Chaminade University Women's Basketball

James "Travis" Brewster was announced as Chaminade University's women's basketball head coach on June 17, 2025, the sixth head coach in program history. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native has an extensive coaching resume in NCAA Divisions I and II and NAIA, totaling 26 years before arriving at Chaminade. He has compiled a 185 wins in 13 years as a head coach. Before arriving to Kalaepohaku, Brewster was the head coach at Division II Chadron State in Nebraska, for two seasons (2023-24, '24-25) where they had one of the toughest non-conference schedules in Division II in his second year, finishing 6-20 with their 12th place finish in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference being its highest in nine years. The Eagles were particularly dangerous from long range, dropping 165 3-pointers, the program’s most since 2010, an average of 6.3 per game, ranking seventh in the conference.   Prior to his time at Chadron State, Brewster was head coach at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, compiling a 45-16 mark during the 2021-22 and ’22-23 seasons. In his first year, the Cougars were 25-7, captured the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season title with a 21-1 mark and earned a berth in the NAIA National Tournament.   Brewster spent eight years running the helm at Division I University of North Dakota from 2012 through 2020, going 128-120 with the Fighting Hawks. A two-time Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year, his teams captured two regular season co-championships, a Big Sky tournament title and the program’s first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. He also led North Dakota to three more postseason appearances in the WNIT and Women’s Basketball Invitational. Among UND's notable victories includes a Dec. 2012 upset at Utah of the Pac-12 Conference, the program's first-ever win over a Power Five member. Player development was an intricate part of Brewster's success at North Dakota and that ideology paid dividends with forward Lexi Klabo, a two-time All-Summit League selection, the member of the Hawks named to the all-Summit League. Prior to the start of the 2018-19 season, Klabo was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Preseason Watch List by the Naismith Hall of Fame and WBCA. She backed up her candidacy with 18.2 points, 8.2 rebound and 1.6 block averages, finishing as a top-10 finalist for the award in Feb. 2019 and was the only player from a mid-major conference named as a finalist. In six consecutive years at North Dakota, Brewester had a member of his teams named first-team all-conference; Klabo (Summit League 2018-19); Makailah Dyer (Big Sky, 2017), Mia Lloyd (Big Sky, 2015-16) and Madi Buck (Big Sky 2014). Brewster had two different stints as an assistant at UND, the first in 2001-02 with the men’s program then moved to the women from 2002-06. He returned in 2008 then promoted to Associate Head Coach a year later before being elevated to the head coaching spot in 2012. He also had assistant coaching roles at Division I schools Idaho State (2020-21), South Dakota State (2007-08) and Milwaukee (2006-07). Brewster played at Iowa Lakes Community College for two years (1989-91) before transferring to Charleston Southern University in South Carolina for two seasons (1991-93) where he was a tri-captain and defensive MVP.   Following graduation, Brewster played professionally in Switzerland and Ireland before coming back to the United States to pursue a coaching career, where his first venture in the profession was returning to Iowa Lakes CC as a men’s assistant for three years. It included the 1999-2000 squad which was inducted into the school's athletics Hall of Fame in 2025. Brewster and his wife, Rebecca, have three children; daughter Reganne; and sons Drake and Kaid. HONORS: 2021-22 (Saint Xavier):  Chicagoland and IBCA Coach of the Year 2016-17 (North Dakota):  Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year, first-ever appearance in the WNIT 2015-16 (North Dakota):  WBI appearances (first in school history to win a postseason game) 2013-14 (North Dakota):  Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year, school's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance   Brewster's Coaching Record Season School Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Conf. Finish Postseason 2012-13 North Dakota 11-18 .379 6-14 .300 T-9th 2013-14 North Dakota 22-10 .688 15-5 .750 T-1st Big Sky Reg./Tourn. Champs; NCAA Tournament, 1st Round 2014-15 North Dakota 