The 2025 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team represent the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2025 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 Rich Hill is leading the Rainbow Warriors in his fourth season with the program.
Previous season
The 2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team notched an 37–16 (20–10) regular-season record during the 2024 season. The Rainbow Warriors finished third in the Big West Conference. Hawaii did not receive an at-large berth into the NCAA tournament.
Personnel
Starters LineupPos. No.Player. Year C 33 Konnor Palmeira Senior 1B 4 Ben Zeigler-Namoa Senior 2B 2 Shunsuke Sakaino Senior 3B 23 Xaige Lancaster Sophomore SS 1 Elijah Ickes Sophomore LF 25 Kamana Nahaku Senior CF 37 Matthew Miura Junior RF 21 Jared Quandt Senior DH 5 Draven Nushida Junior
Weekend pitching rotation Day No.Player. Year Friday 36 Sebastian Gonzalez Sophomore Saturday 17 Itsuki Takemoto Sophomore Sunday 41 Liam O'Brien Senior
Roster
Offseason Departures Offseason departuresNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes 2 INF Aiea, Hi Graduated 5 INF Honolulu, HI Graduated 6 INF Honolulu, HI Graduated 7 LHP Granite Bay, CA Graduated 8 C Hilo, HI Graduated 9 INF Hilo, HI Graduated 12 LHP Kohala, HI Graduated 13 LHP San Diego, CA Graduated 15 RHP Port Orchard, WA Did not return 18 UTL Kapaa, HI Graduated 19 C Cardiff by the Sea, CA Signed with Atlanta Braves as undrafted free agent 20 OF Lanai City, HI Graduated 24 OF Mesa, AZ Graduated 29 RHP Mililani, HI Graduated 31 C Mililani, HI Graduated 35 RHP Honolulu, HI Graduated 48 LHP Eureka, CA Did not return
Outgoing transfers Outgoing transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightHometownYearNew schoolSource 27 INF Holualoa, HI Hawaii Pacific 33 RHP Peyton, CO SLCC 34 INF Aiea, HI Campbell 41 LHP Temecula, CA Oklahoma State 50 RHP Lake Oswego, OR Miami (FL) 54 RHP Pleasant Grove, UT BYU
2024 MLB draft
No Hawaii players were selected in the 2024 MLB draft.
Acquisitions Incoming transfers Incoming transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightHometownYearPrevious schoolSource 2 INF San Diego, CA CSUN 5 INF/OF Kailua, HI Cal State Fullerton 6 INF Hilo, HI Pierce (WA) 12 RHP West Sacramento, CA Cal Poly 15 OF Newport Beach, CA Golden West 19 RHP San Diego, CA San Francisco 20 OF Redwood City, CA San Mateo 24 OF Villa Park, CA Fullerton College 27 RHP Beaverton, OR Clackamas 31 LHP Wadsworth, OH San Diego City College 41 RHP Tucson, AZ Gonzaga 47 RHP Flower Mound, TX McLennan
Incoming recruits
2025 Hawai'i RecruitsNameNumberB/T Pos.HeightWeightHometown High School Source 8 R/R INF Cerritos, CA Long Beach Jordan 13 L/L LHP Little River, CA North Myrtle Beach 18 R/R RHP Carlsbad, CA La Costa Canyon 29 R/R UTL Kahului, HI Maui 48 R/R RHP Las Gatos, CA Los Gatos 51 R/R RHP Temecula, CA Great Oak 54 R/R RHP Wahiawa, HI Leilehua
Preseason Coaches poll The coaches poll was released on February 7, 2025. Hawaii was selected to finish fourth the conference.
