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2023-2024 Women's Basketball Roster

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Kelsie Imai 2023-24 Headshot

1 Kelsie Imai

1 Kelsie Imai

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Pahoa, Hawai‘i

Summary

Biography

2022-23 (Sophomore)
  • Played in 32 games and started in 28 at point guard.
  • Averaged 3.7 points, 2.1 assists, and 3.0 rebounds per game.
  • Scored a season-high of 10 points against UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 26).
  • Drained a career-high for three-pointers, while adding five rebounds in a road win at UC San Diego (Feb. 9).
  • Recorded five or more rebounds on nine different occasions, including a season high seven against Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 7).
  • Season high five assists in wins against Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 7) and Cal Poly (Feb. 4).
2021-2022 (Freshman):
  • Played in all  30 games, started in 21 and played 20 minutes or more in 12 games. 
  • Finished No. 2 on the team in assists, recording back-to-back seasons of exactly 68 assists. 
  • Tallied a total of 135 points throughout the season.
2020-2021 (COVID):
  • Named to the Big West Conference All-Freshmen Team
  • Played in all 17 games, started in 16, and averaged 26.5 minutes per game.
  • Led the team in assists with 68, averaging 4.0 per game. 
  • Scored a career-high 12 points against UC Irvine (Jan. 29)
  • Recorded her first-career double-double against UC Davis with 10 points and 12 rebounds (Mar. 5).
  • Tallied a career-high 10 assists at UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 12).
Prep:
  • A 2020 graduate of Waiakea High School in Hilo, Hawai’i.
  • Multi-sport athlete playing four seasons of basketball, softball, and two years of volleyball.
  • Played four seasons at Waiakea under coaches Alika Smith, Kirsty Imai, and Brandon Kauhi.
  • Was a part of a 2019 BIIF Conference Championship team with Waiakea HS.
  • Named to the 2020- All State Hawai‘i squad, while claiming BIIF First-Honors in both basketball and volleyball. 
  • Played two seasons with Stingrays Hawai‘i club team.
Personal:
  • Hometown is Honolulu, O‘ahu.
  • Daughter of Kirk and Kelli Imai.
  • Youngest of three other siblings, sisters Kirsty Imai and Kamie, brother Kirk Imai Jr. 
  • Played high school basketball for her older sister Kirsty. 
  • Plans to major in Education at UH.
  • As a sophomore in high school, she was featured on ESPN’s “Top 10” plays.
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Historical Player Information

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    2020-2021Freshman

    Guard
    5'7"
    1
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    2021-2022Freshman

    Guard
    5'7"
    1
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    2022-2023Sophomore

    Guard
    5'7"
    1
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    2023-2024Junior

    Guard
    5'7"
    1