2017-2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors

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2017-2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
32 Samuta Avea Fr SF 6-6 195 - South Jordan (UT) United States Bingham High School
1 Drew Buggs Fr PG 6-3 195 - Long Beach (CA) United States Long Beach Polytechnic High School
24 Zach Buscher Jr G 6-3 180 - Kailua (HI) United States Iolani School
- Mate Colina RS-Fr C 7-0 240 May 20, 1999 Melbourne Australia Australian Centre of Excellence
23 Sheriff Drammeh Jr SG 6-3 160 Jun 8, 1996 Kista Sweden Igelstavikens Gymnasium
15 Ido Flaisher So C 6-10 230 Jan 27, 1998 Tel Aviv Israel Hadash High School
0 Leland Green So SG 6-2 185 Mar 2, 1997 Redondo Beach (CA) United States Redondo Union
42 Justin Hemsley RS-Fr PG 6-6 195 - La Verne (CA) United States Damien High School
21 Gibson Johnson Sr PF 6-8 220 - Centerville (UT) United States Viewmont High School
35 Trevor LaCount Jr F 6-7 185 - Ventura (CA) United States Ventura High School
12 Jack Purchase Jr G 6-9 210 Jun 26, 1995 Melbourne Australia Carey Baptist Grammar School
14 Zigmars Raimo So F 6-9 225 Nov 14, 1997 Madona Latvia Riga Secondary School
5 Jaaron Stallworth So G 6-1 180 - Elk Grove (CA) United States Cosumnes Oaks High School
2 Brocke Stepteau Jr G 5-9 170 - Dallas (TX) United States Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas
4 Brandon Thomas So SG 6-4 190 - Woodland Hills (CA) United States William Howard Taft High School
13 Mike Thomas Sr F 6-7 215 Feb 14, 1995 Woodland Hills (CA) United States El Camino Real High School

Recent Hawaii Rainbow Warriors History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 20-14 (11-9) 4th (Big West) 3rd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 22-11 (13-7) 4th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 17-11 (12-5) 2nd (Big West) 3rd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 11-10 (9-9) 5th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 17-13 (8-8) 4th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 18-13 (9-7) 4th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 17-13 (8-8) 6th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 14-16 (8-8) 5th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 28-6 (13-3) 1st (Big West) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2014-2015 22-13 (8-8) 5th (Big West) Runner Up N/A
2013-2014 20-11 (9-7) 4th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 17-15 (10-8) 5th (Big West) 1st Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2011-2012 16-16 (6-8) 5th (WAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 17-13 (8-8) 5th (WAC) 1st Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2009-2010 10-20 (3-13) 9th (WAC) N/A N/A
2008-2009 13-17 (5-11) 8th (WAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 11-19 (7-9) 5th (WAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 18-13 (8-8) 5th (WAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 16-11 (10-6) 4th (WAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 15-14 (7-11) 7th (WAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 21-12 (11-7) 5th (WAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 4th Rnd
2002-2003 19-12 (9-9) 6th (WAC) 3rd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd

2017-2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Mike Thomas All-Big West Honorable Mention
Sheriff Drammeh Big West Player of the Week (Dec 18, 2017)

2017-2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Buggs L. Green S. Drammeh M. Thomas G. Johnson
Rotation B. Stepteau     J. Purchase  
Lim PT   B. Thomas S. Avea Z. Raimo I. Flaisher
Lim PT   Z. Buscher      

2017-2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Mike Thomas 28 23.2 13.1 6.0 1.2 0.2 0.3 1.6
Sheriff Drammeh 29 30.4 10.7 3.4 1.9 1.1 0.2 1.7
Gibson Johnson 30 23.3 10.4 4.7 1.3 0.6 0.6 1.5
Brocke Stepteau 28 28.5 9.5 2.0 2.7 0.5 0.0 1.6
Drew Buggs 30 28.3 8.1 3.7 3.6 1.5 0.1 2.1
Jack Purchase 30 25.3 7.5 5.1 2.1 0.5 0.5 1.2
Leland Green 30 23.0 5.6 1.9 0.8 0.7 0.1 1.6
Zigmars Raimo 25 8.5 2.7 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.7
Samuta Avea 27 7.6 2.5 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.6
Brandon Thomas 23 8.3 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2
Ido Flaisher 22 5.6 1.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Zach Buscher 10 1.6 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6

2017-2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Eran Ganot Head Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (Saint Mary's, 2010 to 2015)
Adam Jacobsen Associate Head Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Hawaii, 2015 to 2017)
John Montgomery Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Director of Basketball Operations (San Francisco, 2014 to 2015)
Marlon Stewart Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Montana, 2016 to 2017)
David A.K. Matlin Athletic Director 2015-2016 N/A
Todd Okeson Director of Basketball Operations 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Southern Utah, 2012 to 2016)
Stefon Lyons Graduate Manager 2016-2017 N/A
Eric Okasaki Head Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A
Derek Inouchi Director of Media Relations 2014-2015 N/A