17-15 .531 9-9 .500 T-5th WBI 1st Round 2015-16 North Dakota 19-14 .576 13-5 .722 T-2nd WBI Quarterfinals 2016-17 North Dakota 20-11 .645 15-3 .833 T-1st Big Sky Champions, WNIT 1st Round 2017-18 North Dakota 12-18 .400 5-13 .278 T-9th 2018-19 North Dakota 12-19 .387 6-10 .375 6th 2019-20 North Dakota 15-15 .500 6-10 .375 7th UND TOTAL (8 yrs.) 128-120 .516 75-69 .521 2021-22 Saint Xavier 25-7 .781 21-1 .955 1st CCAC Champions, NAIA Opening Round 2022-23 Saint Xavier 20-9 .690 16-4 .800 T-4th SXU TOTAL (2 yrs.) 45-16 .738 37-5 .881 2023-24 Chadron State 6-20 .231 4-18 .182 14th 2024-25 Chadron State 6-20 .231 5-15 .250 T-12th CSC TOTAL (2 yrs.) 12-40 .231 9-33 .273 2025-26 Chaminade 0-26 .000 0-22 .000 13th CUH TOTAL (1 yr.) 0-26 .000 0-22 .000 CAREER (12 yrs.) 185-202 .478 121-129 .484  

Kahala Kabalis Hoke is in her 14th year as head coach of the Chaminade University women's volleyball team and also heads the beach volleyball program which began its debut season in spring 2024. The former Silversword outside hitter is the program's all-time winningest coach with 242 victories. In January 2012, she was hired as the ninth head coach in program history, returning to the alma mater which she helped lead to unprecedented heights. Under her tutelage, Kabalis Hoke has achieved success that no other Silversword volleyball team has, capturing three Pacific West Conference titles, tallying six seasons with 20 wins or more, five postseason berths since 2018 and three PacWest Coach of the Year honors. In 2024, the Silverswords became the first PacWest squad since 2017 to finish with an unbeaten conference slate, wrapping up the season at 20-0 to claim the program's third conference title in the past four seasons. But it was early in the season where the 'Swords received early headlines, claiming wins over the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 8 teams in the AVCA poll. They reached the finals of the prestigious Colorado Premier Challenge, the top preseason volleyball tournament in the nation, and would see their highest ever national ranking of No. 4 in late November. The postseason awards included three AVCA All-Americans (Letizia Cammillucci, third team; Anna Stucchi, third team; Grace Talpash, honorable mention) while Kabalis Hoke was the PacWest Coach of the Year. In 2023, the Silverswords won a record 30 matches, earning the top seed in the NCAA Division II West Region for the first time in program history. The 'Swords were ranked as high at No. 12 in the AVCA Top 25 Poll -- at the time, the highest in their Division II era -- and ended the year 13th. Setter Leilani Ama put together a stellar rookie campaign as the AVCA National Freshman of the Year, and PacWest Setter and Freshman of the Year honors. Middle blocker Lizanyela Lopez was the conference's Newcomer of the Year, marking the fifth straight year the award went to a 'Sword. And right-side hitter Ajack Malual was named to the AVCA All-America Third Team, marking the first time ever a Silversword was named to the first, second or third team. The 2022 squad made history with their second straight conference title and reaching the NCAA West Region championship match, both school firsts. As the No. 8 seed in the West, the Silverswords pulled off two upsets -- top-seeded and nationally-fourth-ranked Alaska Anchorage and fourth seed Cal Poly Pomona -- to reach the Division II version of the Sweet 16 with the team finishing the final AVCA national rankings at No. 24. Eight 'Swords were honored on the All-PacWest squads with setter Alexia Byrnes earning Player and Setter of the Year honors while Sasha Colombo was the Newcomer of the Year with Kabalis Hoke earning Coach of the Year for the second straight season. Byrnes, Colombo and Lataisia Saulala were also named All-West Region by the D2CCA and AVCA with Byrnes and Colombo earning All-American honors by the latter. In 2021, the Silverswords won a program-record 27 matches, capturing their first Pacific West Conference title since 1996 and a No. 3-seeding in the NCAA West Regional. Chaminade also broke into the AVCA national rankings for the first time in nearly 16 years, seeing their name in the rankings for eight weeks. As a result of the historic season, Kabalis Hoke was voted as the PacWest Coach of the Year while six 'Swords were selected to the all-conference teams including Player of the Year Brooklen Pe'a, who became the first 'Sword who won the conference's top playing honor since Doris Bikar in 1997. Byrnes was also honored as the conference's Setter and Newcomer of the Year. Kabalis Hoke was also honored as