Homegrown hire: Former assistant Sueda takes reins of UHH softball program

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HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald Aisha Sueda – hitting balls to Vevesi Liilii during a drill – has worked in the background the past four seasons as a UH-Hilo softball assistant under Callen Perreira. Sueda jumped to the forefront of the Vuls’ braintrust Thursday after being named the seventh coach of the program

It took almost a month to find retired UH-Hilo softball coach Callen Perreira’s replacement, but the best candidate was under everybody’s noses all along.