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Post by Wolfgang on Jun 2, 2020 14:31:31 GMT -5
Is it just me or does the fact that the lady gives Pat Gasman a kiss (albeit with mask on) worry you?1 Come Fall season, if there's a volleyball season, the Aunties will have to put the keibosch on all the kissing.2
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1 See video on the previous page.
2 I do realize Hawaii is very very low on positive COVID19 cases. But, at the very least, you still want to practice social distancing and you also don't want some random mainlander from giving the locals the virus.
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Post by noblesol on Jun 2, 2020 15:36:33 GMT -5
Is it just me or does the fact that the lady gives Pat Gasman a kiss (albeit with mask on) worry you? 1 Come Fall season, if there's a volleyball season, the Aunties will have to put the keibosch on all the kissing. 2--- 1 See video on the previous page. 2 I do realize Hawaii is very very low on positive COVID19 cases. But, at the very least, you still want to practice social distancing and you also don't want some random mainlander from giving the locals the virus. Cases recovered in Hawai'i have almost caught total cases. Only 27 active in the whole state as of yesterday. New cases/day bouncing along at low single digits and often now zero. Contact tracing and quarantine systems stood up and working ok and getting stronger. Testing is widely available, and becoming more so. Oahu's Castle Medical Center doctors, nurses, and supporters were out alongside the highway the other day holding up signs thanking the public for their support, and trying to promote some business for the hospital. All the hospitals are having a tough time due to lack of patients. If they don't get some people to treat soon, they're in danger of personnel cutbacks.
It's possible the whole state has never enjoyed such overall good respiratory health. But at a huge economic hit that is stressing people out, and will cause collateral damage unrest, illnesses, and deaths. Unemployment, homelessness, crime, gangs of idle youth at record levels and increasing. The State early released many hundreds from prisons due to a COVID-19 threat that never materialized there. No active cases in the prisons, but they were released into a community with active cases and no jobs. So much of the early COVID-19 response has been too much of the wrong medicine.
Rather than focus on protecting the vulnerable, everyone was treated as though they were equally vulnerable. Statistics now tell us, that for those 24 and under, they have a greater chance of being hit by lightning than death by COVID-19. The stats suggest that DIV-1 athletes should be able to return and play full seasons, and there could be some fans allowed if there is a social distancing system in place for fans and some means of enforcement for crowd movement and behavior. My guess is Hawai'i fans would be very cooperative if the University made an effort to educate them on the new rules. It's probably more of a liability and cost issue at this point, and not so much a health issue for UH-Manoa Athletics.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Jun 3, 2020 14:24:07 GMT -5
Ferd Lewis: Hawaii Tourism Authority could add its muscle to University of Hawaii men’s volleyball for 2021 By Ferd Lewis June 2, 2020 Honolulu Star-Advertiser ANDREW LEE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER The University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team celebrated after defeating Long Beach State in the Big West Conference tournament championship on April 20, 2019 at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Not only is two-time All-American Rado Parapunov among four seniors expected to return for the University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team, the Rainbow Warriors might add another heavy hitter to the lineup, the Hawaii Tourism Authority. From the disappointment of the COVID-19-abbreviated 2020 season for the then 15-1 and No. 2-ranked Rainbows, things are already looking up for 2021. The NCAA’s enlightened policy on extended eligibility opened the way for the four seniors to return for an extra season and, now, the HTA is considering plans to help the school host the Big West championship and possibly help fund a trip to Japan. Despite the hit it expects to take on the transient accommodation tax, its primary funding source, and cutbacks on other sports ventures, the HTA is proposing to earmark a $316,000 allocation tied to UH engagement. Chris Tatum, HTA president and chief executive, told board members Thursday, “As we move forward, we need to support the athletic program at (UH). They can be our aloha ambassadors and it is our university.” It adds to a pledge Tatum made not long after taking over at HTA in 2018 to try to tap UH as a resource that the group had previously come in for some criticism as only sporadically engaging. Pending board approval of the budget, Tatum said the HTA plans to partner with UH at road football games at Oregon and San Jose State this fall and on a possible volleyball trip to Japan in 2021. In 2019, HTA hosted events surrounding UH’s football game at Washington. This year it helped bring Nittaidai University of Japan to play a pair of volleyball matches against UH at