Rainbow Wahine

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Rainbow Wahine is the nickname applied to women's sports teams at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The University of Hawaii teams were traditionally called "rainbows" until controversies with the name led the University to change the men's teams' name to "warriors". Regardless, the women's teams still retain the traditional "rainbow" label. Wahine is the Hawaiian word for "woman", and is really the distinction that Hawaii uses compared to other, decidedly more boring, differentiations. During games, the Rainbow Wahine are often colloquially known as The Rainbows or ’Bows (which may be used to refer to the men's Rainbow Warrior teams as well), and The Wahine. The use of Wahines, is being increasingly replaced with the more grammatically correct Nā Wahine ("nā" is the plural definite article in Hawaiian).

[edit] NCAA Division I programs

The University of Hawaiʻi has several athletic programs in the NCAA Division I bracket.

To comply with federal Title IX these programs were created to give females an equal opportunity to compete in sports. Each Wahine sport has its own unique booster club, or support club.

[edit] Graduation Rates[1]

The following table shows the average graduation rate of student athletes competing on various Rainbow Wahine athletic teams compared to the national average graduation rate for other NCAA Division I schools.

Sport National Average UH Team Rate Head Coach
Basketball 81% 73% Jim Bolla
Cross country/Track 83% 63% Carmyn James
Golf 87% 83% Ashley Biffle
Sailing N/A N/A Andy Johnson
Soccer 87% 65% Pinsoom Tenzing
Softball 84% 83% Bob Coolen
Swimming & Diving 91% 88% Victor Wales
Tennis 88% 78% Jun Hernandez
Volleyball 86% 63% Dave Shoji
Waterpolo 86% 100% Michel Roy

[edit] References

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