Robyn Ah Mow-Santos

Infobox Volleyball biography
playername = Robyn Ah Mow-Santos


fullname = Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow-Santos
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1975|9|15|fd=y
cityofbirth = Honolulu
countryofbirth = Hawaii
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
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height = 5' 9" (1.75 m)
position = Setter
currentclub = Volero Zurich
clubnumber = 2
years = 2007-08
clubs = Volero Zurich
nationalyears = 1999-present
nationalteam = United States

Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow-Santos (born September 15, 1975) is a American indoor volleyball player. She is a setter on the USA national team and played at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics, and also played at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.

Personal life

She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Talmage and Lovina Ah Mow, and has two brothers, Kekoa and Tyson, and two sisters, Dara and Arlene. She is married to Niobel Rafael Santos and he was a member of the U.S. Armed Forces who served in Iraq from February to November 2003. They have a son, Jordan Nohili Ah Mow Santos, who was born on February 2, 2003.

College

Ah Mow-Santos attended college at the University of Hawai'i from 1993-1996 where she was a two time AVCA First Team all-American. As a setter, she helped Hawai'i to the 1996 NCAA Championship match, losing to Stanford.

Professional and Olympic career

She started to do some international competition with the USA national team in 1999, setting in seven games at the NORCECA championships and playing in 13 sets at the World Cup. In 2000, she played in four sets of the Nike Americas’ Volleyball Challenge, helping Team USA qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She set the team to victories over No. 4 China, No. 5 Korea and No. 7 Japan at the Grand Prix. At the 2000 Olympic Games, she started all seven matches and led the team to a .263 hitting percentage and a fourth place finish.

In 2001, she earned Most Valuable Player honors at the World Championship Qualification Tournament and was also named the "Best Setter" at the NORCECA Zone Championships and played professionally for Castelo de Maia in Portugal.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, she was the starter and the team that finished tied for fifth overall after losing to Brazil in the quarterfinals.

In her career, she has set for team USA at the World Grand Prix, the Pan American Cup, NORCECA, the Olympics, the FIVB world cup as well as numerous exhibition tours. More recently, she has set some matches for team USA in their 2008 exhibition pre-Olympic game matches.

Robyn made her third Olympic appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.

Individual Awards

* "2001 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Setter""
* "2006 Pan-American Cup "Best Setter""

External links

* [http://www.usavolleyball.org/National/profiles/women/RobynAhMowSantosProfile.asp Ah Mow-Santos at USAVolleyball.org]
* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1085/bio/index.html Bio at NBC Olympics]