the AVCA West Region Coach of the Year while Pe'a, Byrnes and libero Anna Dalla Vecchia earned all-region and All-America honors by the AVCA She continued to lead the resurrection of the program with a 22-8 overall record in 2019, marking the first time in school history the 'Swords posted consecutive 20-win seasons. The 'Swords spent nearly seven weeks atop the Pacific West Conference standings before finishing at 16-6 and tied for third for the second straight year. During that season, the 'Swords had a school-record 13-match winning streak and claimed another by winning 12 straight conference matches. Junior right-side hitter Rachel Reedy, senior outside hitter Emma Tecklenburg and sophomore middle blocker Latasia Saulala were honored on the All-PacWest Teams while junior libero Leka Kiner-Falefa earned conference Newcomer of the Year. Reedy was named to the AVCA All-America honorable mention team, becoming just the second 'Sword to garner All-America honors while Tecklenburg ended her stellar career second on the school's all-time kills list with 1,292. The magical 2018 season saw the Silverswords by return to postseason by qualifying for the NCAA West Regional, ending a 14-year drought. Chaminade's 23 wins overall and 17 in the PacWest were both program records and their third-place finish was the highest since the conference expanded to 10 schools in 2011. Five 'Swords were named to the All-PacWest Teams with Tecklenburg earning D2CCA All-West Region honors. The 2017 squad went 16-12, marking the first time ever the program has enjoyed three consecutive winning seasons. It was also the fourth straight season of reaching double-digit wins. In each of her first four seasons at the helm, the Silverswords increased their win total including a 19-9 mark in 2015, the second-most wins in school history and the program's first winning record since 2007. During the '15 season, senior outside hitter Keani Passi became the program's first-ever All-American, earning honorable mention honors by the AVCA after putting down 489 kills, a record during the rally-scoring era. In the first season under her direction in 2012, Kabalis Hoke helped re-energize the program as the Silverswords won seven matches, five more in the year before her arrival. The 2013 season saw nine victories and a 12-win season the following year. Her teams have also enjoyed great success in the classroom with 87 being named Academic All-PacWest since taking charge of the program. At least 10 have been named academic all-conference each year since 2014-15. In the inaugural season of the beach volleyball program, the 'Swords won seven matches in 2024 as a majority of their opponents came against well-established Division I programs. Kabalis Hoke’s volleyball career was stamped profoundly by helping the Silverswords to their first top-25 ranking in the regional poll, and by making a bold statement in the regional tournament by advancing to the West Region semi-finals in 2004 and earning a place on the Division II Regional All-Tournament Team. She was an All-PacWest First Team selection in 2003 and 2004, and on the 2004 PacWest All-Academic Team and also ranked as one of the top leaders in kills, digs, and service aces per set in the PacWest. She graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and earned a Master's degree in 2007 in Criminal Justice Administration from Chaminade after being named the 2001 Athlete of the Year at Moanalua High School. From 2009-11, Kabalis Hoke served as assistant coach for the Hawai`i Pacific University women’s volleyball program where the then-Sea Warriors achieved a .500 record and ranked top five in the PacWest during those three seasons. In the summer of 2011, she took management of the LeJardin Academy girls volleyball program and guided the varsity team to its first winning season and one win shy of the ILH Division II tournament semi-finals. Before HPU and LeJardin, Kabalis Hoke was the head coach for Radford High School’s girls volleyball program from 2006-08, leading the former OIA Division II state champions to a successful transition into OIA Division I competition. For the several years prior, she had been heavily involved in serving the local youth by directing and coaching with in her club, HI Intensity Volleyball Club. Founded by Kabalis Hoke in 2006, HI Intensity Volleyball Club, located in Honolulu, hosts girls ages 8-18 years old. Her goal in the inception of HI Intensity was to create an outlet for girls with a passion for volleyball and to help them achieve their dreams of playing collegiate volleyball. She and her