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Post by Wolfgang on Dec 15, 2016 14:49:49 GMT -5
Taylor repeats as second team AVCABy Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-AdvertiserDecember 15, 2016 ... Wow, from the camera angle, Cindy Luis is a real shorty! |
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Dec 20, 2016 13:24:26 GMT -5
Wahine 17th in final AVCA poll
Star-Advertiser staff
December 20, 2016
Hawaii came in at No. 17 in the final AVCA Coaches Top 25 released on Monday.
The Rainbow Wahine (23-6) were at No. 12 heading into the NCAA tournament, where they lost to then-top-ranked Minnesota in the second round. Hawaii, ranked seventh in 2015’s final poll, was preseason No. 6.
National champion Stanford (27-7) received all 64 first-place votes. National runner-up Texas (27-5) was second, followed by Minnesota (29-5) and Nebraska (31-3).
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Post by soljah808 on Dec 20, 2016 21:35:15 GMT -5
Shoji on Leave, Pesto gone, and Lindsey gone......I wonder who applies next?
2017 as I see it will not have a go-to player. So who is the one that will step it up? Interesting times for sure. GO BOWS!
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Post by soljah808 on Dec 20, 2016 21:36:25 GMT -5
Will Hawaii start looking for some top notch players in Europe again? They've had success in the past with those girls.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Dec 22, 2016 14:31:45 GMT -5
VolleyballMag.com All-America teamsBy VBM Staff - December 22, 20160 "First team ... Nikki Taylor, Hawai’i, 6-4 SR OPP: The Big West player of the year averaged 4.54 kills per set, had 196 digs and 52 aces." Full list: volleyballmag.com/2016-vbm-aa/
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Dec 23, 2016 16:34:30 GMT -5
Taylor honored by Volleyball magazine
Star-Advertiser staff
December 23, 2016
Hawaii senior opposite Nikki Taylor was named to VolleyballMag.com’s 12-member All-America first team on Thursday.
Taylor, the two-time Big West Player of the Year, earned her second consecutive AVCA All-America second-team honor last week. The Kaiser High graduate finished her Rainbow Wahine career at No. 12 all-time in kills (1,377).
Four other players with isle ties were selected, led by second-teamer Adora Anae (Kahuku), a junior hitter at Utah. Named honorable mention were: Carly Kan (Punahou), a senior hitter at Missouri; Kalei Mau (St. Francis), a senior hitter for Arizona; and Penina Snuka (Kahuku), a senior setter for Arizona.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Dec 23, 2016 16:43:01 GMT -5
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL RANKED NO. 17 IN FINAL AVCA POLL12.20.2016  Excerpt: "LEXINGTON, Ky.—The University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team finished the 2016 season ranked No. 17 in the final American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) poll. It is the 33rd time in the poll's 34 year history that the Rainbow Wahine have been ranked in the Top 25 in the final poll. UH finished the year with a 23-6 overall and 15-1 Big West mark. Hawai'i won its second straight Big West Conference title and its fourth in the last five seasons since rejoining the league to advance to its 35th overall and 24th-straight NCAA tournament appearance this year." AVCA Division I Coaches Final Poll: www.avca.org/polls/di-women/12-19-2016.html Full UH release: hawaiiathletics.com/news/2016/12/20/womens-volleyball-ranked-no-17-in-final-avca-poll.aspx
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Jan 5, 2017 15:17:28 GMT -5
Wahine banquet Jan. 29, Carl McGown passes awayby CINDY LUIS on JANUARY 4, 2017 hawaiiwarriorworld.com/volleyshots/wahine-banquet-jan-29-carl-mcgown-passes-away/Excerpt: Happy New Year ... From UH The Rainbow Wahine annual banquet is Sunday, January 29, at the Ala Moana Hotel’s Hibiscus Ballroom. Registration will be at 5:30 p.m. with the dinner buffet beginning at 6 followed by a program. Tickets are $55 for Rainbow Wahine Booster Club members or $60 per person (general public). A Booster Club sponsored table is $440 (table of eight); for the general public the table will be $480 and for a corporate sponsor table the cost is $550. Fans can also make a $60 donation to sponsor a player. Late registration is January 21-26, 2017 at $65 per person. Credit cards not accepted Deadline for RSVP and full payment is Friday, January 20 For more information, contact Stanley Ching at 521-1456. link for form is hawaiiathletics.com.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2017/1/4/2016_banquet_flyer_and_registration_no_cc_.pdf?id=5172
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Jan 5, 2017 15:18:41 GMT -5
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