Honoka Hamano

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-2
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Tokyo, Japan

Honors

- 2023 AAC All-Rookie Team
- 2023 AAC Rookie of the Week (Oct. 23)

2023 (Freshman)

- Played in 20 matches while making 13 starts as a true freshman
- Recorded two goals and four assists
- Notched first collegiate goal as an insurance goal against UAB (Oct. 19)
- Had a career night with a goal and two assists in the team's 4-0 win over Temple (Oct. 22)
- Assisted on the game-winning goal in 2-0 win over Charlotte in AAC Championship Quarterfinal

Prior to Memphis/Personal

·       Prepped at JFA Academy Fukushina
·       Led the team to back-to-back League Championships in 2020 and 2021
·       Competed with the U14 and U15 Japanese Youth National teams in China’s CFA International Women’s Youth Football Tournament Weifang in 2018 and Korea’s EAFF U15 Girls’ Football Festival in 2019
·       Called into the Japanese Youth National Team Elite Program Women’s U14 Expedition to China and the U15 Japan Women’s Selective Expedition to Korea
·       Daughter of Minako and Takehiko Hamano