- 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
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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, 2007The 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.taff
As of 2008
* Head Coach:Dave Shoji
* Assistant Coach: Kari Ambrozich
* Assistant Coach: Mike Sealy
* Assistant Coach: Ryan TsujiDave 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 25th 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 theWestern Athletic Conference (WAC) conference coach of the year numerous times.History and team facts
Head coach
*
1974 : Alan Kangref|kang
*1975 -present: Dave ShojiLeague
* 1974-80:
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)
* 1981-present: NCAA Division IConference
* 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 CenterNational championships
* 1979:
AIAW by defeating Utah State
* 1982: NCAA by defeating USC
* 1983: NCAA by defeating UCLA
* 1987: NCAA by defeating StanfordNotable 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 TeamAVCA All-American. 2-timeWAC Player of the Year (1998, 1999)
* Deitre Collinsref|collins - USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (1988, 1992), winner of theHonda-Broderick Cup (1982-83 season),ref|broderick current head coach ofCornell University women's volleyball team, member of the NCAA volleyball division I 25th 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 (inPDF 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 25th 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 25th 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]
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