Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans women's volleyball
| Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans | |
|---|---|
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| University | University of Hawai'i Hilo |
| Head coach | Gene Krieger (1st season) |
| Conference | PacWest |
| Location | Hilo, HI |
| Home arena | Hilo Civic Auditorium (Capacity: 3,000) |
| Nickname | Vulcans |
| Colors | Red and Black |
| AIAW and NCAA Tournament champions | |
| 1979, 1981 | |
| AIAW and NCAA Tournament runner up | |
| 1978, 1980 | |
| AIAW and NCAA Tournament Final Four | |
| 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 | |
| AIAW and NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | |
| NAIA: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 | |
| AIAW and NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2009, 2011 | |
| Conference regular season champions | |
| NAIA: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993 NCAA: 1994, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2009 | |
The Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans women's volleyball team is the intercollegiate women's volleyball team of the University of Hawaii at Hilo. One of the original "traditionals" in the world of small schools volleyball, the Vulcans started out as National Runners Up right out of the gates in 1978. The 1978 AIAW Div.II team was led by Cheryl Ching, Kawehi Ka'a'a, Vetoann Baker and Lyndell Lindsey. Coach Sharon Peterson (a inaugural 1988 NAIA Hall of Fame honoree) was in fact coach back then, but she had been preceded by Coach Mike Wilton for partial foundations in some of 1977. On 6 March 2017, a UHH press release named Mr. Gene Krieger as the new Vulcans' Head Coach.
In the first week of December, in 1979 (Orlando, FL), UHH won Hawai'i its first ever National Championship of volleyball. Later that evening, Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball would also win a national title for large national colleges (at Central Standard Time). All-American Cheryl Ching would go on to win the Honda-Broderick Cup in 1980, moreover, the first in the 50th State to do so. The program as a matter of circumstance would go from AIAW Division II to NAIA powers in 1981. Hilo is still the only multi-Champion, multi-Divisional program to win simultaneous collegiate championships in a single year (1981).
Throughout Coach Peterson's tenure, the Vuls as a sampling of series records would go: 2–0 against the Washington Huskies, 3–1 against the BYU Cougars, 0–1 against the Stanford Cardinal and, further, were solidly able to compete with a 1978, #4 ranked Pepperdine Waves WVB team touring the Hawaiian Islands.
From 1981–1984, UH Hilo was the first USA college team to win four consecutive national titles, regardless of divisional league.
In 1988 the program's zenith topped out with a dominant NAIA National Championship season. Hawai'i small schools' glory was epitomized with a starting six, of seven, being awarded All-American certificates. Florence Alo (MVP / 2x 1st Team AA (1987–88)), Jessica Strickland (1st Team), Debra Namohala (2nd Team (1987 AA)), Edna Togiai (1st Team), Hae Ja Kim (2nd Team) and Sheila Scott (1st Team) who would, the latter, complete this list.
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