{"id":681371,"date":"2026-05-20T07:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/681371\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T07:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:02:22","slug":"rainbow-wahine-trio-named-csc-academic-all-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/681371\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Wahine Trio Named CSC Academic All-District"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HONOLULU \u2014 University of Hawai’i women’s tennis players Allaire Berl<\/a>, Makeilah Nepomuceno<\/a> and Sophie Rachor<\/a> were named to the College Sports Communicators Women’s Tennis Academic All-District team in recognition for their work on the court, in the classroom, and in the community.<\/p>\n

To be eligible, student-athletes must compete in the lineup in\u00a0at least 75 percent of their team’s scheduled competitions (excluding regional ITA’s and non-team scored events). All Academic All-District\u00ae honorees are considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America\u00ae ballot. Finalists advancing to the national ballot will be voted on by CSC members, with the first-, second-, and third-team Academic All-America\u00ae honorees announced in June.<\/p>\n

Allaire Berl<\/a> (Senior – Westport, Mass.)
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\n\tAcademic Highlights: Has earned Dean’s List honors all four semesters while at UH as an\u00a0Interdisciplinary Studies major. Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete for both seasons at UH and at her previous school, Kenyon College.
\n\tAthletic Highlights:\u00a0In singles, Berl posted an 8-9 overall and dual match record, primarily competing at the No. 5 slot (5-7) and going 3-2 at No. 6. In doubles, she\u00a0collected a 4-12 overall and dual record at the No. 3 spot. Her primary pairings included playing alongside Isabella Pampulov<\/a> (2-7) and Emma Forgac<\/a> (2-5).
\n\tCommunity Service: Volunteered at Papahana Kuaola farm in the lo’is\u00a0(taro patches) and at\u00a0Ka Papa Lo’i o K\u0101newai on UH campus. Berl served as UH’s SAAC president and was a part of beach clean ups in the fall and volunteered with\u00a0food drives. She helped run UH’s national stem cell\/bone marrow registry program for NMDP,\u00a0which she helped to plan and also\u00a0collected cheek swabs samples. Berl participated in the Manoa Christmas Parade,\u00a0collected food donations during the recent floods on O’ahu,\u00a0and helped with the Big West\u00a0Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s\u00a0“Headstrong”\u00a0initiative promoting\u00a0student-athletes wearing\u00a0helmets. She has volunteered with Polaris Athletes to mentor high school student-athletes preparing for collegiate athletics, and\u00a0with the Kids and Wahine Day to teach kids how to play tennis. <\/p>\n

Makeilah Nepomuceno<\/a>\u00a0(Sophomore – Rosemead, Calif.)<\/p>\n


\n\tAcademic Highlights:\u00a0Selected as a CSC Academic All-America\u00ae Finalist, advancing to the national ballot.\u00a0 The\u00a0Travel Industry Management major\u00a0earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors as a freshman and Dean’s List all four semesters. Nepomuceno held the highest GPA on the Rainbow Wahine Tennis Team this season.
\n\tAthletic Highlights: Earned All-Big West Second-Team honors in doubles with partner Hannah Galindo<\/a> playing at the No. 2 court all season. Also garnered All-Big West Honorable Mention honors in singles playing all 18 matches at No. 2 In singles, she recorded\u00a0a 6-10 overall\/dual record playing at No. 2 and held\u00a0a 5-4 record in Big West conference play. In doubles, she\u00a0developed a highly productive partnership with Galindo at the No. 2 position, achieving a 10-7 overall and dual record (6-3 in conference play).
\n\tCommunity Service:\u00a0Most recently helped with food drives to help the victims of the severe flooding O’ahu\u00a0suffered through in the Spring. <\/p>\n

Sophie Rachor<\/a> (Graduate Student –\u00a0Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany)<\/p>\n


\n\tAcademic Highlights: Rachor\u00a0earned her Bachelor’s Degree at Concordia Irvine before playing her final collegiate season at Hawai’i, where she is pursuing her Master’s Degree in Finance.\u00a0
\n\tAthletic Highlights: Earned All-Big West Second Team honors in doubles with partner Grete Gull<\/a>. In singles, she\u00a0finished with a 5-12 overall and dual record, anchoring the middle of the lineup primarily at the No. 3 slot (4-10) and making a brief appearance at No. 2 (1-1). In doubles, she\u00a0played exclusively at the No. 1 position, capturing an 9-9 overall dual record with Gull, including a\u00a06-3 mark in Big West play. <\/p>\n

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