Class of 2021 Mid-Pacific Institute / Team Keenan 18's

Manoa-News Editor

Congratulations to Class of 2021 Mid-Pacific Institute /Team Keenan 18’s Sarae Miguel on her commitment to play collegiate volleyball at the University of New Haven.  Sarae is a three-year member of Hana Hou and currently still in season under coaches Justin and Jason. Her high-school coach was ILH legend Tommy Lake. She is a multi-sport athlete who plays basketball and volleyball.

At UNH the scholar-athlete will major in forensic sciences in a school noted by former professor Henry Lee who worked on many famous high-profile cases.

For two club seasons in an era of Covid19 and global pandemic, Sarae joins four other players that enabled themselves to transition from high school to collegiate volleyball despite the extreme adversity each player faced without travel to mainland tournaments. Using digital platforms and an unwavering commitment to succeed (with help from her parents) this represents a tremendous accomplishment for the young student athlete. Wishing her the best of luck as she departs the one season state for the four season state of Connecticut.

Class of 2021 Waipahu High School / Team Tommy Lake

Waipahu-News Editor

Congratulations to Class of 2021 Waipahu High School Savannah PIlialoha ( Tommy 18’s) on her commitment to New England College.  Located in Henniker, New Hampshire she joins seven Hawaii players who have left the sunny skies of Hawaii in pursuit of academic and athletic goals across the country to the East Coast. Coach Kirsten Morrison has built a solid foundation of Hawaii players and provided opportunities to further their education.

The new pilgrim has been club player for Hana Hou VBC all under coach Tommy Lake for three seasons. Savannah is a gifted athlete with high level skills in volleyball, track and field, and wrestling. Tommy 18s have been together for three years and Savannah and her teammates has represented the true meaning of a team. Supportive and committed to each other, the team will celebrate their final tournament appearance in June at the SCVA Las Vegas Classic.

Congratulations to Roosa Armstead-Lehti
Class of 2021 Hana Hou Team Tommy Lake
On her commitment to the Wells College Express
 New York

HAWAII LIBERO ROOSA ARMSTEAD-LEHTI COMMITS TO EXPRESS

Women's Volleyball | Mon, Dec. 14, 2020 at 4:15 PM

Hana Hou Volleyball Club is proud to announce Roosa Armstead-Lehti of Kailua, Hawaii has committed to Wells College Express in the 2021-22 school year. "Roosa was my top libero recruit, and I'm very excited to welcome someone with her skillset and character to our volleyball family here in New York,” said Wells Head Coach Mark Lucas.

Armstead-Lehti is no stranger to success as she won Finland’s High School National Championship in volleyball in 2020, while spending her junior year as an exchange student in Finland. Roosa played libero for Mäkelänrinteen Lukio, a sports high school specializing in training and developing promising young athletes. 

Roosa also played as DS/Libero for a Finnish volleyball club, PuMa Volley, which won the Southern Finland’s Championship in December 2019 and was preparing to compete for the Finland’s 16U National Title in April 2020, when games were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Armstead-Lehti will major in psychology at Wells College with plans to become a clinical psychologist and own a private practice. She also plays the viola in a concert orchestra.