Coaches' Poll 1 UCSB 99 (9) 2 UC Irvine 89 (2) 3 Cal Poly 79 4 Hawaii 76 5 UC San Diego 63 6 CSUN 50 7 UC Davis 47 T−8 Cal State Fullerton 36 T−8 Long Beach State 36 10 Cal State Bakersfield 18 11 UC Riverside 12
Game log 2025 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball game log (35–21) Regular season: 33–19 (Home: 25–10; Away: 8–9) February: 8–1 (Home: 8–1; Away: 0–0) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC February 14 SSN * Les Murakami StadiumHonolulu, HI W 9–8 Waite (1–0) Baird (0–1) None 3,806 1–0 — February 15DH Marshall* Les Murakami Stadium W 6–27 Takemoto (1–0) DiGiacomo (0–1) None 3,956 2–0 — February 15DH Marshall* Les Murakami Stadium W 7–6 Tenn (1–0) Weyrich (0–1) None 3,956 3–0 — February 16 Marshall* Les Murakami Stadium W 10–2 Thomas (1–0) Collins (0–1) None 3,520 4–0 — February 20 SSN * Les Murakami Stadium W 4–310 Magdaleno (1–0) Potter (0–1) None 3,080 5–0 — February 21 SSN Wichita State* Les Murakami Stadium L 4–11 Hamilton (1–1) Takemoto (1–1) None 3,925 5–1 — February 22 Wichita State* Les Murakami Stadium W 4–2 Ronan (1–0) Holmes (0–1) Magdaleno (1) 4,535 6–1 — February 23 Wichita State* Les Murakami Stadium W 7–1 O'Brien (1–0) Miner (1–1) Rodriguez (1) 3,559 7–1 — February 28 Northeastern* Les Murakami Stadium W 11–5 Rodriguez (1–0) Gottesman (0–1) None 3,509 8–1 —
March: 12–5 (Home: 9–2; Away: 3–3) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC March 1 Northeastern* Les Murakami Stadium L 1–7 Jones (3–0) Takemoto (1–2) None 4,472 8–2 — March 2 Northeastern* Les Murakami Stadium W 11–3 O'Brien (2–0) Cabral (1–2) None 3,485 9–2 — March 3 Northeastern* Les Murakami Stadium W 3–212 Veloz (1–0) Beauchesne (0–2) None 3,031 10–2 — March 7 ESPN+ at Riverside Sports ComplexRiverside, CA W 17–5 Walls (1–0) Torres (0–1) None 202 11–2 1–0 March 8 ESPN+ at UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex L 3–413 Millman (2–0) Tenn (1–1) None 275 11–3 1–1 March 9 ESPN+ at UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex L 4–7 Flores (2–0) Ronan (1–1) None 264 11–4 1–2 March 11 * Les Murakami Stadium W 9–4 Waite (2–0) Wells (0–1) None 3,144 12–4 — March 14 No. 15 UCSB Les Murakami Stadium L 1–2 Bremner (2–1) Takemoto (1–3) Jackson (2) 3,948 12–5 1–3 March 15 No. 15 UCSB Les Murakami Stadium W 15–7 Rodriguez (2–0) Flora (1–1) Magdaleno (2) 4,421 13–5 2–3 March 16 No. 15 UCSB Les Murakami Stadium W 1–0 Walls (2–0) Proskey (1–2) Magdaleno (3) 3,914 14–5 3–3 March 22 SSN Les Murakami Stadium W 7–2 Takemoto (2–3) Valdez (2–2) None 4,589 15–5 4–3 March 23 UC Davis Les Murakami Stadium W 16–0 Gonzalez (1–0) Wood (2–1) None 3,981 16–5 5–3 March 24 SSN UC Davis Les Murakami Stadium W 2–113 Magdaleno (2–0) Delaney (0–2) None 3,255 17–5 6–3 March 25 * Les Murakami Stadium W 9–810 Barton (1–0) Pressley (2–3) None 3,449 18–5 — March 28 at Matador FieldNorthridge, CA L 10–15 Halamicek (1–3) Takemoto (2–4) Miller (1) 346 18–6 6–4 March 29 at CSUN Matador Field W 9–3 Gonzalez (2–0) King (0–1) Magdaleno (4) 276 19–6 7–4 March 30 at CSUN Matador Field W 14–10 Magdaleno (3–0) Hernandez (0–2) None 274 20–6 8–4
