HONOLULU – Hawai’i women’s soccer head coach Michele Nagamine announced the addition of transfer midfielder Chaima Khammar Monday.
Khammar will join the program for the start of the 2023 season after spending the last five years at UMass Lowell while also earning stints with the Tunisian Women’s National Team. She appeared in 37 career matches while at UMass Lowell with 18 starts, totaling 38 shots and seven assists.
The Rainbow Wahine will enter the 2023 season with a 26-player roster that includes eight newcomers.
2023 Newcomers
Name Pos. Ht. Hometown (High School/Last School)
Isabelle Ayala M 5-6 Henderson, Nev. (Green Valley HS)
Alexis Ballesteros F 5-0 Beaverton, Ore. (Westview HS)
Kennedy Justin GK 5-10 Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS)
Kaiya Kapaku M 5-7 Kula, Maui (Kamehameha-Maui)
Chaima Khammar M 5-5 Cologne, Germany (Erich-Kastner Gymnasium/UMass Lowell)
Brynn Mitchell M 5-8 Santa Cruz, Calif. (Aptos HS/Saint Mary’s)
Tatum Porter M/A 5-5 Anchorage, Alaska (A.J. Dimond HS)
Riley Simpson D 5-9 Fort Collins, Colo. (Rocky Mountain HS)
Chaima Khammar, Midfielder, 5-5, Cologne, Germany (Erich-Kastner Gymnasium/UMass Lowell)
Spent the last five years at UMass Lowell … Played for the Tunisian National Team in friendly matches in 2021 … Appeared in 37 matches, making 18 starts, scoring a goal while adding seven assists and attempting 38 shots, 19 on goal … Played in 14 matches, starting nine, with three assists, 14 shots and eight shots on goal as a senior in 2022 … Saw action in 13 matches with four starts as a junior in 2021, recording three assists and attempting 17 shots … Appeared in seven matches in 2020, starting the final three and recording one assist … Utilized a redshirt in 2019 … Played in three matches and started two as a true freshman in 2018 … Scored first career goal vs. St. Bonaventure on Aug. 26, attempting five shots with four on goal … Attended Erich-Kästner Gymnasium in Germany … Played club for Allianz-Frauen Bundesliga and FC Koln.
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