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Girls Basketball - Hawaii

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Lola Donez

Guard
LAHAINALUNA HS
LAHAINA, HAWAII
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-11
Press Release

Peak Performance

27.3

Average Points (per game)

6.4

Average Rebounds (per game)

4.100

Average Assists (per game)

3.3

Average Steals (per game)
“Not only is she hands-down the best player in the state, but I think it was very admirable that she came back home to Lahainaluna to play for her home after the devastation of the wildfires.”
Alexis Straight
Head Coach - head coach of Kamehameha-Kapalama
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-11 senior guard averaged 27.3 points and 6.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 3.3 steals per game this past season, leading the Lunas (16-7) to the Division I state tournament semifinals. Donez was named to the Hawaii High School Athletic Association’s Division I state tournament team. She set the state’s single-game state tournament scoring record with 41 points on 16-of-22 shooting in a 69-66 win over Waiakea in the quarterfinals.

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Academic Achievement

Donez has maintained a 3.85 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at the University of California-Berkeley this fall.

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Exemplary Character

An active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Donez has volunteered locally with the World Central Kitchen, helping to assist the Lahaina community as it recovers from widespread wildfires in August of 2023.