Hawaii 2020

[808empath]

A long time ago, I think my sophomore/junior year of high school, I was planning on going away for school. USC was the first choice, but I got addicted to meth ending of Junior year & my dreams of going to college were gone. I've been clean & sober for going on 19yrs in July so well that's that. Lol.

[hwnstunner]

If koavball says she’ll be a Wahine, then she will be.

[WahineFan44]

Told y’all lol.

[practicesafesets]

Just curious, was K Akana named to an All-American team or Senior Aces?

[practicesafesets]

Mar 20, 2020 16:28:02 GMT -5 practicesafesets said:

Just curious, was K Akana named to an All-American team or Senior Aces?

just found that she was UA All-American Honorable Mention

[molokaiboi]

Mar 19, 2020 23:53:49 GMT -5 808empath said:

A long time ago, I think my sophomore/junior year of high school, I was planning on going away for school. USC was the first choice, but I got addicted to meth ending of Junior year & my dreams of going to college were gone. I've been clean & sober for going on 19yrs in July so well that's that. Lol.

Lol you are so hilarious!

[practicesafesets]

Congrats to Kate Lang for being named to VolleyMag’s Top 50 recruits

[internationalball]

Mar 21, 2020 22:12:25 GMT -5 practicesafesets said:

Congrats to Kate Lang for being named to VolleyMag’s Top 50 recruits

So many fantastic hitters on Lang’s team.

[wahinefan]

Lang will also have fantastic hitters when she reports to the Wahine Team.

[hwnstunner]

Remember seeing this video before, and I think Lang is a great prospect at setter for sure. At least from this video, Lang has some nice hands and her set location and tempo is very consistent from wherever she is on the court. Her sets float, which is a good thing. Of course, doesn't hurt to have hitters that can rip. I believe five hitters on this TAV team went to Power 5 schools.

I remember this was the video where she got some flack for bump setting so much. Lots of bump setting, but that could be more of the club's coaching versus Lang's inability to get to get squared under the ball off broken passes/digs. Still, most of the bumps sets were nice! Wish she had a bit more footage setting in the middle, becasue the sets to the middle were high 2s. I thought that was interesting as well. Her sets for the step out/slide were butter tho.

I am interested to see what system Ah Mow decides to run with the setters she has in Lang and Byrd. We ran a modified 6-2 in 2018 out of necessity, and in 2019 because of how good Ioisa/Choy both were. But I really don't think Lang and Byrd based off experience (Lang's a freshman), ability (I'm unsure about Byrd's setting), experience (both are new to the program), and natural tools present (do you really bring in a 6'2 Byrd just to play 3 rotations in the back), make the best 6-2 duo lol. Just being honest, but a lot can change, especially with Ah Mow and the staff's ability to get the best out of its players.

But ultimately, if the two can't be similar enough in their setting for the hitters to have consistency in a 6-2, I'd go for a 5-1.


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On to recruiting, I wonder how much this COVID-19 has impacted 2021 recruiting? I know we have Johnson out of Texas, who certainly looks like a good one. But we have two more to give with the summer coming up where most top level juniors will start making commitments. We lose Van Sickle, Rasmussen, and Williams on scholarship. I'd go for an outside and also a setter. I know three setters in one season is a lot, but might be good to bring someone in that can train with Byrd being a senior that year.

Seems like a lot of Hawaii fans want Devon Kahawai (OH) out of Kamehameha and Nive Tuileta (S) out of St. Francis.

[sasa]

Mar 19, 2020 23:58:15 GMT -5 hwnstunner said:

If koavball says she’ll be a Wahine, then she will be.

No disrespect to koavball but I think he knows Akana is not a slam dunk for UH. The calls are coming in now so Hawaii better ante-up.

[kolohekeiki]

Mar 22, 2020 13:21:57 GMT -5 hwnstunner said:

Seems like a lot of Hawaii fans want Devon Kahawai (OH) out of Kamehameha and Nive Tuileta (S) out of St. Francis.

I would like to see Maui Robins in a Wahine uniform. She seemed more of a clutch player than Devin Kahahawai. I know they are both sophomores and still have two more years to mature and improve, but I honestly like Maui Robin's game more than Kahahawai. Kahahawai seemed to crash under pressure a lot. Again both are still young and can make drastic improvements to their game by the time they enter college.

Quick correction Nive Tuileta plays for Le Jardine. And St. Francis closed their doors last year.

[souther]

Nive Tuileta has added Santa Clara volleyball to her instagram bio...
instagram.com/nivetuileta_?igshid=173gqe64tnh2e

[hwnstunner]

Ah, thanks for all the clarity!

Bummer that Akana may not be for sure and shucks on Tuileta.

I always thought why not get Robins and Kahawai if they both would want to stay home. But that's IF they'd even want to of course.

[ballervolley]

Mar 21, 2020 22:12:25 GMT -5 practicesafesets said:

Congrats to Kate Lang for being named to VolleyMag’s Top 50 recruits

lang looks solid!