Christensen Family: Tanner's University of Hawaii Basketball Season

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Tanner's University of Hawaii Basketball Season

Team dinner with some donors

The team put on a camp on the Island of Kawaii

Pictures from practice on August 6th

The players went to read to the elementary students at Waikiki Elementary School (September 20th)

1st day of official practice

Write up about the team in the local paper. One of Tanner's professors game him a copy of the article.

Clippers vs Warriors game

The Clippers came to Hawaii and practiced at the University of Hawaii and the Warriors came and practiced at BYU Hawaii. They played an exhibition game at the University of Hawaii. Tanner and Emilie got to go and watch them play.

Media Day October 16th

The program had a huge fundraising auction on October 17th. The cheapest tickets were $350.

Part of the auction included a question and answer session with the players.

Tanner photo bombed this picture. The lady was not happy.

October 19th, they had Rainbow Madness that included things like an introduction of the players, a skills challenge, 3 point contest, and a fan dunk contest judged by the players.

Photos at Rainbow Drive Inn in their throw back uniforms October 20th

Exhibition game against the University of Hawaii at Hilo on the Big Island on October 25th. They won 64-61. Tanner had made a lay-in and a free throw to win the game! The game was only on the radio so we didn't get to watch it. Emilie said the floor was so wet from the humidity that the players were falling all over and that they had to stop the game and mop the floor a ton.

Tanner had a double-double. 13 points and 10 rebounds

The next day they had a camp with the players from the U of H Hilo for kids on the Big Island.

Tanner's team has 9 international players and players from 8 different countries

#14 Harry Rouhiadeff and #22 Ryan Rapp from Australia

#20 Jerome Palm from The Netherlands

#6 Osahon Obasohan from Belgium

#11 Jacopo Van der Knaap from Italy

#2 Tom Beattie from New Zealand

#13 Roy Igwe and #34 Akira Jacobs from Japan

#5 Gytis Nemeiksa from Lithuania

The rest of the players from the USA

Tanner's team went to Maui to play a D2 team called Chaminade. Chaminade is also on Oahu, but both teams went to Maui to play. They did a camp for the kids on Maui the next day together. Hawaii won 85-80. Tanner has a friend in his ward on Chaminade's team, Jackson Last.