Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball

Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Volleyball
University	University of Hawaii at Manoa
Conference	WAC
Location	Manoa, HI
Head Coach	Dave Shoji (37th year)
Arena	Stan Sheriff Center (Capacity: 10,300)
Nickname	Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
Colors	Green and White
AIAW and NCAA Tournament Champions
1979, 1982, 1983, 1987
AIAW and NCAA Tournament Runner Up
1974, 1975, 1977, 1988, 1996
AIAW and NCAA Tournament Final Four
1976, 1978, 1980, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009
AIAW and NCAA Tournament Appearances
1974-1991, 1993-2011
Conference Regular Season Champions
Big West: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995; WAC: 1996-2011; Big West:

The SSC's gameday Wahine, with hanging Natl Chmps' Banners in rafters

The Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Volleyball Team is the NCAA Division I women's volleyball team for the University of Hawaiʻi. The Rainbow Wahine volleyball program remains the second-largest source of financial income for the University of Hawaii athletic department second only to University of Hawaii Warrior Football. Over the past 16 years, the Rainbow Wahine Volleyball Program has led the nation in attendance averaging over 6,800 fans per match.

The team has won four national championships: one AIAW title and three NCAA Division I titles. Since joining the WAC in 1996 the Rainbow Wahine have at least clinched a share of the conference title in all those years. Hawaii had won 10 straight conference tournaments, beating New Mexico State between the years of 2006 thru 2009 and again--with conference exit--in 2011. On Nov. 24, 2010, at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV, the WAC Tournament Title went to the Aggies of Utah State University; Na Wahine was beat 3 sets to 0 in a most stunning, improbable, yet proficient defeat. It hadn't been since 1997 that the automatic tourney bid went to any other. That year the BYU Cougars beat the Rainbows, again in Las Vegas, NV.

The program in addition has made 30 NCAA postseason appearances out of 31 years, only missing the 1992 NCAA tournament. The program has produced Olympians, All-Americans and two individuals named AVCA National Player of the Year since 1996, of a sum four total; it presents an eminence that can be matched by no other Hawaii sports team (no matter what the athletic attempt).

Amongst all active statewide NCAA volleyball teams, the Rainbow Wahine have almost always been the most wildly successful collegiate program; their combined records in the islands total 42 wins and amazingly only 1 loss. Against women's traditional volleyball power UH-Hilo (AIAW-Div.II Champions: '79, '81; NAIA Champions: '82–85, '88 and Runner-up, '93) the Rainbows are 24–0. Against women's traditional volleyball power HPU (NCAA-Div.II Champions: '98, 2000; NAIA Champions: '90 and Runner-up, '89) the Rainbows are 6–0. Against women's traditional volleyball power Brigham Young University-Hawaii (NCAA-Div.II Champions: '99, 2002; NAIA Champions: '86–87, '94–97 and Runner-up, '84) the Rainbows are 11–1.

Coach Scott Wong layers upon the state's beloved team as Dave Shoji's trendily enhanced with "Sand"

Program record and history

Year	Head Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record	Conference Standing	Postseason
1974	Alan Kang	9–1			AIAW Runners-up
1975	Dave Shoji	16–2			AIAW Runners-up
1976	Dave Shoji	14–5			AIAW 3rd Place
1977	Dave Shoji	22–5			AIAW Runners-up
1978	Dave Shoji	28–10–1			AIAW 3rd Place
1979	Dave Shoji	36–5			AIAW Champions
1980	Dave Shoji	34–10			AIAW 3rd Place
1981	Dave Shoji	37–2			NCAA Regional Final
1982	Dave Shoji	33–1			NCAA Champions
1983	Dave Shoji	34–2			NCAA Champions
1984	Dave Shoji	33–11			NCAA First round
' (PCAA) (1985–1987)
1985	Dave Shoji	28–13	10–6	3rd	NCAA Regional Semifinal
1986	Dave Shoji	31–7	15–3	2nd	NCAA Regional Final
1987	Dave Shoji	37–2	17–1	1st	NCAA Champions
' (Big West) (1988–1995)
1988	Dave Shoji	33–3	18–0	1st	NCAA Runners-Up
1989	Dave Shoji	29–3	17–1	1st	NCAA Regional Final
1990	Dave Shoji	28–6	16–2	1st	NCAA Regional Semifinal
1991	Dave Shoji	26–5	15–3	2nd	NCAA Regional Final
1992	Dave Shoji	15–12	11–7	4th
1993	Dave Shoji	19–11	13–5	3rd	NCAA Regional Final
1994	Dave Shoji	25–5	15–3	2nd	NCAA Regional Semifinal
1995	Dave Shoji	31–1	18–0	1st	NCAA Regional Final
' (WAC) (1996–2011)
1996	Dave Shoji	35–3	16–0	1st	NCAA Runners-Up
1997	Dave Shoji	25–8	14–0	1st	NCAA First round
1998	Dave Shoji	32–3	13–1	1st	NCAA Regional Final
1999	Dave Shoji	29–2	14–0	1st	NCAA Regional Semifinal
2000	Dave Shoji	31–2	16–0	1st	NCAA Final Four
2001	Dave Shoji	29–6	13–0	1st	NCAA Regional Semifinal
2002	Dave Shoji	34–2	13–0	1st	NCAA Final Four
2003	Dave Shoji	36–2	13–0	1st	NCAA Final Four
2004	Dave Shoji 'Born-again' Pronunciamento	30–1	13–0	1st	NCAA Regional Semifinal
2005	Dave Shoji	27–7	16–0	1st	NCAA Regional Semifinal
2006	Dave Shoji	29–6	15–1	1st	NCAA Regional Final
2007	Dave Shoji	27–6	15–1	1st	NCAA Second round
2008	Dave Shoji	31–4	15–1	1st	NCAA Regional Final
2009	Dave Shoji	32–3	16–0	1st	NCAA Final Four
2010	Dave Shoji	29–3	16–0	1st	NCAA Second round
2011	Dave Shoji	31-2	16-0	1st	NCAA Regional Semifinal
' (Big West) (2012–present)
2012	Dave Shoji
2013	Dave Shoji
2014	Dave Shoji
Total		1,085–182–1	357–35

