Chaminade baseball announces recruiting class
Chaminade baseball coach Chad Konishi announced the 19 members of his first-ever recruiting class of the relaunched Silverswords baseball program o...
Chaminade baseball coach Chad Konishi announced the 19 members of his first-ever recruiting class of the relaunched Silverswords baseball program on Monday. Chaminade first fielded an intercollegiate baseball team in 1980. That team, under the stewardship of Leroy Goo, went 20-6 and earned a berth in the NAIA District 2 Playoffs. Despite the success, the program was dropped to club level status in 1981 due to budgetary restrictions, before being disbanded altogether a year later. After a 40-year absence, the program returns with local recruits, including Mid-Pacific pitcher Reyn Kapua, Saint Louis catcher and first baseman Ezekiel Ribuca, Saint Louis pitcher and infielder Jacob Villacorte, and Olympic College and 2019 Kalani pitcher Max Patterson.