Rainbow Warriors volleyball

Rado Parapunov (opposite), Gage Worsley (libero) and Patrick Gasman (middle) are on the ballots for Off the Block national players of the month. It’s a two-round tournament with the winners decided through online voting on the OTB website. Finalists in the first round are placed into one of five ballots based on their position. The five winners on the position ballots will advance to the championship round, along with the runner-up who received the most votes. The online poll for […]

Kai Kahele was very candid when sharing how he went from three high schools in three years when growing up in Hilo to a scholar-athlete at the University of Hawaii. How he was told by one high school coach that he’d never be a volleyball player to being voted the most inspirational player as as a senior for the Rainbow Warriors. On Sunday evening at the Stan Sheriff Center, the state senator accepted the program’s Pae Makaukau Recognition Award during […]

Congrats to Hawaii outside hitter Chaz Galloway, named Freshman of the Week by the Big West. In his first two career starts, Galloway helped the Rainbow Warriors sweep Lincoln Memorial and King on the road with .667 hitting, putting away 13 kills with one error in 18 attempts. Player of the week went to UCSD’s Wyatt Harrison, son of former Warrior Todd Harrison. UH nominated Colton Cowell. Defensive POW to UCSD’s Ryan Lew, senior libero. UH nominated Patrick Gasman. ______ […]

Some stat leaders For the alumni: Josh Walker 17 kills, Mauli’a La Barre 10 kills, 2 aces, Mikey China six kills, Rory Brandt five kills. For the varstiy: Cole Hogland 12 kills, 2 blocks; Devon Johnson 9 kills, 3 blocks; Danny Wong 5 kills, 6 blocks; James Anastassiades 6 kills. >> PHOTO GALLERY: HAWAII VS. ALUMNI #HawaiiMVB edges the alumni squad 33-31 in Set 3 to beat the old timers 2-1 overall.@JWALKUH27 goes just wide on roughly the 57th set […]

The annual alumni match is at 7 p.m. Friday at the Stan Sheriff Center. Free admission. Doors open at 6 p.m. Skills challenges start at 6:15 p.m. At Sunday’s 10th A’o a Koa Scholarship Fundraiser, former Rainbow Warrior Kai Kahele will receive the Pae Makaukau Recognition Award. Kahele, a current State Senator who is running for Congress, played from 1995-97 and was named the team’s most inspirational as a senior in 1997. In the state senate, he is the Majority […]

Thank you again to Brian McInnis for covering the blog the past four matches while I was flying to mainland for function and back. ______ FINAL Senior hitter Colton Cowell put down 10 kills and the No. 1 Hawaii men’s volleyball team remained undefeated with a 25-19, 25-19, 25-15 sweep of King today in Bristol, Tenn. The Rainbow Warriors (9-0) used all 15 of their travel roster against the Tornado (2-4). Senior opposite Rado Parapunov and freshman hitter Chaz Galloway […]