husband, David Hoke, have a son, Kia'ikaiola. HONORS: 2024:  PacWest Coach of the Year 2022:  PacWest Coach of the Year 2021:  PacWest Coach of the Year, AVCA West Region Coach of the Year Kabalis Hoke's Indoor Coaching Record Season Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. PacWest Finish Postseason 2012 7-17 .292 4-11 .267 T-12th 2013 9-16 .360 6-14 .300 T-10th 2014 12-18 .400 5-15 .250 T-10th 2015 19-9 .679 12-8 .600 6th 2016 16-13 .552 10-10 .500 7th 2017 16-12 .571 11-9 .550 T-6th 2018 23-6 .793 17-5 .773 T-3rd NCAA West Region qualifier 2019 22-8 .733 16-6 .727 3rd S 2021 7-9 .438 6-8 .429 2nd (HI Pod) F 2021 27-6 .818 17-3 .850 1st PacWest Champions, NCAA West Region qualifier 2022 26-8 .765 19-1 .950 1st PacWest Champions, NCAA West Region Finalist 2023 30-4 .882 17-3 .850 2nd NCAA West Region Semifinalist 2024 28-5 .848 20-0 1.000 1st PacWest Champions, NCAA West Region Semifinalist 2025 16-14 .533 9-3 .750 3rd PacWest Tournament Totals 258-145 .640 169-96 .638   Kabalis Hoke's Beach Coaching Record Season Record Pct. Notes 2024 7-9 .438 2025 5-7 .417 2026 5-13 .278 Totals 17-29 .370  

The 2025 season is the sixth for Associate Head Coach Kolby Kanetake with the Chaminade University women's volleyball team and is the primary assistant to head coach Kahala Kabalis Hoke. He was elevated to the title of Associate Head Coach in September 2023. He is also the assistant for the beach volleyball program which began its inaugural season in spring 2024. He has been recognized as one of the top assistant coaches in the country by earning the 2024 AVCA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year and an AVCA Thirty Under 30 Award in 2021-22. In his first four years as the program's full-time assistant coach, the Silverswords captured three Pacific West Conference titles and made four NCAA West Region appearances. In 2024, the Silverswords became the first PacWest squad since 2017 to finish with an unbeaten conference slate, wrapping up the season at 20-0 to claim the program's third conference title in the past four seasons. But it was early in the season where the 'Swords received early headlines, claiming wins over the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 8 teams in the AVCA poll. They reached the finals of the prestigious Colorado Premier Challenge, the top preseason volleyball tournament in the nation, and would see their highest ever national ranking of No. 4 in late November. The 2023 squad won a record 30 matches and earned the No. 1 seed at the NCAA West Regional for the first time ever. During the season, the Silverswords reached their highest national ranking in their Division II era, reaching No. 12 in the AVCA Division II Top 25 Poll, and finished the season 13th. Setter Leilani Ama had a stellar season, earning AVCA National Freshman of the Year honors but also the PacWest Freshman and Setter of the Year. Middle blocker Lizanyela Lopez became the fifth straight Chaminade player to earn the conference's Newcomer of the Year award while right-side hitter Ajack Malaul was an AVCA All-America Third Team honoree, the first time a 'Sword was named to the first, second or third team. In 2022, the 26-win 'Swords earned back-to-back PacWest titles and reached the championship match at the West Regional in Bellingham, Washington. As the No. 8 seed in the region, they pulled off two upsets -- No. 1 seed Alaska Anchorage and No. 4 seed Cal Poly Pomona -- to reach the regional title match for the first time in school history. Chaminade would finish No. 24 in the final AVCA national rankings while eight 'Swords were honored by the PacWest including Player and Setter of the Year, Alexia Byrnes, and Newcomer of the Year, Sasha Colombo. Both were named to All-West Region and All-America by the AVCA while Lataisia Saulala was also honored as a D2CCA All-West Region selection. In his first year as the full-time assistant in 2021, Kanetake helped the Silverswords achieve what may be the greatest season in program history, capturing its first Pacific West Conference title since 1996 with a team-record 27 victories. Six 'Swords were honored on the All-PacWest Teams led by Player of the Year Brooklen Pe'a and Byrnes earning conference Setter and Newcomer of the Year. The duo, along with libero Anna Dalla Vecchia, were named all-region and AVCA All-Americans while Kabalis Hoke was the PacWest and AVCA West Region Coach of the Year. Kanetake himself was honored by the AVCA with the prestigious "Thirty Under 30" Award which honors the rising stars in the national volleyball community. In his first year as the