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Penovaroff falls short of Olympic boxing trials

Van Oscar Penovaroff of Waianae fell one win short of a trip to the Olympic boxing trials when he lost 25-18 to David Rodela of Oxnard, Calif., yesterday in the 132-pound division semifinals of the Everlast U.S. Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Willoughby finalist for Honda Award

Former Hawaii volleyball player Kim Willoughby is one of four finalists for the Honda Award in volleyball.

Willoughby, named last month as the national player of the year, is joined by Georgia Tech's Kele Eveland, Ogonna Nnamani of Stanford and Southern California's April Ross. The winner of the nationwide balloting becomes the nominee for the Honda-Broderick Cup, awarded annually to the top collegiate female athlete of the year.

Former Rainbow Wahine Deitre Collins won the Honda-Broderick Cup in 1984 after leading Hawaii to NCAA titles in 1982 and '83.

Ah Mow, Berg back with national team

Former Hawaii All-American setter Robyn Ah Mow-Santos and former Punahou School standout Lindsey Berg were back in Colorado Springs, Colo., this week when the U.S. women's national volleyball team resumed training for the Olympic Games.

The No. 2-ranked U.S. has already qualified for the Summer Games this August in Athens.

Ah Mow was the setter for the American team in the 2000 Olympics. Berg was an All-American setter at Minnesota.

Former Hawaii All-American Heather Bown is also a member of the national team and will rejoin the team after the end of her pro season in Italy.

Yonamine exhibit will debut at airport

Wally Yonamine, a baseball and football standout in Hawaii and on the mainland, and a legend in professional baseball in Japan, will speak at the unveiling ceremony of a historical exhibit of his memorabilia at the Honolulu International Airport on Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Yonamine, who was born on Maui, led Farrington to its first Interscholastic League of Honolulu football title in 1944. He then toured with the Hawaiian Warriors in the late 1940's and so impressed professional football scouts at a game in Oregon that he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers, the first player of Asian descent to do this.

An injury ended his football career. While under contract to the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, he was encouraged by the Seals' manager to try to play baseball in Japan. He signed with the Yomiuri Giants.

Yonamine complied a .311 career batting average, won three batting titles, was the Central League's Most Valuable Player in 1957 and was named to the all-time Japan team. He was inducted into the Japan Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. He was one of the five inaugural inductees into the Japanese American Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.

Ishida new UH business manager

Kevin Ishida has been hired as the new assistant athletic director for business operation in the Hawaii athletic department.

He will be responsible for planning, implementations and executing of the department's $18 million budget. He starts on Tuesday.

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