夏威夷大学任命棒球名将Kolten Wong为体育部特别顾问
位于夏威夷州檀香山县的夏威夷大学马诺阿分校 10 月 22 日宣布，聘请棒球名将、拥有 11 年美国职棒大联盟（MLB）经验的 Kolten Wong 担任体育部特别顾问。他将直接与体育部主任 Matt Elliott 及高层团队合作推进专项项目，并协助棒球队主教练 Rich Hill 负责招募、球员发展与社区外展。
Wong 是希洛出身的夏威夷本地人，2009 至 2011 年效力彩虹勇士队，2011 年入选全美第一队，三年大学生涯打击率 0.358、上垒长打率 0.563 列校史第三，并率队在 2010、2011 年连续夺得西部竞技联盟（WAC）冠军。2011 年他被圣路易斯红雀在选秀第一轮选中，此后效力红雀、密尔沃基酿酒人、西雅图水手与洛杉矶道奇，出赛逾 1,100 场，2019、2020 年两获金手套奖，2025 年入选夏威夷大学体育名人堂。
Elliott 表示，Wong 体现了夏威夷体育的一切特质，他的大联盟履历、品格与对社区的热爱将立即惠及学生运动员。Wong 说，他希望用职业生涯积累的知识、经验与人脉帮助球员成长，并“让夏威夷的棒球人才有更多理由留在家乡”。
University of Hawai'i names baseball great Kolten Wong special advisor to athletics
HONOLULU, Hawaii — The University of Hawai'i at Manoa, in Honolulu County, Hawaii, announced on October 22 that baseball great Kolten Wong, an 11-year Major League Baseball veteran, has been named special advisor to UH Athletics. He will work directly with Athletics Director Matt Elliott and the senior leadership team on special projects, and support head baseball coach Rich Hill's program in recruiting, player development and community outreach.
A Hilo native, Wong starred for the Rainbow Warriors from 2009 to 2011, earning first-team All-America honors in 2011, compiling a .358 career batting average and a .563 slugging percentage that ranks third in school history, and leading Hawai'i to back-to-back Western Athletic Conference titles in 2010 and 2011. Drafted in the first round by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2011, he went on to play more than 1,100 big-league games for the Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Dodgers, winning Gold Glove Awards in 2019 and 2020, and was inducted into the UH Sports Circle of Honor in 2025.
"Kolten Wong embodies everything that makes Hawai'i Athletics special," Elliott said. Wong said he wants to use the knowledge, experience and relationships from his career to help players develop, and to give Hawai'i's baseball talent every reason to stay home.
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图片来源：Kolten Wong身穿夏威夷大学14号球衣的比赛资料照。图片：mark6mauno，CC BY-SA 2.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Kolten Wong in his University of Hawai'i No. 14 jersey, file photo. Photo: mark6mauno, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
