On December 23, 2009, Michael Cummings, the CEO of XnE, Inc., which founded the team, announced the hiring of former St. George RoadRunners skipper Cory Snyder as the first manager and the signing of 30-year-old GBL veteran Mark Okano.

In late August, Na Koa Ikaika Maui was acquired by a new ownership group, Hawaii Baseball LLC, based out of Los Angeles that foreclosed as XnE defaulted on a loan that pledged the assets of the team as collateral.

[8] The San Rafael Pacifics who were new members of the league and North Division also created a second franchise, the Sonoma County Grapes.

[9] Maui finished the season with 36–30 record, losing to San Rafael in the Northern Division championship series.

On January 14, it was announced that Na Koa Ikaika would become a charter member of the Pacific Association along with Hawaii, San Rafael and Sonoma County.

Na Koa Ikaika and Hawaii announced they would open their season hosting two three games series against the Ishikawa Million Stars and Shinano Grandserows of the Baseball Challenge League.