WAILUKU, Maui - 2009 marked another great summer for the Maui Sports Academy’s Hawaii High School Basketball Exposure Camp, solidifying it once again as the number one basketball camp in the state of Hawaii.
55 (five over the advertised camp capacity) of the state’s top players representing all five interscholastic federations and the top programs such as Iolani, Kamehameha-Kapalama, Punahou, Kalaheo, Kailua, Radford and Baldwin participated in the weeklong overnight camp held at the Lahaina Civic Center, the longtime home of the Maui Invitational college basketball tournament.
The camp included four Players of the Year; Lincoln Seto (MIL, Baldwin), Dakota Allen (BIIF, Waiakea), Darrell Lee (OIA Red West, Radford) and Christian Mendonza (OIA White West, Waianae) as well as Kainoa Chu (1st team ILH, Iolani), Marcus Monroe (1st Team OIA, Moanalua), Angelo Berardy (1st Team OIA, Kalani) and Dylan King and Michael Palmer (1st Team MIL DII, Seabury Hall), among others.
The camp again boasted a stellar coaching staff, which included former Iolani and Washington State University standout Derrick Low, as well as two other Hawaii high school graduates currently playing at mainland universities; Cody Tesoro (Baldwin/Linfield College) and Justin Endo (Seabury Hall/Webster University).
Mainland college coaches included Kaniela Aiona, formerly of the Big Island, of Lake Forrest College (IL), Casey Kushiyama, formerly of Oahu, of Whitworth University (OR), Mike Siener of Webster University (MO), Chad Lance of Missouri Valley College, Jim Herrera of Foothill College (CA), Steven Taylor of Linfield College (OR) along with camp director Alan Walls.
At the conclusion of the camp championship teams were crowned and various camp award winners were honored. The top prize was the Camper of the Week award which goes to not only one of the top players at the camp but also one that displays a great work ethic, self-discipline and a high level of character. In what was a tough vote by the coaches, the 2009 COW award went to Andrew Skalman of Iolani School.
The Coach of the Week award was given to camp rookie and MVC head coach Chad Lance. Coach Lance showed great enthusiasm all week and really got the campers excited about playing basketball.
The Lunch Box award, given to the camp’s hardest worker who competes and practices with a blue-collar work ethic and “brings his lunch box to work everyday,” was given to camp veteran Richard Handy of Keaau High School on the Big Island.
Participating in the annual Camp All-Star Game were: Lincoln Seto (Baldwin), Mitchel Shintani (Waiakea), Dean Viena (St. Louis), Darrell Lee, Michael Palmer, Micha Dunhour (Honokaa), Jacob Mayer (Maryknoll), Malik Johnson (Punahou), Dylan King, Mike Tuiloma (St. Louis), Kainoa Chu, Chris Gambill (Honokaa), Richard Handy and Andrew Skalman. Point Guard Michael Palmer was named the All-Star Game MVP.
The 5-on-5 League Champions were coached by Steven Taylor and Cody Tesoro and led by team MVP Andrew Skalman. Also on the team were: Darrell Lee, Michael Foster (Waianae), Frank Ho (KS-Kapalama), Theo Duplechain (Island Pacific), Bradey Norman (King Kekaulike), Hunter Lee (St. Joseph) and Dakota Allen.
Taking home the 3-on-3 League Championship were Darrell Lee, Tevin Togami (Le Jardin), Quentin Kimura (Radford) and Garrett Wiseman (Seabury Hall).
Without a doubt the 5-day camp was a huge success and all 55 campers and 10 coaches did an outstanding job, continuing to improve on the success of the previous camps and setting the bar high for next summer’s campers.
Yours in hoops,
Alan Walls
Owner/Camp Director - Maui Sports Academy
1419 Kilohi Street
Wailuku, Hawaii 96793
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