{"id":387,"date":"2026-06-03T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=387"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:05:09","slug":"biif-baseball-napoleon-umeda-named-hawaii-maxpreps-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=387","title":{"rendered":"BIIF baseball: Napoleon-Umeda named Hawaii MaxPreps Player of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Honoka\u2018a baseball star Josyah Napoleon-Umeda recently received one of the highest honors in high school sports.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=385\">Browns GM Andrew Berry explains why the team traded Myles Garrett<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Honoka\u2018a baseball star Josyah Napoleon-Umeda recently received one of the highest honors in high school sports.<\/p>\n<p>The senior was named as Hawaii\u2019s 2026 <em>MaxPreps<\/em> Player of the Year for his heroics in the Dragons\u2019 state championship run. Selections for this award are based on individual and team success, as one winner is picked in each state.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 5-foot-6 two-way phenom\u2019s selection came as no surprise, as Napoleon-Umeda led the state in home runs (6), wins on the mound (7), runs (30), hits (30) and batting average (.577). He also tied with Ka\u2018u\u2019s Caleb Crook in strikeouts with 59.<\/p>\n<p>In the HHSAA DII state final against Damien, Napoleon-Umeda pitched perhaps the best game of his career \u2014 allowing no runs and three hits while striking out nine batters across all 7.0 innings. It was the ace\u2019s second complete game of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe past three years we didn\u2019t get it done, but we knew this year our team was looking even better and we just got it done,\u201d Napoleon-Umeda said in an interview with <em>ScoringLive<\/em> after the May 9 championship.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Napoleon-Umeda\u2019s command in the state title game, he was named the HHSAA\u2019s Most Outstanding Player for the DII tournament \u2014 while also being named to the All-Tournament team alongside teammates Isaac DeRego, Kamalaa Kaae-Petrie, Jayden Salazar and Chrys Coelho.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=383\">Extensive upgrade for Pahoa Elementary moves forward<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the BIIF Division II championship against Hawaii Prep, Napoleon-Umeda struck out seven batters in the 6-3 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Napoleon-Umeda\u2019s strongest stretch at the plate this season came between April 6 and May 7, where he went nine straight games with a hit, including four of them with three hits. He additionally homered five times in that stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Napoleon-Umeda hit seven doubles and three triples throughout the season \u2014 also stealing 12 bases.<\/p>\n<p>Honoka\u2018a finished the season a perfect 17-0 \u2014 leading the state in runs (162), hits (171), RBI (136), team batting average (.365), doubles (35), home runs (18), stolen bases (80), team ERA (0.40), strikeouts (179) and wins (17). The team\u2019s state title was its first in program history and the school\u2019s first state crown since 2015 (girls basketball).<\/p>\n<p>The champs also logged 10 shutout wins, allowing just 14 runs all year.<\/p>\n<p>In the HHSAA tournament, the Dragons beat Castle 9-0 in the quarterfinals, Kauai 5-2 in the semifinals and Damien 3-0 for the title.\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=381\">MLB roundup: Reds rally, earn walk-off win over Royals in 10th<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIIF baseball: Napoleon-Umeda named Hawaii MaxPreps Player of the Year &#8211; Hawaii News, Sports | Hawaii Tribune-Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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