KEAAU – Kamehameha coach Gene Okamura and assistant Lance Thompson watched Bryana-Marie Ebbers mature on the soccer field the past two years, and it’s clear they like the senior’s growth potential.
So much so, they are not letting her out of their clutches anytime soon.
During a ceremony Monday at Kamehameha celebrating her signing with UH-Hilo, Okamura thanked Ebbers for “forever being all-in for the team.”
That team is changing, but this has all the makings of a smooth transition.
Ebbers took a serious look at a scholarship offer from Western Oregon, but in the end she decided to reprise her role under Thompson, the Vulcans director of soccer, and Okamura, who doubles as a UH-Hilo assistant.