part-time assistant, Kanetake helped the Silverswords adjust from the traditional fall season that was moved to the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During that spring, the 'Swords were near the top of nearly all statistical categories in the Pacific West Conference including hitting percentage (.211), kills (12.58), assists (11.62) and blocks (2.11), the latter of which is the most by a Chaminade team since 2016 and the second-highest in school history. The inaugural season of beach volleyball in 2024 saw the 'Swords finish with nine wins against competition of primarily more-established Division I opponents. Kanetake came to Chaminade after serving as Program Director and Head Coach for the University Laboratory High School girls' volleyball team in Honolulu. He also was an assistant coach at the University of San Francisco (indoor and beach), the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Hawai'i-Manoa. At USF and Cal, he was responsible for scouting, video breakdown, statistics, training the liberos and outside hitters in passing and defense as well as training blocking. Kanetake played four years for the UH men's volleyball team from 2013 to '16 and was a two-time AVCA All-American and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) honoree. He was on the AVCA All-America Second Team as a senior and honorable mention as a junior while earning All-MPSF Second Team honors twice. A two-year captain, Kanetake departed the Rainbow Warriors third in the career digs list with 775 and is seventh in the program's career digs average list at 2.27. During his junior season, Hawai'i finished with a 24-7 mark with a 16-match winning streak and a sixth-place finish in the 2015 NCAA Championships. He is currently the owner, club director and head coach of the Aloha State Volleyball Club which he founded in 2018, training girls age 12-18. His club focuses on girls who want to accomplish their goals into playing collegiate volleyball. HONORS: 2021-22:  AVCA Thirty Under 30 Award 2024-25:  AVCA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year  

Hilary Arakaki is in her sixth year as assistant coach for the Chaminade University women's basketball program, joining the program in the 2020-21 season, and has over 15 years of basketball coaching experience at various levels in the high school and club ranks in Hawai'i and on the mainland. Her duties at Chaminade include assisting with implementation of the daily practice schedule, recruiting and player development. Arakaki's second year saw the Silverswords post four wins, the most by the program since 2019-20 while the team's scoring average increased to 61.6, the fourth-highest in single-season team history. The year was highlighted by a 77-66 win over Hawai'i Pacific on Jan. 18, their first victory over their in-city rival in nearly 16 years and snapping a 40-game skid in the series. During the 2022-23 season, the 'Swords set a single-season team record with 1,013 total rebounds, marking the first time in program history the team surpassed the millennium mark in boards while the team's 39.0 per game average was the second-highest ever. They also held opponents to a shooting percentage of 40.0, the second-lowest ever. Junior guard Olivia Crigler set a program record with 57 3-pointers, which broke Samantha Saito's record of 50 which stood for 14 years. Fellow guard Dallas Martinez also made history, registering the program's first-ever triple-double with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists against Champion Christian on Jan. 2, 2023. Prior to coming to Chaminade, Arakaki was with Nanakuli High School during the 2019-20 season where she was head coach of the Hawks' junior varsity team while helping with the varsity staff. The previous two years (2017-19) were at Hawai'i Baptist Academy, serving as an Intermediate 2 Gold team assistant in her first year at HBA then the team's head coach in 2018-19. She also was an assistant coach at Roosevelt High School's varsity and JV teams in 2015-16. Arakaki has also been a volunteer coach for the After School All-Star Hawai'i 7th/8th grade team as well as the Boys and Girls Club in both Honolulu and in Bellevue, Wash. Arakaki is a 2003 graduate of the University of Oregon in Psychology with a minor in Anthropology while earning several academic awards that spring. She was a three-time letterwinner at Punahou School, helping the Buff-N-Blu capture back-to-back state titles in 1997 and '98. Arakaki was also a member of the inaugural class of recipients for the Kalakaua Basketball Clinic Scholarship Award.