Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball

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The Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team is the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball team for the University of Hawaiʻi. 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. It has produced numerous Olympians, all-Americans, and all-conference players, as well as two national players of the year since 1996.

1 Staff
2 History and team facts
3 Notable players
4 References
5 Notes
6 External links

[edit] Staff

As of 2007

Head Coach: Dave Shoji
Assistant Coach: Kari (Anderson) Ambrozich
Assistant Coach: Mike Sealy
Team Manager: 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 by total victories.^[1] He is a member of the NCAA volleyball division I 25^th anniversary team.^[2] He has been named as one of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) division I volleyball regional coaches of the year numerous times. He has also been named as the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) conference coach of the year numerous times.

[edit] History and team facts

[edit] Head coach

1974: Alan Kang^[3]
1975-present: Dave Shoji

[edit] League

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

[edit] Conference

1985-1995: Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) / Big West Conference
- Overall record: 165-31^[4]
1996-present: Western Athletic Conference (WAC)

[edit] Home court

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

[edit] National championships

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

[edit] Notable players

Reydan "Tita" Ahuna^[5] - Former head coach of Hawaiʻi Pacific University women's volleyball team (2000 & 1998 NCAA Division II National Championship, 1990 NAIA National Championship)^[6]
Robyn Ah Mow (now Robyn Ah Mow-Santos) - USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (2000, 2004)
Heather Bown - USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (2000, 2004), 2-time 1st Team AVCA All-American. 2-time WAC Player of the Year (1998, 1999)
Deitre Collins^[7] - USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (1988, 1992), Player of the year (twice), winner Broderick Cup (1982-83 season),^[8] former head coach of University of Nevada, Las Vegas women's volleyball team, head coach of Cornell University women's volleyball team, member of the NCAA volleyball division I 25^th anniversary team.^[9]
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-Kahoʻohanohano^[10] - University of Hawaiʻi 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 - 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 Kamanaʻo- 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.