the Stan Sheriff Center. But the biggest move could be returning the Big West championship to Manoa in 2021, giving the ’Bows a smoother path to the NCAAs. UH hosted the 2019 championships, which became a springboard into the NCAA tournament for the ’Bows and a record cash cow for the Big West. UC Irvine was to have hosted the 2020 Big West Championship until the impact of COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the remainder of the season in March. That put UC Irvine in line to host for 2021, but the prospect of HTA backing for the Stan Sheriff Center has caught the attention of league members who could vote on it as early as this summer. The sold-out 2019 event drew more than 20,000 to Manoa, netted the conference $99,000 and sent each participating team home with a $16,500 check after expenses. (UH earned more than $64,000 plus parking and expenses). UC Irvine’s Bren Events Center, where the Anteaters have averaged less than 1,000 per match each of the last two years, has a seating capacity of 5,000. If the championship is played there, the tournament would likely be a four-team event. At the Stan Sheriff Center, where UH has averaged more than 5,000 each of the last two years, according to NCAA reports, all six teams would participate. “We think (the tournament) is a great branding (opportunity) and we have such success in Hawaii with volleyball, we’d like to be a sponsor with the Big West Conference and that would give us exposure in a key market in southern California as we move forward,” Tatum said. UH athletic director David Matlin said, “(UH athletics) is excited to continue discussing mutually beneficial opportunities with the HTA that furthers the missions of both organizations.” After the setback of 2020, it is one more thing for the ’Bows to look forward to in 2021.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Jun 3, 2020 14:27:38 GMT -5
from a few days ago ... Ferd Lewis: Tennis player Petra Melounova selected UH’s Bonham Award winner along with volleyball standout Colton Cowell By Ferd Lewis May 28, 2020 Honolulu Star-Advertiser ANDREW LEE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Colton Cowell is the male recipient of Hawaii’s Bonham Award this year.Like a lot of other University of Hawaii athletes, tennis player Petra Melounova was forced by the impact of COVID-19 to go online to complete her last two months of spring semester classes. Unlike most of them, however, she was doing it from a laptop in her native Havlickuv Brod, the Czech Republic, where, due to the 12-hour time difference from Manoa, it meant some classes, such as electromagnetics and the theory of linear feedback control systems, began at 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. Central European Time. Not that Melounova missed so much as a beat. “Anything that she puts her mind to she can accomplish,” said tennis coach Jun Hernandez, praising another semester of 17 credits with a 4.0 grade point average as an electrical engineering major. He has come to prize her focus, dedication and resourcefulness well these last four years, watching her become UH’s first tennis All-American — female or male — a three-time Big West Player of the Year, Big West Scholar Athlete of the Year and, Wednesday, the 2020 female Jack Bonham Award winner. The Bonham Award, the athletic department’s most prestigious honor for 47 years, annually goes to the top female and male senior student-athletes deemed to best exemplify the ideals of the late UH assistant athletic director in the areas of athletic excellence, academic achievement, public service, leadership and character. Volleyball player Colton Cowell received the men’s award. Cowell, initially a walk-on from Maui’s King Kekaulike High, has been a second-team All-America outside hitter and three-time All-Big West Academic selection. The first time Hernandez saw Melounova play in a summer tournament in Europe, he came away impressed. “Her intensity on the court, how smart she plays, her passion and all the tools she has,” made him determined to recruit her to Manoa. “She also stood out for her character and as a fit for our program.” In time he would also come to marvel her grit and ingenuity. Such as in 2018, when she suffered a shoulder injury that kept her from being able to continue an overhead serve. Undaunted and adaptive, she proceeded to master an underhand serve that allowed her to keep winning not just for a set or match, but on into the NCAA championships, where she became the first UH player to reach the Round of 16 in 2019. “It might have been the first time and only time an All-American in the tournament served underhand the whole way,” Hernandez said. So, when teammates and coaches learned a couple of years ago of Melounova’s dream to become an astronaut, nobody dismissed it as a flight of fantasy. While Melounova humbly made light of it, Hernandez said they sensed her drive and passion to make it happen.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Jun 3, 2020 14:30:35 GMT -5
