With our annual Distinguished Athlete Awards banquet canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we wanted to give each of our 2019-20 All-Hawaii Players of the Year, along with our two newly announced Pizza Hut Newcomer Award winners, a chance to express their appreciation and thanks to all those who helped them achieve excellence this past season.

Here are each of their messages, presented in alphabetical order. Video clips of Joshua Tihada and Keonilei Akana, can be seen here.