Are there plans to develop a UH West Oahu Athletics Program?
“I’ve been asked this question a lot . When I was at Cal Poly Pomona, I was in charge of inter-collegiate athletics. It was a Division II program and I did it for seven years. I oversaw the sports teams. In fact, I hired a guy, Greg Lemanski who took Cal Poly this year and won the Division II National Basketball Title. The women’s basketball team won a couple national titles when I was there. It had a following. Here’s what I think we can do and having spent those many years going to NCAA conventions, I think this is feasible. I think we can field a Division I Athletics Program. If you look at St. Mary’s, three to four years ago they were at the bottom of their league. Now they make it to the Sweet 16. The school is about the same size as what we will be in three to five years, about 4000 students.” Q: So you feel confident that UH West Oahu Kapolei will be able to field a competitive Division I level Athletics program as the student body increases? A: “It’s not necessarily the size of
