Volleyball: Fox Sports West features Dave Shoji

Fox Sports West feature on Dave Shoji, including interviews with Mita Uiato, Emily Hartong, and Ali Longo. Others may have been interviewed, but video kept stalling for me so I gave up on watching it.  Watch the video here if the embedded video below does not work. (Thanks so much to one of you for the link!)

University of Hawaii Athletics "Mahalo" campaign

Photo from the 2012 campaign (note Emily Hartong for women's volleyball, Jane Croson for sand volleyball, and Kalei Adolpho for women's basketball):

The 2013 photo (note Jade Vorster for women's volleyball, Katie Spieler for sand volleyball, and Shawna Kuehu for women's basketball):

Rainbow Warriors

University of Hawaii women's athletic teams:  Rainbow Wahine
University of Hawaii men's athletic teams:  Rainbow Warriors

Done and done. Here's hoping this one sticks. 

Volleyball: Congrats, congrats

Huzzah to Mita Uiato and Tai Manu-Olevao, 2013 U.S. Women's National Volleyball Senior A2 program selections! Read the full release here.

Of the record 243 athletes who tried out, Uiato and Manu-Olevao are two of the 48 selected. Uiato is one of eight setters selected out of the 48 who tried out. Manu-Olevao is one of 13 outside hitters selected out of 39 who tried out. Links to pictures of the tryouts are here.

Awesomeness.

Dumbassery

Sure, go ahead and threaten residents, faculty, students, and donors because that will get you what you want.  According to the Star Advertiser ("Apple's perceived threats won't have positive effects"), University of Hawaii at Manoa Chancellor Tom Apple told Ka Leo:

"If we're not breaking even (financially) in three years, I really have to look at whether we will continue Division IA athletics."

"I will be looking for those other forms of support for athletics to really see that there are people who really do care. There's one thing to say, 'Go Warriors!' It's another to say, 'Go Warriors -- here's my money!' "

"As students, are you gonna come to the games? Are you willing to pitch in to help athletics? If, in the end, this kind of three-year window, we don't see support ... students say we don't wanna pay more; faculty say we don't want money coming from academics to go to athletes; then the message I will get is that, 'Well, it may be the only game in town, but it's not an important one.' Then, we'll make the decision."

I'm sure that such a threat will also do wonders for recruiting. Come play for our University! Not only don't we have lights or working drains, we might be a Division IA school by the time you graduate! He and Ben Jay might as well just put up a billboard around UH that says "Don't come here." Dumbassery.