Rainbow Wahine Volleyball

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The term "Wahine Volleyball" technically can be applied to any women's volleyball team. This article is about the University of Hawaiʻi's women's volleyball team.

The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team is the NCAA Division I Volleyball team for the University of Hawaiʻi. The team has won four national championships and has made many post-season appearances in the NCAA volleyball tournament. It has produced numerous olympians, national players of the year, all Americans, and all-conference players.

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

[edit] Staff

As of 2005

Head Coach: Dave Shoji
Associate Coach: Kari (Anderson) Ambrozich
Assistant Coach: Mike Sealy
Team Manager: Ryan Tsuji

Head coach Dave Shoji is (as of the beginning of 2005) the winningest active NCAA Division I volleyball coach by winning percentage and second 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 coachs 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)
Deidre Collins^[7] - USA Olympics indoor womens'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 Division I Volleyball Player of the year (1996)
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), AVCA division I volleyball player of the year (1987, 1989)
Kim Willoughby - AVCA division I volleyball player of the year (2003)
Kanoe Kamana`o- Three time AVCA All American player, senior (2006)