The 2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. Hawaii is competing in the Big West Conference. The Rainbow Warriors played their home games at Les Murakami Stadium. Coach Mike Trapasso lead the Rainbow Warriors in his 20th season with the program.

After a strong start, seeing the Warriors nationally ranked, the program finished the season with a 24–26 record.

Previous season

The 2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team notched an 11–6 (0–0) regular-season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Preseason Coaches Poll The Big West baseball coaches' poll was released on February 10, 2021. Hawaii was picked to finished 7th in the Big West.

Coaches' Poll 1 UCSB 119 (10) 2 Long Beach State 96 3 UC Irvine 95 4 Cal Poly 94 5 Cal State Fullerton 78 6 CSUN 64 (1) 7 Hawaii 61 8 UC Davis 39 9 UC San Diego 33 10 UC Riverside 29 11 CSU Bakersfield 18

Personnel Roster

Coaching staff 2021 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball coaching staff Name Position Seasons atHawaii Alma mater Mike Trapasso Head coach 20 Oklahoma State University (1985) Mike Brown Assistant Coach 3 University of Kentucky (2007) Carl Fraticelli Assistant Coach 10 Loyola Marymount University (1988) Kila Kaʻaihue Assistant Coach 1 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2020)

Game log 2021 Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors baseball game log Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled      Bold = Hawaii team member Regular season (24–26) February (1–2) Date Time (HT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC Sources February 26 3:35 p.m. ASUL-3 at No. 15 Arizona State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium W 3–2 Teixeira (1–0) Osman (0–1) — 0 1–0 — Box ScoreRecap February 27 11:05 a.m. ASUL-1 at No. 15 Arizona State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium L 5–6 Fall (1–0) Hymel (0–1) Long (2) 0 1–1 — Box ScoreRecap February 27 3:05 p.m. ASUL-1 at No. 15 Arizona State* Phoenix Municipal Stadium L 6–9 Glenn (1–0) Pindel (0–1) Corrigan (1) 0 1–2 — Box ScoreRecap March (10–5) Date Time (HT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC Sources March 4 6:35 p.m. SPECTSN * Les Murakami Stadium W 12–1 Davenport (1–0) Adams (0–1) — 0 2–2 — Box ScoreRecap March 5 6:35 p.m. SPECTSN Hawaii Pacific* Les Murakami Stadium W 14–3 Pindel (1–1) Cortez (0–1) — 0 3–2 — Box ScoreRecap March 6 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN Hawaii Pacific* Les Murakami Stadium W 10–2 Teixeira (2–0) Mayeshiro (0–1) — 0 4–2 — Box ScoreRecap March 7 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN Hawaii Pacific* Les Murakami Stadium W 10–0 Pontes (1–0) Pringle (0–1) — 0 5–2 — Box ScoreRecap March 12 6:35 p.m. SPECTSN * Les Murakami Stadium Cancelled (inclement weather) 5–2 — Recap March 13 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN Hawaii–Hilo* Les Murakami Stadium W 3–2 Dyball (1–0) de Jesús (0–1) — 0 6–2 — Box ScoreRecap March 13 4:05 p.m. SPECTSN Hawaii–Hilo* Les Murakami Stadium W 6–2 Halemanu (1–0) Scudder (0–1) Pindel (1) 0 7–2 — Box ScoreRecap March 14 4:05 p.m. SPECTSN Hawaii–Hilo* Les Murakami Stadium W 13–0 Pouelsen (1–0) Alcorn (0–1) — 0 8–2 — Box ScoreRecap March 19 6:35 p.m. SPECTSN Les Murakami Stadium W 3–2 Dyball (2–0) D. Harrison (0–1) — 0 9–2 1–0 Box ScoreRecap March 20 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN Long Beach State Les Murakami Stadium W 1–0 Halemanu (2–0) Ramírez (0–1) Turchin (1) 0 10–2 2–0 Box ScoreRecap March 20 4:05 p.m. SPECTSN Long Beach State Les Murakami Stadium W 6–4 Pindel (2–1) Noble (0–1) Pontes (1) 0 11–2 3–0 Box ScoreRecap March 21 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN Long Beach State Les Murakami Stadium L 5–8 Noble (1–1) C. Harrison (0–1) D. Harrison (1) 0 11–3 3–1 Box