Kristina Akiona

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Garden Grove, Calif.
Prev School:
University of Hawai'i

2015 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 36 games with 27 starts—25 at third base and two at shortstop while at the University of Hawai’i…overall hit .145 (11-for-76) with five runs scored, two doubles a home run and nine RBI…drew six walks while striking out 18 times…in conference, hit .148 (4-for-27) with a double and two RBI…had two multiple RBI games….drove in three runs against No. 25 DePaul (Feb. 6) on a three-run home run en route to an 8-0 upset of the Blue Demons…against Longwood (Mar. 5) drove in the winning run on a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift UH to an 8-7 win over the Lancers...went 2-for-3 against UC Riverside (Mar. 28) with a double and two RBI…was a 2015 UH scholar-athlete.

2014 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 35 games as a Rainbow Wahine with 24 starts—15 at shortstop and nine at third base…overall hit .250 for the season (17-for-68) with a .412 slugging percentage…hit three doubles, a triple, and two home runs with seven RBI…drove in a career high two RBI with two doubles, a walk and a stolen base against Hampton (2/6/14)…had four multiple-hit games…in conference games, hit .214 (6-for-28) in 13 appearances...earned Big West All-Academic honors.

2013 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 16 games and started two--Ole Miss (2/7/13) and Portland State (3/9/13) as the designated player...hit .235 for the season (4-for-17) with a .412 slugging percentage...tallied her first collegiate hit against BYU (2/14/13) in Las Vegas, Nev....launched her first career home run at CSU Bakersfield (4/16/13) in a non-conference road game as a pinch-hitter.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Pacifica High School in 2012…Earned four letters while playing varsity softball and two while playing volleyball with the Mariners…Helped the team to first team All-League in 2012, the second team All-League in 2011, and the Empire League Champions all four years…Named the Co-Captain to the softball team in 2012…Held a spot on the Principal’s Honor Roll from 2010-2012…Named as a Scholar Athlete from 2011-2012…Played with the club team, the Artesia Punishers.

PERSONAL: Born November 25, 1993 in Kane’ohe, O’ahu…Raised in Garden Grove, CA…Daughter of Mark and Johnen Akiona…Has one older sister, Paulina…Majoring in interdisciplinary studies with a minor in business.