HOMEGROWN REPORT
B.C.'s Mitsuda remains hot in magazine voting
By Leila Wai
Advertiser Staff Writer
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If Boston College junior forward Satoshi Mitsuda had his way, no one would know about his latest honor.
The former All-State soccer player and 2003 Punahou graduate was nominated and is still alive in the Seventeen Magazine's Seventeen Hottest Guys in America contest. Since Oct. 3, the Web site began accepting votes, with the lowest vote getter being eliminated.
"I'm pretty sure I'm still in the running because there is a select group of people who keep voting for me," he said.
He doesn't know how he was nominated, but if he wins, he hopes "nothing too embarrassing," goes into his awards ceremony.
He accepted because he received a free trip to Los Angeles, and got to visit with friend and former teammate Stephen Carlson, a Punahou graduate who plays soccer for Loyola Marymount.
At the shoot, he was "treated really well."
"The hairdresser used to work in Europe and she did a lot of gigs with soccer teams, so she was telling me how the product she was using was from Japan," Mitsuda said. "It was literally like Elmer's Glue. And I never wear anything in my hair. They put powder on. Some guys had lip gloss. It was definitely not something where I was like, 'Oh, I really want to do this again.' "
Mitsuda is redshirting this season because early in the summer, he was hiking and a boulder rolled over his left foot, dislocating his ankle and breaking a bone in his shin. He can run but will likely need another minor surgery to remove scar tissue.
To vote for Mitsuda, go to: www.seventeen.com/reallife/guys/hottest/vote/0,,,00.html.
FOOTBALL
No. 6 West Texas A&M — with junior offensive lineman Tommy Crowley (Kalaheo '02) and junior tight end Kolo Kapanui (Kamehameha of Palolo) — will be playing No. 21 Abilene Christian at 2 p.m. Hawai'i time on CSTV.
He caught a 12-yard TD pass in the third quarter of a 37-29 win over Southern Oregon on Saturday. His other touchdown catches were for 24, 33 and a school-record 94 yards.
He leads Linfield in yards per catch with 20.1 (18 catches for 361 yards). He also returns punts and kickoffs.
Freshman defensive lineman Steven Kumai (Kahuku) also plays for Santa Rosa. He has 12 tackles (four solo), a tackle assist for a loss of a yard, two quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery.
He was an honorable mention selection for Week 6 in the Mission Valley Conference.
He scored touchdowns of 1, 3, 48, and 83 yards.
Other Hawai'i football players named honorable mention for the week were Golden West sophomore linebacker Lawrence Leovao ('Aiea '04), Mt. San Antonio freshman Bernard Afutiti (Kaiser) and Orange Coast freshman punter C.J. Santiago (Saint Louis '04).
Afutiti recorded five tackles (four solo), including two tackles for a loss of 11 yards, one forced fumble and a 7-yard sack.
Leovao had eight tackles (six solo), including 4.5 tackles for loss and one sack.
Santiago had one punt of 55 yards.
Queen earned a 3.42 GPA in business administration.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Garbin, who was also named the Pac-10 Player of the week, scored all three of the Ducks' goals in 1-0 and 2-1 wins over Arizona State and Arizona, respectively.
Garbin scored her team-leading eighth goal Friday in a 3-1 win over Washington. One minute, 37 seconds into the second half, she outraced UW defenders and beat the goalkeeper one-on-one to the right side from 12 yards.
Loo sent a free ball into the box and teammate Chelsea Cox headed it in the right side of the net in the 104th minute.
MEN'S SOCCER
It was Perdido's second goal of the season.
Bulldog junior goalkeeper Vito Higgins (Academy of the Pacific '03 of Kailua) recorded two saves.
Shon scored on a header with 31 seconds remaining in the first half. His second goal was in the 76th minute.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Powley earned a 3.67 GPA in kinesiology and Waialae a 3.41 GPA in exercise science.
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Miranda earned a 3.5 GPA in biology/pre-med.
HALL OF FAME
Felder, a soccer player, was named to the MetLife All-American Team, NAIA Northeast Region All-American team and was a NAIA All-American Honorable Mention during the 1990 and 1991 seasons.
Felder is an attorney at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC in Pittsburgh. She and her husband Steve have two daughters, Samantha and Sara. Her father, Frank, is a coach for the Pearl City High girls soccer team.
Reach Leila Wai at lwai@honoluluadvertiser.com.
