.
Members of the 1982-83 Wahine volleyball teams went 33-1 and 34-2, respectively, en route to national championships. The teams included first-team All-Americans Deitre Collins and Kori Pulaski.
Collins, who was the Final Four MVP in 1983, was inducted in the Circle of Honor individually in 1989.
Waterhouse has been a supporter of UH athletics, especially from the period when the school joined the Western Athletic Conference.
He donated $330,000 for the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment for the UH Special Events Arena weight room.
QB CLUB CITES CARTER, LIMA: University of Hawaii basketball standout Anthony Carter was selected yesterday as the Honolulu Quarterback Club's male Sportsperson of the Month for December.
The senior guard from Atlanta led UH to a 7-1 record during the month, averaging 16.5 points, 7.1 assists and 6.0 rebounds per game. He was named the Most Outstanding Player in the Rainbow Classic.
Female Sportsperson of the Month honors went to Brigham Young-Hawaii volleyball star Juliana Lima.
RAINBOWS HOST ALUMNI: The University of Hawaii baseball team will open its 1998 season with an exhibition doubleheader against the alumni Saturday at Rainbow Stadium at 5 p.m.
The alumni won (7-5) last season for the first time since the series began in 1986.
Tickets cost $6 for the blue and orange seats, $5 for adults in the red seats and $4 for seniors, UH students and students age 4-18 in the red seats.
Between games, two more alumni will be honored on the outfield wall.
Some of the alumni expected to play include Scott Karl, Paul Ah Yat, Mark Johnson, Curt Watanabe, Collin Tanabe, Nelson Inabata, Jaime Ahu, Rob Williams, Kelsey Isa, Mario Monico, Ron Nomura, Kenny Harrison and Steve Otani.
KLANESKI, SHROUT HONORED: Defensive back Eddie Klaneski and punter Chad Shrout of the 1997 University of Hawaii football team are honorable-mention picks on the first CollegeSportsNews.com All-Am-erica team.
VULCANS, 'SWORDS PICKED 3-4: PacWest Conference basketball coaches selected Hawaii-Hilo and Chaminade third and fourth, respectively, in the seven-team league in their preseason poll.
Montana State Billings was No. 1 with 46 points and five first-place votes. Alaska Anchorage was second with 37 points and the other two first-place votes.
Hawaii Hilo had 34 points, Chaminade 30.
O'TOOLE RETURNS: University of Hawaii graduate Maureen O'Toole, considered one of the premier women's water polo players in the world when she retired in 1994, has returned to the U.S. national team in hopes of playing in the 2000 Olympics.
"With women's water polo in the Olympics for the first time ever, there's no way I wasn't coming back," said O'Toole, the current coach of the University of California women's water polo team.
"I've dreamed of this since Day 1."
KCCNkeeps Rainbowsports
The University of Hawaii has awarded KHWY Incorporated, parent company of KCCN and KINE, the radio rights to broadcast UH events for the next five years, athletic director Hugh Yoshida announced yesterday.KHWY guaranteed a minimum of $282,500 per year for the five-year term, beginning in September, 1998. The package also includes a 50-50 split revenue-sharing clause on billings exceeding $800,000 per year.
The rights to the current broadcast package, which expires at the end of this academic year, are held by Broadcast Ink, which pays $400,000 per year with no incentive or revenue-sharing clauses.