Hawaii 2004 Roster up/Bios not

[Laulena14]

•¤Madonna¤• said:

I thought she is more like 6'2"?

Jessica is listed as 6'1 - 6'2 as far back as 2002 in all the high school info that I've seen on her.

[Laulena14]

IdahoBoy® said:

I'm thinking that the roster is not complete at 16.

There are still a few to add.

I believe your correct, 18 was the # I heard.

[808]

Thanks for the revised roster, IB, but I have several questions about your version:

First, about Caroline Blood. Isn't she a true freshman? I don't remember her being around last year and she's not listed on the softball roster -- even last year's. And the reason I mentioned the softball roster (before anyone asks) is that it was mentioned in the Honolulu Advertiser that she was originally recruited as a softball pitcher and that she was going to try to walk on to the volleyball team. the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Jul/22/sp/sp07a.html

Teisa Fotu. Since she sat out last year as a transfer from HPU, wouldn't she be considered a R-Sr.?

Kelly Ong. She wasn't on the team last year but was in school. Does that make her a R-Fr.?

Raceen Woolford. She was on the team last year but I thought she redshirted (along with Katie, Teisa, Juliana and Kari). So shouldn't she be listed as a R-Fr.?

[IdahoBoy]

I changed Teisa and Victoria to a "TR-" whatever because they both had to sit out a year due to transfer requirements.

Caroline, unless I'm really mistaken, sat through a season with the softball team. I had seen her profile on the UH website before even for softball. I put the redshirt symbol on her, because I believe she will only be eligible for a medical redshirt (if needed) from this point on. I could be wrong though.

I didn't put redshirt next to Kelly because she wasn't on any athletic team during the previous year... unlike Caroline. I dunno! Maybe?

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[romeo]

What is up with the pics on the bio pages of your roster?? Hasn't the webmaster of your site ever heard of aspect ratio? Yikes.

[Laulena14]

romeo said:

What is up with the pics on the bio pages of your roster?? Hasn't the webmaster of your site ever heard of aspect ratio? Yikes.

Brand new site, photos are from old site, bios in the process of being re-done with new photos.

[5100]

roy said:

Yes she has. In 2001, Shoji used a 3 MB line up with her in it. In the first few matches, she started and played all games. But the line up wasn't working and Shoji went back to a traditional line up. Duggins and Tano were in the middle and Eckmier was put on the bench.

Wasn't it an injury that caused Melody to sit? If I remember correctly, she and Lauren were the starting MBs for the first 8 matches before she went down with an injury. Nohea Tano, who was the utility player, stepped in and started from then on. I'm not a hundred percent on this. IB can confirm.

[5100]

808 said:

Thanks for the revised roster, IB, but I have several questions about your version:

First, about Caroline Blood. Isn't she a true freshman? I don't remember her being around last year and she's not listed on the softball roster -- even last year's. And the reason I mentioned the softball roster (before anyone asks) is that it was mentioned in the Honolulu Advertiser that she was originally recruited as a softball pitcher and that she was going to try to walk on to the volleyball team. the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Jul/22/sp/sp07a.html

Teisa Fotu. Since she sat out last year as a transfer from HPU, wouldn't she be considered a R-Sr.?

Kelly Ong. She wasn't on the team last year but was in school. Does that make her a R-Fr.?

Raceen Woolford. She was on the team last year but I thought she redshirted (along with Katie, Teisa, Juliana and Kari). So shouldn't she be listed as a R-Fr.?

I checked UH's softball stats. Caroline was in on 2 games last year. If I'm correct, then her situation is similar to Lindsey Yamasaki's in 1998.

[5100]

808 said:

Just wondering . . . did Katie quit or was she beaten out by Kelly? Kelly was hurt in the spring and didn't play against Nittaidai, but I think Katie and Jennifer did get some playing time in that match. Too bad they aren't on the fall roster but I'm looking forward to seeing what Kelly can do as a backup to Ashley.

I believe she quit, along with Wells. Playing time problems, probably. Jennifer served once in that match. Katie had 3 digs.

[islandgirl]

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Wahine Try on a Different Roster

Kanoe Kamana'o is the only sure starter as Hawaii's volleyball team begins camp


By Grace Wen -- [e-mail]

He has been through this before.

Twenty-nine years of coaching have readied Hawaii coach Dave Shoji to start the post-Sensational Seven rebuilding. The Rainbow Wahine volleyball coach goes from the end of summer youth camps to another youthful camp as Hawaii holds its first practice of the 2004 season.

No. 13 Hawaii begins its season today at 9 a.m. in Gym 1 with one returning starter and a batch of fresh faces. Shoji admits there will be more time spent teaching and coaching during the nine days of two-a-day practices than the last three years, when the final four was an expectation and there were fewer question marks in the lineup.

"We've got a lot of new faces and a lot of young faces, so it does feel a little different," said Shoji. "We're going to have to break things down a little more now and that would be the biggest difference."

That won't be the only difference.

Hawaii will have to learn very quickly how to operate on offense without All-American outside hitters Kim Willoughby and Lily Kahumoku. Only seven of the 16 players on this year's roster have seen Division I court time. There is no hitter -- yet -- to bail out a team that will rely heavily on sophomore setter Kanoe Kamana'o's ability to deceive defenses.

Kamana'o isn't a bad building block. As a freshman, she showed no weaknesses in dishing the ball different directions on the court. Kamana'o wasn't given the opportunity to use her tremendous talent, but Shoji promises the Rainbow Wahine will be balanced and quicker.

The AVCA Freshman of the Year is the only front-runner for her position. Kamana'o is all but a lock to start when Hawaii opens against Eastern Washington on Sept. 2 in the Hawaiian Airlines Classic.

"Cayley (Thurlby) is competing for playing time, so I'm not going to say at this point in time that she's out of the picture," Shoji said. "She's going to contribute somehow, but I think Kanoe is pretty solid. She's probably the most solid player we have as far as experience."

Sophomore Alicia Arnott and junior Susie Boogaard will get first crack at the outside hitting slots. Senior Melody Eckmier will occupy one middle-blocker position and the primary leadership role. The fifth-year senior is the last link to a 2001 season that had similar personnel questions. Eckmier's experience will be valuable to a group searching for identity early and needing to win against five ranked opponents in three tournaments in three weekends.

"(Melody) will be the one trying to rally everybody," Shoji said. "She's been here five years. She knows what's expected. She's almost the motherly type. She'll be trying to reel people in and get them on the same page."

Hawaii's postseason hopes hinge on its ability to find chemistry, succeed in the early season and maintain its Western Athletic Conference dominance.

"We still have high expectations," Shoji said. "I don't know if it's realistic to say we could get to the final four, but I'm not telling my players that's impossible. We're going in with the idea we're going to be a good team. We'll train accordingly. We'll train to win. We don't know any other way."