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HAWAII STATE UNIVERSITY INTRODUCES NEW HEAD COACH Keala Fonseca Takes on Position as Womens Basketball Coach PUNALUU, HAWAII (NOV. 13, 2012) Hawaii State University says aloha to a new womens basketball coach, Keala Fonseca, 30. Three months ago, Lilo Stitch, who previously held the head coach position resigned. According to Jonathan Cruz, 48, athletic coach director and former quarterback for the Chicago Bears, explained that Stitch is now the head womens basketball coach at North Dakota State University. After Stitchs resignation, Cruz immediately set out to look for a new head coach for the nationally ranked womens basketball team. A total of 110 applicants were screened, and only five were brought in to the college for interviews. As a result, Fonseca was offered and accepted the position earlier this week. Fonseca now has the opportunity to bring her background experience to the court with HSUs Division II womens basketball team that won the national title last year, reached the semifinals twice, has participated in four national tournaments and has received extensive press coverage. Throughout the years Fonseca has had many opportunities to be involved with basketball, and to build up her credentials. For three-years, she played center for the Womens All-Star Hoopsters touring team and served two years as an assistant basketball coach at Gonzaga University, where she got her M.S. in sports management. And as a local girl, was born and raised in Wailuku and currently has one child, Marcus, 3.

We feel fortunate to be able to secure a person who is so highly qualified to lead our outstanding girls basketball team, said Cruz. We expect great things from Keala Fonseca, and we know shell deliver the goods.

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About Hawaii State University Located in Punaluu, a city of 36,000, Hawaii State University is a coed, undergraduate, four-year university. It was founded in 1907, with only two buildings, and was first used as agricultural land for study. The school later expanded to include eight buildings and an additional long list of majors. Students and faculty come from across the world to experience HSUs beautiful landscape and see its nationally ranked sports teams.