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Gonsalves returns
to Kapaa as AD
Greg Gonsalves took over for Dwight Fujii as the Kapaa athletic director on Monday.
Gonsalves is a former multisport athlete for the Warriors who went on to play volleyball at Brigham Young.
"I'd like to continue to build a quality athletic program and develop the character of student-athletes so they can help contribute in society," Gonsalves said. "We also want to have championship-caliber athletics."
Gonsalves played football, basketball, baseball and track at Kapaa and graduated in 1989.
"I admire what Dwight did," Gonsalves said. "He was my baseball coach and he was athletic director when I was in high school. I'd like to carry on his tradition and also constantly evaluate what we can change to improve."
Fujii spent 17 years in the position. He announced his retirement in the spring, but stayed on this fall to help with the transition.
Wolfpack have new baseball coach: Pac-Five hired Todd Koishigawa as its new head baseball coach, according to athletic director John Hom.
Koishigawa, 26, is a former Kapaa and University of Hawaii player. He also served as a student-coach for the Rainbows under Les Murakami and was an assistant under outgoing Wolfpack coach Randy Oyama.
"We're happy to have him and he comes highly recommended by Randy," Hom said.
Oyama's schedule is too busy to coach full-time, according to Hom.
Koishigawa is eager to get going.
"I wish practice was starting next week, but it's months away and that's too long for me," he said.
Recruiting players from all of the Pac-Five schools will be a top priority for Koishigawa. He said the Wolfpack have primarily been pulling players from three of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu schools and could maximize its talent pool by trying to get players from a number of the smaller eligible schools.
Koishigawa is the son of Jim Koishigawa, the former general manager of the Kauai Emeralds of Hawaii Winter Baseball.
Roberts to Waves: Seabury Hall volleyball standout middle hitter Lecca Roberts orally committed to Pepperdine, according to coach and athletic director Steve Colflesh.
"She's a very special young lady, a good student, a good leader," Colflesh said. "I think her best volleyball is ahead of her -- when she gets the coaching at the Division I level."
The 6-foot-3 1/2 Roberts is a dominating force in the Maui Interscholastic League, according to the coach.
"She would be as good in tennis and as a goalie on the soccer team if she played those varsity sports, but she hasn't played them since she was a youngster," he said.
Colflesh said Roberts "thinks the world" of the University of Hawaii program and coach Dave Shoji, but wants to go to college on the mainland.
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