By Ann Miller
Advertiser Staff Writer

Brooke Wilkins RESIDENCE Australia HAWAI'I CONNECTION University of Hawai‘i 1993-’95 SPORT Australia softball HEIGHT/WEIGHT 5 feet 10, 155 pounds POSITION Left-handed pitcher CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Pitched five no-hitters in two Wahine seasons • UH record was 58-16, with 32 shutouts, 585 strikeouts and 0.68 ERA • Big West Pitcher of Year as freshman and sophomore • First-team All-American in 1995, second-team in 1994 • Led Hawai‘i into postseason for first time in 1994, and again in ’95 • Left UH in 1995 to train with Australian national team PREVIOUS OLYMPICS 1996 (third) COMPETITION at Softball Centre • Sept. 16 vs. New Zealand • Sept. 17 vs. Italy • Sept. 18 vs. Canada • Sept. 19 vs. Japan • Sept. 20 vs. USA • Sept. 21 vs. China • Sept. 22 vs. Cuba • Sept. 24 semifinals and bronze medal game • Sept. 25 gold medal game

Kevin Wong RESIDENCE Pearl City HAWAI'I CONNECTION ’90 Punahou SPORT USA men’s beach volleyball HEIGHT/WEIGHT 6 feet 7, 220 pounds CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Wong and his partner, Rob Heidger, are the top-ranked U.S. team and No. 7 in the world • Wong debuted on international circuit in 1998, with Carl Henkel, and collected six Top 10’s that year. The day after their best finish, Wong began his partnership with Heidger. • Heidger and Wong took third at the 1999 FIVB Canada Open, defeating defending Olympic gold medalist Karch Kiraly’s team. They won more than $80,000 last year, with seven Top 10’s. This year, they have $56,000 and a runnerup finish at the 2000 FIVB Mexico Open. • At UCLA, Wong won NCAA championships in 1993 and ’95, earning NCAA all-tournament honors in ’95 and second-team All-American honors in 1994 • Reached his first AVP (domestic tour) final in 1998, with former Rainbow Albert Hannemann. On his birthday last year, Wong won the 1999 Bank of America/U.S. Olympic Cup, with Heidger. PREVIOUS OLYMPICS First COMPETITION at Beach Volleyball Centre. • Sept. 16, 18, 21 elimination rounds • Sept. 23 quarterfinals and semifinals • Sept. 25 medal matches