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Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Volleyball
Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Volleyball
	File:HawaiiWarriors.png
University	University of Hawaii at Manoa
Head coach	Dave Shoji (35th season)
Conference	WAC
Location	Manoa, Hawaii
Home arena	Stan Sheriff Center (capacity: 10,300)
Nickname	Hawaii Rainbow Wahine
Colors	Green and White;
AIAW/NCAA Tournament champion
	1982, 1983, 1987
AIAW/NCAA Tournament runner-up
	1988, 1996
AIAW/NCAA Tournament semifinal
	1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009
AIAW/NCAA Tournament appearance
	1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Conference regular season champion
	Big West: 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1995, WAC: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

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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 14 years, the Rainbow Wahine Volleyball Program has led the nation in attendance averaging over 7,000 fans per match.

The team has won four national championships: one AIAW title and three NCAA Division 1 titles. Since joining the WAC in 1996 the Wahine have at least clinched a share of the conference title in all those years. Hawaii has won 10 straight conference tournaments, beating New Mexico State the last 4 years.

The program in addition has made 28 NCAA postseason appearances out of 29 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); and the program 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 41 wins and amazingly only 1 loss. Against women's traditional volleyball power UH-Hilo (AIAW-Div.II Champions: '79, '81; NAIA Champions: '83-85, '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 5-0. 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.

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

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	3^rd	NCAA Regional Semifinal
1986	Dave Shoji	31-7	15-3	2^nd	NCAA Regional Final
1987	Dave Shoji	37-2	17-1	1^st	NCAA Champions
(Big West) (1988–1995)
1988	Dave Shoji	33-3	18-0	1^st	NCAA Runners-Up
1989	Dave Shoji	29-3	17-1	1^st	NCAA Regional Final
1990	Dave Shoji	28-6	16-2	1^st	NCAA Regional Semifinal
1991	Dave Shoji	26-5	15-3	2^nd	NCAA Regional Final
1992	Dave Shoji	15-12	11-7	4^th
1993	Dave Shoji	19-11	13-5	3^rd	NCAA Regional Final
1994	Dave Shoji	25-5	15-3	2^nd	NCAA Regional Semifinal
1995	Dave Shoji	31-1	18-0	1^st	NCAA Regional Final
(WAC) (1996–present)
1996	Dave Shoji	35-3	16-0	1^st	NCAA Runners-Up
1997	Dave Shoji	25-8	14-0	1^st	NCAA First Round
1998	Dave Shoji	32-3	13-1	1^st	NCAA Regional Final
1999	Dave Shoji	29-2	14-0	1^st	NCAA Regional Semifinal
2000	Dave Shoji	31-2	16-0	1^st	NCAA Final Four
2001	Dave Shoji	29-6	13-0	1^st	NCAA Regional Semifinal
2002	Dave Shoji	34-2	13-0	1^st	NCAA Final Four
2003	Dave Shoji	36-2	13-0	1^st	NCAA Final Four
2004	Dave Shoji (^'Born-again' Pronunciamento)	30-1	13-0	1^st	NCAA Regional Semifinal
2005	Dave Shoji	27-7	16-0	1^st	NCAA Regional Semifinal
2006	Dave Shoji	29-6	15-1	1^st	NCAA Regional Final
2007	Dave Shoji	27-6	15-1	1^st	NCAA Second Round
2008	Dave Shoji	31-4	15-1	1^st	NCAA Regional Final
2009	Dave Shoji	32-3	16-0	1^st	NCAA Final Four
Total		1,025-177-1	325-35

All-time series samplings--of established Division I, venerable, collegiate womens' teams--records: The Hawaii Rainbow Wahine 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: 35-32).

On September 12, 2009, the program notched its 1000th win with a sweep of Stanford.^[1]

Team facts

Head coach

1974: Alan Kang^[1]
1975-present: Dave Shoji

Dave Shoji has been head coach of the Rainbow Wahine Volleyball team since 1975. He is currently (as of 2010) the 2^nd winningest Division I women's volleyball head coach by win-lost percentage and the 1^st NCAA Division I women's volleyball head coach by total victories .^[2] He is a member of the NCAA Volleyball Division 1 25^th Anniversary Team.^[3] 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: Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) / Big West Conference
- Overall record: 165-31^[4]
1996-present: Western Athletic Conference (WAC)

Home court

1975-1994: Klum Gym/Neal Blaisdell Center
1994-present: Stan Sheriff Center

National championships

1979: AIAW by defeating Utah State
1982: NCAA by defeating USC
1983: NCAA by defeating UCLA
1987: NCAA by defeating Stanford

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)
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]
Joey Akeo (now Joey Akeo-Miyashiro) - AIAW All-American (1974, 1977), mother of Tamari Miyashiro (3-time AVCA All-American, 2-time Asics/VB Mag. Defensive Player of the Year) current U.S. National Team player at Libero.
Kari Anderson (now Kari Anderson-Ambrozich) - Member of the most highly touted recruitment class in university's history (1991-1994), Head Coach's Assistant since 1997-present.
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^[7] - 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),^[8] current head coach of San Diego State University women's volleyball team, long-stading member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and member of the NCAA volleyball Division I 25^th Anniversary Team.^[9]
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--in glorious fashion, the most deserved--our Lord Jesus Christ (2007-2009).
Joyce Kaʻapuni - The first authentic, ethnic Hawaiian to ever be named Division I Women's, Collegiate, Volleyball All-American (AIAW: 1974, AVCA: 1983).
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.
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^[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), 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.

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

^ No. 6 Rainbow Wahine Win Tournament With Sweep Of No. 10 Stanford

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

External links

[1] No. 6 Rainbow Wahine Win Tournament With Sweep Of No. 10 Stanford

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 * '''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.
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+<small>See also</small>
 * '''Kanani (Herring) Danielson''' - Program's sole Asics/VB Mag. high school P.O.Y. draftee (2008), AVCA 3rd team All-American (2008), AVCA 1st team All-American (2009),...