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2024 Softball Roster

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Ka‘ena Keliinoi Head Shot 2024

8 Ka‘ena Keliinoi

8 Ka‘ena Keliinoi

  • Position:
    Utility
  • Height:
    5-4
  • B/T:
    R/R
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Wai“anae, O‘ahu
  • Highschool:
    St. Francis School

Summary

Biography

Awards & Honors
  • 2022 All-Big West Honorable Mention
  • 2022 Outrigger Hawai‘i Invitational All-Tournament Team
  • 2021 Big West Academic All-Conference
2022 (Sophomore):
  • Appeared in 21 games with 40 starts--22 at third base, 14 in leftfield, two in centerfield, and two in rightfield
  • During her UH career, has been a true utility player, starting 84 games at seven different positions (catcher, second base, third base, leftfield, centerfield, rightfield, and designated player)
  • Finished season second on the team with a .330 batting average (38-for-115) with a team-high nine doubles 
  • In UH's Big West opener at UC Santa Barbara (3/19/22-GM1), racked up a career-high seven RBI (one shy of the UH single-game record) with a three-run double in the first inning followed by first career grand slam in the second inning going 2-for-3 for the game 
  • Was one of the NCAA leaders as one of the hardest batters in the nation to strike out, getting fanned just one through UH's first 23 games.
  • Recorded eight multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games
  • Strung together a career-high 12-game hitting streak which was the longest for UH this season and the longest since Nicole Lopez hit safely in 13-straight games in 2019
  • In CSUB series, she hit .545 (6-for-11) with two doubles, a home run, three runs scored and four RBI
  • In series finale against the Roadrunners, recorded a career-high three hits with a run, two RBI, a double and a home run
  • For the season, hit .452 (14-for-31) with runners in scoring position while hitting a team-best .596 (25-for-47) in advancing runners successfully
2021 (Freshman):
  • Appeared in 25 games with 24 starts--22 at catcher, one at second and one at designated player
  • Finished the season with a .185 batting average (12-for-65) with seven runs scored, three RBI and a double
  • Posted a career-high five at-bats at Cal poly (4/9/21)
  • Tied career-high with two runs scored vs. UC San Diego (4/3/21)
  • Tied career-high with two hits in three games, the last coming at Cal poly (4/10/21)
  • Tied career-high with two RBI at CSUN  (3/27/21)

2020 (Freshman) - COVID Season:
  • Started all 24 games at four different positions--11 at catcher, 11 at second base, one in rightfield, and one as the designated player
  • Finished fourth on the team with a .292 batting average (21-for-72) and led UH with five doubles and was tied for third with 14 runs scored
  • Posted a triple, a home run, and seven RBI for the season with a .431 slugging percentage, an .809 OPS, and a .378 on-base percentage
  • Went 1-for-2 in stolen bases
  • Recorded a pair of sacrifice bunts
  • Finished the season with six multiple-hit games and two multiple-RBI games
  • Reached base safely a team-best 11-straight games
Prep:
  • A 2019 graduate of St. Francis School (Honolulu, O‘ahu)
  • Earned four varsity letters in softball and one in paddling
  • Helped lead the Saints to back-to-back DII state championships
  • Earned several awards and honors during her time at St. Francis, including being named all-state catcher and the Most Valuable Player in both 2018 and '19; all-league first team as a utility player in 2017 and at catcher in 2018, '19
  • Earned Scholar-Athlete honors from 2019

Personal:
  • Born in Waianae, O‘ahu
  • Played nine years for Team Kulia softball club
  • Related to Nate Jacksn who was a standout defensive back for the Rainbow Warrior football team from 1998-2001
  • Has two older brothers and two older sisters
  • Parents are Clarissa "Hoku" and Samual "Kala" Keliinoi of Waianae, O‘ahu.
Career-Highs
  • At-Bats: 5 (2x), last Cal State Bakersfield (4/22/22)
  • Runs Scored: 2 (6x), last Cal State Fullerton (5/7/22-GM1)
  • Hits: 3, Cal State Bakersfiled (4/23/22)
  • RBI: 7, at UC Santa Barbara (3/19/22)
  • Doubles: 1 (15x), last at UC Davis (5/13/22)
  • Triples: 1, Portland State (2/20/20)
  • Home Runs: 1 (4x), last Cal State Bakersfield (4/23/22)
  • Total Bases: 7, Cal State Bakersfield (4/23/22)
  • Walks: 2, Nevada (2/28/20)
  • Strikeouts: 2 (2x) last Cal Poly (4/8/22)
  • Sacrifice bunts: 1(4x), last North Dakota (2/25/22)
  • Sacrifice flies: 1, Cal State Bakersfield (4/23/22)
  • Stolen bases: 1(8x), last Cal State Bakersfield (4/23/22)
  • Hit-by-pitch: 2, UC San Diego (4/2/21)
  • Putouts: 6, at Cal Poly (4/10/21)
  • Assists: 5, California (3/12/22)
  • Errors: 2, Cal Poly (4/8/22)
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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2020Freshman

    Catcher/Second Base
    5'4"
    1
  • 1

    2021Freshman

    Catcher/Second Base
    5'4"
    1
  • 8

    2022Sophomore

    Utility
    5'4"
    8
  • 8

    2023Junior

    Utility
    5'4"
    8
  • 8

    2024Senior

    Utility
    5'4"
    8