It would have been logical for Mate Colina to follow the unofficial but longstanding basketball pipeline that runs from Australia to Saint Mary’s College. Instead, he opted to be part of a new and building pipeline at the University of Hawai’i.
Colina, a 6-foot-11, 232-pound center from Melbourne, Australia, is committed to joining the UH basketball team in late December. He will be a freshman during the 2018-19 season, and will have four seasons of eligibility. The official paperwork is yet to be completed, but Colina confirmed that he chose Hawai’i after completing a recruiting visit to Oahu earlier this month.