Wana‘ao Watson Eldridge (1989)

She credits former Punahou President Dr. John Fox with keeping her on track in athletics and academics. Fox became a mentor after watching a particularly grueling match from the lanai at Dillingham Courts, which was indicative of the support she felt from faculty and coaches. “The match lasted three hours and forty minutes,” she recalls, “and this man that I didn’t even know sat on the lanai the whole time watching and talking to my parents. I was just floored.”