Stories of racism are all too familiar for University of Hawaii volleyball assistant coach Joshua Walker By Stephen Tsai 6/3/20 Honolulu Star-Advertiser JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM / 2009 Joshua Walker was a second-team AVCA All-American in 2010 for the Hawaii men’s volleyball team. He returned to Manoa as an assistant coach in 2016.Joshua Walker is a husband, father, college graduate, brother of a police sergeant, and a nationally honored assistant coach for the University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team. All of which “means absolutely nothing when you walk into a store and somebody doesn’t see it,” said Walker, an African American who grew up in Virginia. “I can’t wear a sign or just walk around with my resume on a board in front of my shirt the whole day.” As a youth volleyball player, Walker recalled being followed around a store while his teammates roamed freely. To this day, Walker said, “I don’t like to go into a store unless I’m going to buy something. Literally. I don’t like to just go in and look around for stuff because I don’t want people to think, ‘OK, he didn’t buy anything, why did he even come in?’ I don’t want to give people that power. If I don’t feel I’m going to buy something, I’m not going to go in your store because I don’t want you to think I’m taking something” Walker remembered a family outing where he and his wife and daughter were leaving a park. A car sped up to them. “A guy pulls up to us and says, ‘did you take my cell phone?’ ” Walker recalled. “I’m like, ‘no, why would I take your cell phone?’ He said, ‘well, you’re running.’ It’s like, ‘I’m working out. That’s what people do.’ ” Walker said the driver pulled out another cell phone, took his picture, threatened to call the police, and then drove away. “That kind of stuff does happen.” Walker said. “Regardless of whether you have a hatred for another race or not, that’s irrelevant. It’s how you treat people. And when something goes bad, if there are five people, who are you pointing the finger at first?” But recent events involving African American men compelled Walker to voice his angry concerns. There was the shooting death of unarmed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia in February; the woman who called the police on a birdwatcher who asked her to comply with the leash law in New York, and the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minnesota police officer arresting him pressed his knee onto Floyd’s neck. Walker penned an Instagram post condemning police brutality, in particular the circumstances leading to Floyd’s death. “This past week has been draining in particular,” Walker wrote. “I’m so tired of it. What not everyone understands is Black people are extremely proud. We’ve been through so much and yet we constantly show resiliency. What you’re seeing now is a lot of people are fed up. We want to be happy and productive just like everyone else, but not everyone gets demeaned, embarrassed, and killed without consequences like we do.” Walker said the ensuing protests and riots following Floyd’s death were a cause-and-effect response. “If George Floyd or any of the other murders of unarmed black people don’t happen, these riots wouldn’t be happening,” Walker wrote. “One clearly doesn’t happen without the other, so do your part to help eliminate the cause.” Walker said the Arbery and Floyd cases drew national attention because they were captured on video. But he also noted that boldness that the incidents could occur even though it was known they would be videoed. Several UH coaches have expressed outrage over Floyd’s death. UH president David Lassner called Floyd’s death “senseless” and asked for the “UH community to stand with him against racism and discrimination.” Several Honolulu police officers reached out to Walker in support of the African American community. “The more people put an effort into knowing the person versus just seeing the color, that’s when we’ll start seeing changes,” Walker said. He said it is not right to blame unarmed victims nor should anyone who commit crimes be shielded from prosecution or criticism. “Every day you have an opportunity to go out there be better regardless of who’s in leadership,” Walker said. “You have an opportunity out there to make the world a better place. If you choose not to, that’s on you. But it doesn’t mean you have to demean the people who are.”
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Post by Fanbase on Jun 5, 2020 17:51:14 GMT -5
UH administration agreed to allow the four MVB seniors, James Anastassiades, Colton Cowell, Patrick Gasman and Rado Parapunov to return for another year. However, according to athletic director Matlin’s news release, no new institutional funds will be used. Instead, the MVB program will structure its budget and fundraising to pay for the seniors additional season. We can all help out and be a part of another successful season and our goal for a National Championship. If season ticket holders each contribute $25 of the credit refunded from last season, we can make a difference. UH may have notified you of your credit and asked if you wanted a refund, credit or to contribute to the UH Foundation Fund. I, myself did not receive my notice but later Ilearned that if no reply was received from me, a credit would be applied for next year. Join me to help our seniors. Pass the word to your ohana and friends, too. Let’s show our Hawaii Men’s Volleyball Team, each and every player, “WE BELIEVE”. You can make your contribution at the website listed below. Specify, “SENIORS-EXTENDED ELIGIBILITY”. www.koaanuenue.org/donate/men’s-volleyballMahalo. GO WARRIORS!
