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Post by Logan Tom Fan on Oct 16, 2021 14:27:32 GMT -5
Which is what I would like to see if she could/would do it. My mind is thinking about how the converted MB to OH (e.g. Houston, Mason, Boogaard, Castillo, Hartong, Willoughby, etc..) Hawaii's had, all could bang away from the back row. i could be wrong, but i think most of this list of players were already OHs coming into the program. houston, mason, boogard, castillo and willoughby came in already intending to play the outside hitter role. maybe they played some MB in their high school or club careers, but their conversion to OH didn't happen while just at hawaii. only hartong on that list above converted from MB to OH during college. and shoji gave her a long, steady period to make the change. during her sophomore year (when she was an AA as a middle), there were many times shoji would switch the lineup to let her play OH for a full 3rd, runaway set. and then in the summer between her sophomore and junior years (when she started full time as an OH), shoji sent her up to colorado to participate in the USAV national team development program to tryout and train as an outside hitter. so, hartong's conversion was long in the works, and that certainly helped her. the transition was intentional, and not meant as a stop-gap measure. off hand, i think the MBs from hawaii who converted to MB (where they actually started as an MB at hawaii first, then switched to OH) were ... teee williams, kee williams, maja gustin ... and of course, hartong. i think tanja nikolic also made the switch, but it was less succssful. Yes, that's right. Houston, Boogard, Castillo and Willoughby were all OH's coming in. I think Mason as well, but she was known here in Hawai'i for her MB presence in high school at St. Joseph's on the Big Island. Maja Gustin started at MB her Freshman year, transitioned to OH her Sophomore year I believe, when Kahumoku took a year off, and then went back to the middle to finish her career. |
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 16, 2021 14:31:05 GMT -5
i could be wrong, but i think most of this list of players were already OHs coming into the program. houston, mason, boogard, castillo and willoughby came in already intending to play the outside hitter role. maybe they played some MB in their high school or club careers, but their conversion to OH didn't happen while just at hawaii. only hartong on that list above converted from MB to OH during college. and shoji gave her a long, steady period to make the change. during her sophomore year (when she was an AA as a middle), there were many times shoji would switch the lineup to let her play OH for a full 3rd, runaway set. and then in the summer between her sophomore and junior years (when she started full time as an OH), shoji sent her up to colorado to participate in the USAV national team development program to tryout and train as an outside hitter. so, hartong's conversion was long in the works, and that certainly helped her. the transition was intentional, and not meant as a stop-gap measure. off hand, i think the MBs from hawaii who converted to MB (where they actually started as an MB at hawaii first, then switched to OH) were ... teee williams, kee williams, maja gustin ... and of course, hartong. i think tanja nikolic also made the switch, but it was less succssful. Yes, that's right. Houston, Boogard, Castillo and Willoughby were all OH's coming in. I think Mason as well, but she was known here in Hawai'i for her MB presence in high school at St. Joseph's on the Big Island. Maja Gustin started at MB her Freshman year, transitioned to OH her Sophomore year I believe, when Kahumoku took a year off, and then went back to the middle to finish her career. forgot about annie mitchem! how could i forget ... haha ... just saw that discussion on her and the 2016 team on the Hawaii 2021 thread. kahumoku was never a middle in college. was always an OH. or, are you talking about her in high school? even then, i don't recall her playing middle near the end of her high school/junior club days ... |
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Post by Logan Tom Fan on Oct 16, 2021 14:37:04 GMT -5
Yes, that's right. Houston, Boogard, Castillo and Willoughby were all OH's coming in. I think Mason as well, but she was known here in Hawai'i for her MB presence in high school at St. Joseph's on the Big Island. Maja Gustin started at MB her Freshman year, transitioned to OH her Sophomore year I believe, when Kahumoku took a year off, and then went back to the middle to finish her career. forgot about annie mitchem! how could i forget ... haha ... just saw that discussion on her and the 2016 team on the Hawaii 2021 thread. kahumoku was never a middle in college. was always an OH. or, are you talking about her in high school? even then, i don't recall her playing middle near the end of her high school/junior club days ... Annie Mitchem too, duh, i forgot too haha lol! With Kahumoku, no just referencing the year she took off and essentially Maja Gustin was moved to the outside to take over her spot, which she did well there too |
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Post by 5100 on Oct 17, 2021 0:43:00 GMT -5
Why is doing stats? Williams was credited with just one block. I swear she had at least three.
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