Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball

Infobox College Volleyball Team
name = Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Volleyball
logo =
logo_size = 138
university = University of Hawaii at Manoa
conference = Western Athletic Conference
conference_short = WAC
division =
city = Manoa
stateabb = HI
state = Hawaii
coach = Dave Shoji
tenure = 34th
arena = Stan Sheriff Center
capacity = 10,300
nickname = Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
color1 = Green
color2 = White
color3 =
fontcolor = ffffff
hex1 = 008000
hex2 = FFFFFF
hex3 =
NCAAchampion = 1982, 1983, 1987
NCAArunnerup = 1988, 1996
NCAAtourneys = 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
conference_tournament =
conference_season = Big West: 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1995, WAC: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

The Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team is the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball team for the University of Hawaiokinai. The team has won four national championships: one AIAW title and three NCAA Division 1 titles. They have made many post-season appearances in the NCAA volleyball tournament. The program has produced Olympians, All-Americans, and all-conference players, as well as two national players of the year since 1996.

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As of 2008
* Head Coach: Dave Shoji
* Assistant Coach: Kari Ambrozich
* Assistant Coach: Mike Sealy
* Assistant Coach: Ryan Tsuji

Dave Shoji has been head coach of the Rainbow Wahine Volleyball team since 1975. He is currently (as of 2007) the second winningest Division I women's volleyball head coach by total victories.ref|coach He is a member of the NCAA volleyball division I 25^th anniversary team.ref|25 He has been named as one of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division I volleyball regional coaches of the year and the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) conference coach of the year numerous times.

History and team facts

Head coach

* 1974: Alan Kangref|kang
* 1975-present: Dave Shoji

League

* 1974-80: Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)
* 1981-present: NCAA Division I

Conference

* 1985-1995: Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) / Big West Conference
** Overall record: 165-31ref|bigweststandings
* 1996-present: Western Athletic Conference (WAC)

Home court

* 1975-1994: Klum Gym/Neal Blaisdell Center
* 1994-present: Stan Sheriff Center

National championships

* 1979: AIAW by defeating Utah State
* 1982: NCAA by defeating USC
* 1983: NCAA by defeating UCLA
* 1987: NCAA by defeating Stanford

Notable players

* Reydan "Tita" Ahunaref|ahuna - Former head coach of Hawaiokinai Pacific University women's volleyball team (2000 & 1998 NCAA Division II National Championship, 1990 NAIA National Championship)ref|hpu
* Robyn Ah Mow (now Robyn Ah Mow-Santos) - USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (2000, 2004, 2008)
* Heather Bown - USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (2000, 2004, 2008), 2-time 1st Team AVCA All-American. 2-time WAC Player of the Year (1998, 1999)
* Deitre Collinsref|collins - USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (1988, 1992), winner of the Honda-Broderick Cup (1982-83 season),ref|broderick current head coach of Cornell University women's volleyball team, member of the NCAA volleyball division I 25^th anniversary team.ref|25-2
* Angelica Ljungquist - AVCA National Player of the Year (1996), 4-time AVCA All-American, 1995 Big West Player of the Year, 1996 WAC Player of the Year.
* Marilyn Moniz-Kahookinaohanohanoref|moniz - University of Hawaiokinai Associate Athletics Director - Senior Woman Administrator (currently oversees, among other things, the women's volleyball program)
* Tonya "Teee" Williams - USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (1992, 1996), 2-time AVCA National Player of the Year (1987, 1989).
* Kim Willoughby - USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (2008), AVCA National Player of the Year (2003), 3-time AVCA 1st Team All-American (2001-2003), 3-time WAC Player of the Year. Holds NCAA record for kills in a single season.
* Kanoe Kamanaokinao- 4-time AVCA All-American, all-time assist leader at Hawaii, 3-time WAC Player of the Year (2004-2006), 2003 AVCA National Freshman of the Year.

References

* [http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu/sport.html?p=12 University of Hawaiokinai, Women's Volleyball page]
* [http://www.usoc.org/ US Olympic Committee] Includes lists of past Olympians
* [http://www.avca.org/collegiate/DIawards/DIawardsindex.asp American Volleyball Coaches Association Division I awards - Lists of volleyball award winners]
* [http://www2.ncaa.org/sports/fall/volleyball/womens/index.html NCAA Division I Volleyball information page.] The current NCAA Volleyball Records Book may be obtained (in PDF format) from this page.
* [http://www.bigwest.org/sports/wvball/ Big West Women's Volleyball page]
** [http://www.bigwest.org/sports/wvball/info/records.pdf The Big West Conference Volleyball Records Book] (PDF)
* [http://www.wac.org/view_sport.asp?id=14 The Western Athletic Conference Women's Volleyball page]
** [http://www.wacsports.com/media/Volleyball/Records.pdf The Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Records book] (PDF)

Notes

# NCAA Volleyball Record Book (2005), p. 106-107
# [http://web1.ncaa.org/womens25/teamVoting_VBall_Win1.jsp NCAA Division I Volleyball 25^th Anniversary Team]
# [http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/10/sports/story3.html "Assistant coach helped unite Wahine"] , Honolulu Star Bulletin, November 10, 1999
# The Big West Conference Volleyball Records Book, p.43
# [http://www.hpu.edu/index.cfm?contentID=1467&siteID=1 Hawaiokinai Pacific University Athletics Department, Tita Ahuna]
# [http://www.hpu.edu/index.cfm?contentID=3829&siteID=1 Hawaiokinai Pacific University Athletics Department, Volleyball history]
# [http://cornellbigred.collegesports.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/collins_deitre00.html Cornell University Athletics Department, Deidre Collins]
# [http://awards.honda.com/index.aspx?p=17 (Honda-)Broderick Award winners]
# [http://web1.ncaa.org/womens25/teamVoting_VBall_Win1.jsp NCAA Division I Volleyball 25^th Anniversary Team]
# [http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu/Admin/moniz_kahoohanohano.html University of Hawaiokinai Athletics Department, Marilyn Moniz-Kahookinaohanohano]

External links

* [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Sep/03/sp/sp07a.html "Honolulu Advertiser" article about Allen B. Richardson, former team doctor, now deceased]
* [http://kulasoft.htohananet.com/volleybows/volleyw.htm#LATEST Wahine Volleyball News]
* [http://www.wahinevball.net/ Wahine Volleyball Information Homepage]
* [http://sportshawaii.com/hs/viewforum.php?f=14 Sports Hawaii Forum - All Other Sports]
* [http://www.avca.org American Volleyball Coaches Association]