All-time series samplings—of established Division I, venerable, collegiate women's teams--records: the Nebraska Cornhuskers volleyball team with a leading head-to-head advantage, (standing: 5–7)..the Rainbows lopsidedly victorious over the University of Texas Longhorns, (standing: 10–2)..the most daunting of challenges, unsuccessfully overcome in the Penn State Nittany Lions, (standing: 0–5)..thee cultivated of rivalries with volleyball's original UCLA Bruins, (standing: 36–33).

On September 12, 2009, the program notched its 1000th win with a sweep of Stanford University, (standing: 18–13).

Historically the Rainbow Wahine have been more greatly achieved (and thereby even more subjectively popular) than their university counterparts, the NCAA Division I Men's Rainbow Volleyball Warriors ('95 NCAA 4th Place finish, '96 NCAA Runner-up, 2002 National Champions).^Addendum

Team facts

Head coach

• '72-1974: Alan Kang
• 1975-present: Dave Shoji

Dave Shoji has been head coach of the Rainbow Wahine Volleyball team since 1975. He is currently (as of 2011) the 2nd winningest Division I women's volleyball head coach by win-lost percentage and the 1st NCAA Division I women's volleyball head coach by total victories . He is a member of the NCAA Volleyball Division 1 25th Anniversary Team. He has numerously been named one of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division I volleyball regional and national Coaches O.Y., as well as the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) C. Of the Year.

League

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

Conference

• 1985–1995, 2012-present: Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) / Big West Conference
  • Overall record: 165-31,
• 1996–2011: Western Athletic Conference (WAC)
  • Overall record: 234-4

Home court

• 1975–1994: Klum Gym/Neal Blaisdell Center
• 1994–present: Stan Sheriff Center (SSC)

National championships

• 1979: AIAW by defeating Utah State, 8–15, 7–15, 15–9, 16–14, 15–12
• 1982: NCAA by defeating USC, 14–16, 9–15, 15–13, 15–10, 15–12
• 1983: NCAA by defeating UCLA, 15–13, 15–4, 15–10
• 1987: NCAA by defeating Stanford, 15–10, 15–10, 9–15, 15–1

