{"id":396198,"date":"2026-01-06T22:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/396198\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:30:13","slug":"5-rainbow-warrior-football-players-earn-academic-honors-tie-program-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/396198\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Rainbow Warrior football players earn academic honors, tie program record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Jackson<\/p>\n

A record-tying five University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa football<\/a> players were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team, recognizing their excellence both on the field and in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Jackson Harris, Kansei Matsuzawa, Aiden McComber, Josh Sagapolutele and Landon Sims earned the distinction, matching a program high last achieved in 2022. It also marked the second consecutive year that Matsuzawa and Sims were honored.<\/p>\n

Harris, a first-team All-Mountain West wide receiver, led the Rainbow Warriors with 963 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns, averaging 19.7 yards per catch. Matsuzawa, a senior placekicker who graduated in December 2025, capped a historic season as UH\u2019s first consensus All-American<\/a>, setting multiple school records and earning Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Year honors.<\/p>\n

McComber and Sagapolutele, both sophomore defensive linemen, were key contributors to the Rainbow Warrior defense. Sims, a senior running back, completed his finance degree and is pursuing a master\u2019s, while leading the team in rushing for the second straight season.<\/p>\n

To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA and meet strict participation benchmarks during the season.<\/p>\n

Read more at Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading time: < 1 minute A record-tying five University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa football players were named to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[211296,5654,64,63,211301,211297,211304,596,211306,191626,211299,211300,134349,85864,211303,91340,211295,85,211307,41913,211298,91341,2204,211305,41914,211302,2198,85860],"class_list":["post-396198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-academic-all-district-team","tag-athletics","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-college-football-academics","tag-college-sports-communicators","tag-college-sports-communicators-academic-all-district-team","tag-football","tag-hawaii-athletics","tag-jackson-harris","tag-kansei-matsuzawa","tag-landon-sims","tag-mountain-west","tag-mountain-west-football","tag-rainbow-warrior","tag-rainbow-warrior-football","tag-rainbow-warriors-football","tag-sports","tag-student-recognition","tag-student-athlete","tag-student-athlete-honors","tag-uh-athletics","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-manoa-academic-honors","tag-uh-manoa-athletics","tag-uh-manoa-football","tag-university-of-hawaii","tag-university-of-hawaii-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}