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Hoku Nohara
# 26
Infielder - IF
Height: 5-7 
Senior
Bats:  Throws:  R
Previous Affiliations
   Kamehameha HS
Previous Experience
  HS
Waimanalo, Hawai'i
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Courtesy: New Mexico State University
Release: 09/06/2007
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Sophomore (2009): Nohara was a 2009 All-WAC first team selection and was named to the WAC All-Tournament team. As the clean-up hitter, she started all 54 games for the Aggies, helping them set six team offensive records. She went 66-for-154 in the box with a team-high batting average of .429, which set a new NM State single-season record and her .527 on-base percentage also set a new record. Nohara hit 14 home runs, had 45 RBIs, scored 29 runs, had five doubles and a triple. Her 14 homers are the second most in a season by an Aggie as were her 115 total bases, 45 RBIs (tied) and slugging percentage (.747). Against San Jose State, May 8, Nohara had a flawless 4-for-4 performance at the plate, which tied NM State’s single-game hit record and she added three RBIs. Nohara also earned WAC Hitter of the Week honors after having a stellar performance at the Troy Cox Classic Tournament, Feb. 12-16, where she was selected to the all-tournament team. Nohara hit four home runs while going 9-for-16 in the box and scored six runs in the tournament. Against Cleveland State, Feb. 7, Nohara had her first 4-for-4 outing at the plate and she hit a home run and had two RBIs. At the San Diego Tournament against Texas Tech, March 13, Nohara went 3-for-3, had five RBIs, including a three-RBI triple (the first triple of her career) and a run scored. 

 

Freshman (2008): Nohara was named as the Troy Cox Classic Most Valuable Player and then earned the WAC Hitter of the Week award for her efforts during the tournament.  She went 37-for-172 in the box with a .215 batting average on the year. She hit six doubles, a triple, scored 14 runs, drove in 29 runs and smacked 10 home runs throughout the season. During the Troy Cox Classic, Feb. 22-24, Nohara went 8-for-13 in the box while she hit two home runs, a triple and a pair of doubles. She also scored four runs and drove in an impressive nine RBIs. The weekend was highlighted when she hit the game-winning two-run double against Oklahoma State, Feb. 22, to beat the Cowgirls, 6-5. Then against Indiana State, Feb. 23 and Utah Valley, Feb. 24, Nohara had flawless performances, going 3-for-3 at the dish in both games. At the UNLV Tournament against Portland State, March 7, she went 2-for-3, plated a pair, scored a run and hit a home run during her first at-bat of the game. Nohara hit her final homer of the season against San Jose State, April 26, while she went 2-for-4 at the plate, scored a run and plated three.

 

High School: Nohara led the Kamehameha Warriors' to the Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) Championship and a fifth place finish at state. Throughout her senior campaign she batted.537 with a slugging percentage of 1.002. She drove in 17 runs, hit two homers, five triples and four doubles. She also tabbed first team honors from the Honolulu Star Bulletin and was picked to the second team by the Honolulu Advertiser. Nohara also wrestled for four years and is a four-time state individual champion while carrying her squad to back-to-back ILH Championship. She is also a two-time state champion in Judo. Hoku is also a 13-time world record holder in bench press, putting up a total of 352 pounds and racking 407 pounds in the dead lift.

 

Personal: Nohara is the daughter of David and Randolyn Nohara and was born in Honolulu, Hawai’i. She is majoring in athletic training.

 

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