Notable players

• Robyn Ah Mow (now Robyn Ah Mow-Santos) – 2-time AVCA 1st Team All-American (1995, 1996), USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (2000, 2004, 2008), assistant coach from 2011-present.
• Reydan "Tita" Ahuna – 2-time AVCA 2nd Team All-American (1985, 1986), Former head coach of Hawaiʻi Pacific University women's volleyball team (2000 & 1998 NCAA Division II National Champions)
• Joey Akeo (now Joey Akeo-Miyashiro) – First ethnic Native Hawaiian to be named Division I Women's, Collegiate, Volleyball All-American (AIAW: 1974, 1977), mother of Tamari Miyashiro (3-time AVCA All-American, 2-time Asics/VB Mag. Defensive Player of the Year) who is a current U.S. National Team member at Libero.
• Kari Anderson (now Kari Anderson-Ambrozich) – Member of the most highly touted recruitment class in the University of Hawaii's history (of 1991: Danielle Robins; Jenny Wilton; setter, Kari Anderson; Brandi Brooks), long time head coach's assistant/associate from 1997–2011.
• Heather Bown – USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (2000, 2004, 2008), 2-time 1st Team AVCA All-American (1998, 1999), 2-time WAC Player of the Year (1998, 1999)
• Deitre Collins-Parker – 3-time AVCA 1st Team All-American (1981, 1982, 1983), 2-time AVCA National Player of the Year (1982, 1983), USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (1988, 1992), winner of the Honda-Broderick Cup (1982–83 season), current head coach of San Diego State University women's volleyball team, long-standing member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and member of the NCAA volleyball Division I 25th Anniversary Team.
• Aneli Cubi-Otineru – AVCA 1st Team All-American (2005, NJCAA @ CSI), all-WAC team: 1st decade 2000s, AVCA 3rd Team All-American (2009), school's inaugural/NCAA's 1st Spiritual leader who extolled—unabashedly, the most deserved--our Lord Jesus Christ (2007–2009).
• Kanani (Herring) Danielson – 2011 Lowes Senior CLASS Award recipient; Program's sole Asics/VB Mag. High School POY draftee (2007-'08); Kamehameha Schools only 4-time 1st Team All-State, 4-time AVCA All-American athlete; 3-time WAC Player of the Year (2009-2011).
• Brittany Hewitt - 2010 AVCA 2nd Team All American / CVU.com Blocker of the Year [USA's--uniquely Idahoan *Boise, Ada Co.*--Div.I, team-sported, female All-Am....(P\)N.W.'s--exceptionally--non Prepvolleyball.com's "SeniorAce" athlete to be recognized as All-Am.]; a NCAA, 21st Century, rally scoring record's hitter @.917 (w/11 kills of 12 attempts).
• Joyce Kaʻapuni – First ethnic Native Hawaiian to be named Division I Women's, Collegiate, Volleyball All-American (AIAW: 1974, AVCA: 1983), premier athlete who—of herself—commenced the program's famous lineage of nationally recognized/awarded setters.
• 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.
• Amber Kaufman – Hawaii's only dual sport, female, multiple All-American: Asics/VB Mag. 1st Team (2009), 2008–'10 USTFCCCA Indoor/Outdoor High Jump Champion (annually bettering upon 1.91 m bar clearance)
• Angelica Ljungquist – AVCA National Player of the Year (1996), 4-time AVCA All-American (2nd Team 1993, 2nd Team 1994, 1st Team 1995, 1st Team 1996), 1995 Big West Player of the Year, 1996 WAC Player of the Year.
• Marilyn Moniz (now Marilyn Moniz-Kahoʻohanohano) – County of Honolulu Upstander: Community & Church leader, University of Hawaiʻi Associate Athletics Director – Senior Women's Administrator (currently oversees, among other things, the women's volleyball program)
• Diane Sebastian-Pestolesi – 2-time AIAW All-American (First to do so consecutively, 1978 & '79), program's 1st athlete to compete in the professional ranks (Los Angeles Starlites of the MLV League).
• Tonya "Teee" Williams – USA Olympics indoor women's volleyball team member (1992, 1996), 2-time AVCA National Player of the Year (1987, 1989), 3-time AVCA 1st Team All-American (1987, 1988, 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, 2002, 2003), 3-time WAC Player of the Year. Holds NCAA record for kills in a single season.

See also

• Jane Croson, Collegiate "Sand" Beach volleyball

References

• University of Hawaiʻi, Women's Volleyball page
• US Olympic Committee Includes lists of past Olympians
• American Volleyball Coaches Association Division I awards – Lists of volleyball award winners
• NCAA Division I Volleyball information page. The current NCAA Volleyball Records Book may be obtained (in PDF format) from this page.
• Big West Women's Volleyball page
  • The Big West Conference Volleyball Records Book (PDF)
• The Western Athletic Conference Women's Volleyball page
  • The Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Records book (PDF)

Notes

1. ^ NCAA Volleyball Record Book (2005), p. 106–107
2. ^ NCAA Division I Volleyball 25th Anniversary Team
3. ^ "Assistant coach helped unite Wahine", Honolulu Star Bulletin, November 10, 1999
4. ^ The Big West Conference Volleyball Records Book, p. 43
5. ^ Hawaiʻi Pacific University Athletics Department, Tita Ahuna
6. ^ Hawaiʻi Pacific University Athletics Department, Volleyball history
7. ^ Cornell University Athletics Department, Deidre Collins
8. ^ (Honda-)Broderick Award winners
9. ^ NCAA Division I Volleyball 25th Anniversary Team
10. ^ University of Hawaiʻi Athletics Department, Marilyn Moniz-Kahoʻohanohano

External links

• Honolulu Advertiser article about Allen B. Richardson, former team doctor, now deceased
• Wahine Volleyball News
• Wahine Volleyball Information Homepage
• American Volleyball Coaches Association