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Post by kaipono on Jun 12, 2019 5:47:54 GMT -5
Successful off season for UH women's volleyball Last November a tough five set loss to Baylor in the NCAA Tournament ending the 2018 season for the UH women's volleyball team while also losing seven seniors to graduation. A lot of key spots to fill but a successful off season has them right where they want to be. The first kids camp of the summer will go on until Thursday and then the month of July an absolute jammed pack schedule. A very busy off season for this Rainbow Wahine volleyball program adding three transfers that could make an impact right away and five very good freshman recruits. As head coach Robin Ah Mow puts it they opened their boundaries like they haven't done in recent years. Schedule and how to sign up for 39th annual Rainbow Wahine volleyball camp: hawaiiathletics.com/news/2019/5/28/39th-annual-rainbow-wahine-volleyball-camps-skill-sessions-set.aspxFrom Baton Rouge to Sweden, and OH Canada. "Still going after the blue chip players and if they don't want to then we are just going to keep going," Robin Ah Mow said. It did not matter where they were from it was just about bringing the best talent to this Rainbow Wahine volleyball program. " We went out and just looked for the best players and if they wanted to come. Instead of just localizing to the west coast," Ah Mow said. Mission accomplished bringing in five stand out true freshman. "I think some of them will help us this year," Ah Mow said. 6'2 outside hitter in Hanna Hellvig who brings in nearly 20 matches of experience from the Sweden senior national team. 6'3 middle blocker Amber Igiede, a four time all state selection in Louisiana, and a top 10 hitting percentage in the nation. Riley Wagoner who was named the state of Ohio's player of the year. Tiffany Westerberg the top ranked middle blocker in British Columbia. Finally from right here at home there is Braelyn Akana out of Kamehameha.Her mother is Jocelyn Robins Akana, a former Rainbow Wahine stand out when Coach Ah Mow was a player but Braelyn is a top notch player in her own right. Has it set in that your a rainbow wahine now? "I think now it is settling in, we started working out last week so I'm starting to feel it a lot more," Akana said. Not just a loaded freshman class coming in but three transfers with experience at top programs. Two from the Oregon Ducks in Kyra Hanawahine a Kamehameha grad as well as Jolie Rasmussen, an injury last season but in her first two seasons she was a Pac-12 honorable mention selection for the Ducks. The last of the eight is Bailey Choy, a former Iolani stand out and a senior transfer from Utah, bringing familiarity as well as filling a need on this roster. "Played club volleyball for me and I think she is an awesome addition. Actually we needed another setter we only had Norene, so it's awesome," Ah Mow said.
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Post by eyelander on Jun 12, 2019 6:06:09 GMT -5
Successful off season for UH women's volleyball Last November a tough five set loss to Baylor in the NCAA Tournament ending the 2018 season for the UH women's volleyball team while also losing seven seniors to graduation. A lot of key spots to fill but a successful off season has them right where they want to be. The first kids camp of the summer will go on until Thursday and then the month of July an absolute jammed pack schedule. A very busy off season for this Rainbow Wahine volleyball program adding three transfers that could make an impact right away and five very good freshman recruits. As head coach Robin Ah Mow puts it they opened their boundaries like they haven't done in recent years. Schedule and how to sign up for 39th annual Rainbow Wahine volleyball camp: hawaiiathletics.com/news/2019/5/28/39th-annual-rainbow-wahine-volleyball-camps-skill-sessions-set.aspxFrom Baton Rouge to Sweden, and OH Canada. "Still going after the blue chip players and if they don't want to then we are just going to keep going," Robin Ah Mow said. It did not matter where they were from it was just about bringing the best talent to this Rainbow Wahine volleyball program. " We went out and just looked for the best players and if they wanted to come. Instead of just localizing to the west coast," Ah Mow said. Mission accomplished bringing in five stand out true freshman. "I think some of them will help us this year," Ah Mow said. 6'2 outside hitter in Hanna Hellvig who brings in nearly 20 matches of experience from the Sweden senior national team. 6'3 middle blocker Amber Igiede, a four time all state selection in Louisiana, and a top 10 hitting percentage in the nation. Riley Wagoner who was named the state of Ohio's player of the year. Tiffany Westerberg the top ranked middle blocker in British Columbia. Finally from right here at home there is Braelyn Akana out of Kamehameha.Her mother is Jocelyn Robins Akana, a former Rainbow Wahine stand out when Coach Ah Mow was a player but Braelyn is a top notch player in her own right. Has it set in that your a rainbow wahine now? "I think now it is settling in, we started working out last week so I'm starting to feel it a lot more," Akana said. Not just a loaded freshman class coming in but three transfers with experience at top programs. Two from the Oregon Ducks in Kyra Hanawahine a Kamehameha grad as well as Jolie Rasmussen, an injury last season but in her first two seasons she was a Pac-12 honorable mention selection for the Ducks. The last of the eight is Bailey Choy, a former Iolani stand out and a senior transfer from Utah, bringing familiarity as well as filling a need on this roster. "Played club volleyball for me and I think she is an awesome addition. Actually we needed another setter we only had Norene, so it's awesome," Ah Mow said. Thanks, kaipono ! I was actually trying to also post the video segment with Brandi Higa that came along with the text, but somehow couldn’t do it. Not sure if maybe there’s a copyright block that doesn’t allow me to do it? I’ll need to learn how to do it. One day... lol
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Post by brooselee on Jun 12, 2019 9:32:13 GMT -5
Robyn has taken the Charlie Wade approach to recruiting and go wherever to go find talent. To me, it’s a smart approach because we normally do not land the top tier Cali kids. In this class we got the best from Ohio, one of the bests from Louisiana, Hawaii, Sweden and Canada. We need to continue this so we don’t always go head to head with schools we really have very little chance against in terms of winning recruiting battles.