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Post by ACE on Jun 5, 2020 22:14:24 GMT -5
UH administration agreed to allow the four MVB seniors, James Anastassiades, Colton Cowell, Patrick Gasman and Rado Parapunov to return for another year. However, according to athletic director Matlin’s news release, no new institutional funds will be used. Instead, the MVB program will structure its budget and fundraising to pay for the seniors additional season. We can all help out and be a part of another successful season and our goal for a National Championship. If season ticket holders each contribute $25 of the credit refunded from last season, we can make a difference. UH may have notified you of your credit and asked if you wanted a refund, credit or to contribute to the UH Foundation Fund. I, myself did not receive my notice but later Ilearned that if no reply was received from me, a credit would be applied for next year. Join me to help our seniors. Pass the word to your ohana and friends, too. Let’s show our Hawaii Men’s Volleyball Team, each and every player, “WE BELIEVE”. You can make your contribution at the website listed below. Specify, “SENIORS-EXTENDED ELIGIBILITY”. www.koaanuenue.org/donate/men’s-volleyballMahalo. GO WARRIORS! When i pressed the link, it stated page couldn't be found. I would love to make a contribution to our returning seniors, not just for vball but for their continued education.
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Post by Fanbase on Jun 6, 2020 1:47:25 GMT -5
Sorry about that, autocorrect put an apostrophe in mens in the link. Try this www.koaanuenue.org/donate/mens-volleyball. Be sure to specify “SENIORS-EXTENDED ELIGIBILITY “. I know the players will appreciate your support and kokua.
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Post by po'okela on Jul 15, 2020 4:04:48 GMT -5
did kanai akana transfer back home from BYU?
noticed he’s working out with the men’s volleyball team.
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Post by 808empath on Jul 15, 2020 11:44:11 GMT -5
did kanai akana transfer back home from BYU? noticed he’s working out with the men’s volleyball team. Try asking koavball he's usually the one to ask & usually has the answers
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Post by koavball on Jul 15, 2020 15:19:00 GMT -5
did kanai akana transfer back home from BYU? noticed he’s working out with the men’s volleyball team. Akana trained with UH players/former Punahou teammates last summer as well. UH may get a transfer though.
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Post by brooselee on Jul 15, 2020 15:24:06 GMT -5
did kanai akana transfer back home from BYU? noticed he’s working out with the men’s volleyball team. Akana trained with UH players/former Punahou teammates last summer as well. UH may get a transfer though. Hopefully the guy’s name is Jaylen Jasper. Kyler Presho would be nice but I think Kyler is more likely to play for dad at UCI then at UH.
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Post by koavball on Jul 15, 2020 15:40:43 GMT -5
Akana trained with UH players/former Punahou teammates last summer as well. UH may get a transfer though. Hopefully the guy’s name is Jaylen Jasper. Kyler Presho would be nice but I think Kyler is more likely to play for dad at UCI then at UH. I don’t see that happening. UH will be loaded at the pins and their 2021 recruiting class is looking to be very strong. Top players from US, Puerto Rico and maybe Canada. Chakas/Galloway will be incredible and Marumoto is impressing me more each time, he is built like a college senior already. UH might get a 6’8-6’9 OH from Puerto Rico who is incredible, down to UH and UCLA.
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Post by 808 State on Jul 15, 2020 18:56:08 GMT -5
Akana trained with UH players/former Punahou teammates last summer as well. UH may get a transfer though. Hopefully the guy’s name is Jaylen Jasper. Kyler Presho would be nice but I think Kyler is more likely to play for dad at UCI then at UH. Presho and Pat in the middle would be awesome! One can only wish😊
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Post by brooselee on Jul 15, 2020 20:20:03 GMT -5
Hopefully the guy’s name is Jaylen Jasper. Kyler Presho would be nice but I think Kyler is more likely to play for dad at UCI then at UH. Presho and Pat in the middle would be awesome! One can only wish😊 Especially with the COVID situation in Brazil. I’m afraid Guilherme Voss won’t be able to leave Brazil.
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