ScoreRecap March 26 12:00 p.m. Big West TV at UC Irvine Cicerone Field L 0–4 Denholm (2–1) Davenport (1–1) King (1) 0 11-4 3-2 Box ScoreRecap March 27 9:00 a.m. Big West TV at UC Irvine Cicerone Field L 5–12 Pinto (2–1) Pindel (2–2) — 0 11–5 3–3 Box ScoreRecap March 27 1:00 p.m. Big West TV at UC Irvine Cicerone Field L 3–4 King (2–1) Pontes (1–1) — 0 11–6 3–4 Box ScoreRecap March 28 1:05 p.m. at UC Irvine Cicerone Field L 10–20 (7) Brooks (1–0) Ichimura (0–1) — 0 11–7 3–5 Box ScoreRecap April (9–8) Date Time (HT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC Sources April 2 3:00 p.m. No. 28 UCSB Les Murakami Stadium L 0–3 McGreevy (4–0) Davenport (1–2) — 0 11–8 3–6 Box ScoreRecap April 3 12:00 p.m. No. 28 UCSB Les Murakami Stadium L 4–5 Boone (5–1) Halemanu (2–1) Benbrook (1) 0 11–9 3–7 Box ScoreRecap April 3 4:00 p.m. No. 28 UCSB Les Murakami Stadium W 6–5 Pouelsen (2–0) Roberts (0–2) Atkins (1) 0 12–9 4–7 Box ScoreRecap April 4 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN No. 28 UCSB Les Murakami Stadium L 1–9 Callahan (2–1) Hymel (0–2) Dand (2) 0 12–10 4–8 Box ScoreRecap April 9 3:00 p.m. Big West TV at Riverside Sports Complex W 7–5 Davenport (2–2) Haffar (0–2) Dyball (1) 0 13–10 5–8 Box ScoreRecap April 10 9:00 a.m. Big West TV at UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex W 7–0 Teixeira (3–0) Tucker (1–1) Halemanu (1) 0 14–10 6–8 Box ScoreRecap April 10 12:00 p.m. Big West TV at UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex W 13–4 Hymel (1–2) Frazier (0–1) — 0 15–10 7–8 Box ScoreRecap April 11 9:00 a.m. Big West TV at UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex L 2–9 Anderson (1–0) Pontes (1–2) Marrujo (1) 0 15–11 7–9 Box ScoreRecap April 16 3:00 p.m. Les Murakami Stadium L 2–5 15–12 7–10 April 17 12:00 p.m. Cal State Bakersfield Les Murakami Stadium L 1–4 15–13 7–11 April 17 4:00 p.m. Cal State Bakersfield Les Murakami Stadium W 11–4 16–13 8–11 April 18 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN Cal State Bakersfield Les Murakami Stadium L 4–7 16–14 8–12 April 23 3:00 p.m. Les Murakami Stadium W 6–2 17–14 9–12 April 24 12:00 p.m. UC Davis Les Murakami Stadium W 8–3 18–14 10–12 April 24 4:00 p.m. UC Davis Les Murakami Stadium W 7–2 19–14 11–12 April 25 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN UC Davis Les Murakami Stadium W 9–2 20–14 12–12 April 30 2:00 p.m. at Goodwin Field L 4–5 20–15 12–13 May (4–11) Date Time (HT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC Sources May 1 9:00 a.m. at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field W 4–1 21–15 13–13 May 1 1:00 p.m. at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field W 16–8 22–15 14–13 May 2 10:05 a.m. at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field W 8–2 23–15 15–13 May 14 3:00 p.m. at Matador Field L 1–9 23–16 15–14 May 15 8:00 a.m. at CSUN Matador Field L 0–12 23–17 15–15 May 15 11:35 a.m. at CSUN Matador Field L 3–4 23–18 15–16 May 16 1:00 p.m. at CSUN Matador Field L 2–6 23–19 15–17 May 21 6:35 p.m. SPECTSN Les Murakami Stadium L 2–6 23–20 15–18 May 22 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN UC San Diego Les Murakami Stadium L 2–4 23–21 15–19 May 22 4:35 p.m. SPECTSN UC San Diego Les Murakami Stadium W 5–2 24–21 16–19 May 23 1:05 p.m. SPECTSN UC San Diego Les Murakami Stadium L 2–3 24–22 16–20 May 28 6:35 p.m. at Robin Baggett Stadium L 3–13 24–23 16–21 May 29 1:05 p.m. at Cal Poly Robin Baggett Stadium L 4–5 24–24 16–22 May 29 4:35 p.m. at Cal Poly Robin Baggett Stadium L 4–14 24–25 16–23 May 30 1:05 p.m. at Cal Poly Robin Baggett Stadium L 2–6 24–26 16–24 *Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll

Rankings

2021 MLB draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB team Aaron Davenport RHP 6 186 Cleveland Indians

References

External links Hawaii Baseball