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Post by wang pu on Jun 12, 2019 12:00:31 GMT -5
Robyn has taken the Charlie Wade approach to recruiting and go wherever to go find talent. To me, it’s a smart approach because we normally do not land the top tier Cali kids. In this class we got the best from Ohio, one of the bests from Louisiana, Hawaii, Sweden and Canada. We need to continue this so we don’t always go head to head with schools we really have very little chance against in terms of winning recruiting battles. I agree. Toward the end of Shoji's tenure, it appeared that the staff limited their efforts to mostly California and the occasional non-California recruits. It may have been that the assistants were not as willing to go to different areas of the country, although if my boss said "you need to travel to (insert location)", I would go.
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Post by newbeach on Jun 12, 2019 14:22:49 GMT -5
BTW....we can all stop using the abbreviation of RAMS. She no longer have Santos in her name. If you read her bio it does say Robyn Ah Mow - Santos. I'm not sure if that has been updated.
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Post by vbsam16 on Jun 12, 2019 14:35:06 GMT -5
I wonder how tall the returning players actually are. Based on this picture and their listed height, a few things stand out. Skyler is probably 6'3"-6'4". Gong is probably over 5'10". Either that or Iosia isn't really 5'11". There's also no way Okino is 5" shorter than Ross. She looks slightly taller than Robyn, who is 5'7". Maybe some of them are standing on their tip-toes so who knows.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2019 14:37:31 GMT -5
This offseason has moved UH's recruitment profile in a wholly new - & yet old - direction (meaning, Robyn is kickin' ass in various geographical areas: just as her Coach Shoji did!).
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Post by vbsam16 on Jun 12, 2019 14:43:30 GMT -5
This offseason has moved UH's recruitment profile in a wholly new - & yet old - direction (meaning, Robyn is kickin' ass in various geographical areas: just as her Coach Shoji did!). I'm super pumped about Westerberg. I was looking into her a bit more and she was on the Women's international junior all-tournament team last year. Also on that team was Nebraska recruit Riley Zuhn and 2020 LBSU recruit Amelia Tuaniga. Let's keep this Canada pipeline going. www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Events/Results/2018-Results/2018-HP-Indoor-Awards-Photos
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Post by Wolfgang on Jun 12, 2019 15:24:32 GMT -5
The 4th paragraph from the bottom of that article Braelyn Akana is quoted as saying, "I think now it is settling in [about being a Wahine], we started working out last week so I'm starting to feel it a lot more."
What does she mean when she said, "we started working out last week"? Are the Wahine players in town for these workouts? Or is this a voluntary thing? And does she mean workouts with the strength and conditioning trainers in the weight room?
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Post by Wolfgang on Jun 12, 2019 15:34:05 GMT -5
I wonder how tall the returning players actually are. Based on this picture and their listed height, a few things stand out. Skyler is probably 6'3"-6'4". Gong is probably over 5'10". Either that or Iosia isn't really 5'11". There's also no way Okino is 5" shorter than Ross. She looks slightly taller than Robyn, who is 5'7". Maybe some of them are standing on their tip-toes so who knows. We've all stood on our tippy-toes at some point in our lives. (See girl standing far right.)
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Post by goblin on Jun 12, 2019 16:18:05 GMT -5
I know its too early to evaluate this year's incoming class, but I don't recall the last time we brought in a wahine class even close to this size with so much potential. The closest match would be the 2003 senior class (not all 7 arrived in the same year) of Kim Willoughby, Nohea Tano, Karin Lundquist, Lily Kahumoku, Maja Gustin, Lauren Duggins, and Melissa Villaroman. Hopefully this new class will be just as impactful to the Wahine program.
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Post by kaipono on Jun 12, 2019 19:10:32 GMT -5
The 4th paragraph from the bottom of that article Braelyn Akana is quoted as saying, "I think now it is settling in [about being a Wahine], we started working out last week so I'm starting to feel it a lot more." What does she mean when she said, "we started working out last week"? Are the Wahine players in town for these workouts? Or is this a voluntary thing? And does she mean workouts with the strength and conditioning trainers in the weight room? I think some of the Wahine players have started workouts together, but I think it is probably a voluntary thing. The players that are currently in town (at least that I'm fairly certain of) are: Sibley, Iosia, Rasmussen, Akana, Hanawahine, Choy, Okino, and Krug. I believe that Williams and Gong are still off-island, and other than Akana, none of the other freshmen are here yet. I'm not sure if Ross is here either. Everyone should probably be here at the beginning of July though when the second summer school session at UH starts.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jun 12, 2019 19:14:06 GMT -5
What classes do freshmen take in the July second summer session?
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Post by Victory At Hand on Jun 12, 2019 19:19:12 GMT -5
The 2019 season is really fast approaching, can't wait!
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Post by goblin on Jun 12, 2019 20:05:39 GMT -5
I recall taking elective summer courses in World History and Art. Art was okay, I snored thru World History.
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