April: 8–8 (Home: 5–4; Away: 3–4) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC April 1 * Les Murakami Stadium W 10–8 Rodriguez (3–0) Vanek (3–2) Thomas (1) 3,234 21–6 — April 4 SSN Les Murakami Stadium W 10–5 Gonzalez (3–0) Montgomery (5–3) Magdaleno (5) 4,465 22–6 9–4 April 5 SSN Long Beach State Les Murakami Stadium L 2–3 Roblez (2–0) O'Brien (2–1) Kahalekai (1) 4,585 22–7 9–5 April 6 Long Beach State Les Murakami Stadium L 4–5 Geiss (4–5) Walls (2–1) Kahalekai (2) 4,094 22–8 9–6 April 8 at * Stephen Schott StadiumSanta Clara, CA W 5–3 Jones (1–0) Habermann (0–1) Thomas (2) 500 23–8 — April 11 at Robin Baggett StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA W 4–210 Magdaleno (4–0) Sagouspe (3–2) None 2,818 24–8 10–6 April 12 at Cal Poly Robin Baggett Stadium L 5–12 Downs (4–0) O'Brien (2–2) None 2,892 24–9 10–7 April 13 at Cal Poly Robin Baggett Stadium L 2–5 Torres (1–2) Walls (2–2) None 3,017 24–10 10–8 April 15 BTN+ at USC* George C. Page StadiumLos Angeles, CA W 5–4 Rodriguez (4–0) Matson (2–1) Thomas (3) 498 25–10 — April 17 ESPN+ at No. 13 UC Irvine Anteater BallparkIrvine, CA L 1–3 Ojeda (8–0) Ronan (1–2) Martin (9) 733 25–11 10–9 April 18 ESPN+ at No. 13 UC Irvine Anteater Ballpark L 0–4 Hansen (6–0) Adamson (0–1) None 1,170 25–12 10–10 April 19 ESPN+ at No. 13 UC Irvine Anteater Ballpark L 0–5 Brooks (5–2) Walls (2–3) None 1,089 25–13 10–11 April 22 Chaminade* Les Murakami Stadium W 14–7 Jones (2–0) Cody (4–4) None 3,040 26–13 — April 25 Les Murakami Stadium L 6–710 Scheurman (1–0) Magdaleno (4–1) Gutierrez (1) 3,723 26–14 10–12 April 26 Cal State Bakersfield Les Murakami Stadium W 5–4 Ronan (2–0) Gutierrez (3–5) Rodriguez (2) 4,096 27–14 11–12 April 27 Cal State Bakersfield Les Murakami Stadium W 11–4 O'Brien (3–2) Brown (1–1) None 3,710 28–14 12–12
May: 7–7 (Home: 3–4; Away: 3–1; Neutral: 1–2) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWC May 2 SSN No. 7 Oregon State Les Murakami Stadium L 4–11 Segura (7–1) Takemoto (2–5) None 4,635 28–15 — May 3 No. 7 Oregon State Les Murakami Stadium L 2–3 Keljo (3–2) Rodriguez (4–1) None 4,488 28–16 — May 4 No. 7 Oregon State Les Murakami Stadium W 5–0 Walls (3–3) Kleinschmit (6–3) None 4,406 29–16 — May 5 SSN No. 10 Oregon State* Les Murakami Stadium L 3–7 Queen (3–1) Thomas (1–1) Hutcheson (3) 4,451 29–17 — May 9 ESPN+ at Cal State Fullerton* Goodwin FieldFullerton, CA W 8–7 Rodriguez (5–1) Negrete (5–2) Magdaleno (6) 902 30–17 13–12 May 10 ESPN+ at Cal State Fullerton* Goodwin Field L 1–9 Harper (2–0) Gonzalez (3–1) None 853 30–18 13–13 May 11 ESPN+ at Cal State Fullerton* Goodwin Field W 10–2 O'Brien (4–2) Hernandez (0–2) None 686 31–18 14–13 May 15 ESPN+ Les Murakami Stadium W 6–3 Rodriguez (6–1) Dalquist (6–5) Magdaleno (7) 3,973 32–18 15–13 May 16 ESPN+ UC San Diego Les Murakami Stadium L 6–12 Murdock (1–3) O'Brien (4–3) None 4,529 32–19 15–14 May 17 ESPN+ UC San Diego Les Murakami Stadium W 13–2 Rodriguez (7–1) Villar (1–5) None 4,545 33–19 16–14 Postseason (2–2) (2–2) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall BWCT Record Source May 21 ESPN+ UC Santa Barbara (5) (4) Goodwin Field W 6–2 Ronan (3-2) Jackson (6–3) Magdaleno (8) 478 34–19 1–0 May 22 ESPN+ No. 20 UC Irvine (1) (4) Goodwin Field L 5–7 Ojeda (13–0) Takemoto (2-6) Martin (14) 554 34–20 1–1 May 23 ESPN+ at Cal State Fullerton (3) (4) Goodwin Field W 16–4 Ronan (4-2) Harper (3–1) Magdaleno (9) 478 35–20 2–1 May 24 ESPN+ Cal Poly (2) (4) Goodwin Field L 1–2 Morano (3–0) Rodriguez (7-2) Torres (4) 579 35–21 2–2 Legend: = Win = Loss = CanceledBold = Hawaii team member * Non-conference gameRankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
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References
External links Hawaii Baseball