A big MAHALO goes out to two organizations that made the 2013 Hawaii College Basketball Summer League Playoffs and Championship games a very memorable one. Thanks to Maryknoll School for hosting the summer league playoff games in the Clarence T.C. Ching Gymnasium. We appreciate the Spartans Girls Volleyball team for all the yummy food, especially the fans' favorite - slush float!
Thanks to Jon Wong and all the hard working professionals at 'Olelo Community Media for their live coverage of the Summer League Playoffs and Championship game.
Jeff Greer, National Fire - Waly Coulibaly, Wealth Strategy - Aaron Valdes, Grantco Pacific - Kyle Pape, Central Medical
Negus Webster-Chan, Solar Universe - Bill Amis, Central Medical - Kawika Lyons, Wealth Strategy, Julian Sensley, Wealth Strategy
Also: Leon Ballard, Clark Hatch - Kauanoa McGee, Clark Hatch - Brandon Spearman, Solar Universe -
Zane Johnson, Solar Universe - Garrett Nevels, National Fire
Most Outstanding Player - Aaron Valdes, Grantco Pacific
Championship MVP - Julian Sensley, Wealth Strategy
Thanks to the League's Sponsors!
Clark Hatch Fitness - Solar Universe - National Fire Protection Co.
Wealth Strategy Partners - Grantco Pacific - Central Medical Clinic
One of the unlikeliest of teams in the Hawai’i College Basketball Summer League took home the championship in 2013. Wealth Strategy Partners defeated top seed Central Medical Clinic, 88-78, in the championship game of the Summer League on Saturday night at Maryknoll School Gym.
Just one month ago, Wealth Strategy Partners had a 1-4 record. However, it ended the Summer League with five consecutive victories, including three impressive wins in the playoffs.
“It was great,” former UH guard and Kamehameha Schools graduate Pi’i Minns said. “We had a good flow. We started off flat – we just had to contain Bill Amis, and it was real fun.”
By Brain McInnis, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 8-11-13
Julian Sensley will savor this one.
Sensley was named the MVP of the 37th College Summer League championship game on Saturday night, when he scored 27 points for Wealth Strategy Partners in an 88-78 defeat of top-seeded Central Medical Clinic before a crowd of about 750 at Maryknoll.
In three playoff games, the former University of Hawaii standout averaged 29.3 points. Wealth Strategy, 5-5 in the regular season for the No. 3 seed, had to go through the top two seeds, Central Medical and Solar Universe, to win the title.
Read the full article in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin print edition.
Summer flings are meant to be fun, freewheeling … and eventually forgotten. Such is the case for the University of Hawai’i basketball team’s participation in the 2013 Hawai’i College Basketball Summer League.
Several Warriors put up impressive numbers during the Summer League, but those numbers will not necessarily mean anything for the upcoming 2013-14 season. If anything, however, it showed that the Warriors will have a variety of options.
Five different UH players averaged better than 20 points per game for their respective Summer League teams: Garrett Nevels, Quincy Smith, Brandon Spearman, Aaron Valdes and Negus Webster-Chan.
Thanks to Andrew Lee for his coverage of this year's basketball summer league games. Visit Andrew's Facebook albums at HISportsPics for the league photos as well as photos of UH and high school sports.
