Recruiting update for Wahine, Warriors
May 21st, 2011
By Cindy Luis
By Cindy Luis
Sorry, am on vacation and haven’t had internet access.
This is what we had in the paper earlier this week, stories by Ann Miller and Stephen Tsai.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/20110518__German_star_coming_to_Hawaii.html
For the men,
Jan-Philipp Marks, 6-5, LS, from Germany
Taylor Averill, 6-7, S-OH-MB, transfer from UC Irvine
Early commits were
Brook Sedore, 6-5, OH, Canada
J.J. Mosolf, 6-6, Opp, Calif.
Wade offered Logan Nowack, S, Iolani 11, but he’s decided to go to U. Denver.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/20110518_UH_gets_sisters_of_stars_from_football_volleyball.html
For the women,
Oral commits for 2013
Nikki Taylor, 6-3, OH, Kaiser
Tayler Higgens, 5-10, S, Punahou
as we’ve said in 2012
Tai Manu-Olevao, Punahou.
Volleyshots
Does U. Denver even have volleyball? Nowack would have been a nice get, he’s short but he can get up there.
No, Denver doesn’t have any sport that Nowack plays. He’s also an excellent water man and been in the Hawaii Canoe/Kayak Team program. He may end up being manager of the women’s volleyball team, which will help with tuition, close to $50,000 a year (ouch).
He was looking at the Coast Guard Academy and Maritime Academy as well. Nice young man. lives down the street from us.
Very high volleyball IQ.
Wade’s putting all the eggs into the singular basket (w/ Biscaro)…NOT so good, imo…as future teams would suggest hurtful woes in the setters’ dept.
Wasn’t Sam on scholie these couple of years? &What’s up with everyone, and their mother, wanting to play for/on UH M’sVB??
…de team going be 25-30 players next year??? yet should be interesting!
Huh, didnt Wade just go out and recruit 2 setters and maybe more to compete with Biscaro???
Is Logan Nowack related to Coach Nowack?
Logan Nowack is the son of Dean Nowack, former Wahine assistant coach, and Marcie Wurts Nowack, Wahine who played on two NCAA title teams.
Their was mention of 2 Div. 1 transfers, right?
One transfer has been announced taylor averill, the other is from a jc, either Johannes Brink or Ryan thompson.
middlehitter.com has listed Nick West, 6’8 MB (another transfer from UC Irvine) as committing to Hawaii. He redshirted in 2010, then didn’t play this past season.
Both Brink and Thompson are jc transfers from the same college (Orange Coast College).
Good to hear about West.
Thanks for this thread. Does anyone know how tall Manu-Olevao is and if she passes? I like her energy and competitiveness on court, and would like to see her challenge for playing time. In 2012, the outsides would be Croson, Waber, Goodman, maybe Hartong and Long, and Manu-Olevao.
I wonder if Punahou and Kaiser will be invited to the 2011 Ann Kang Invitational. Went to last years to watch Croson and Adolpho, watched some of Long. If I had known about Nikki Taylor, I would watched her too. We must not forget Adolpho, she’ll be a freebie from wahine basketball.
http://www.iolani.honolulu.hi.us/isc/volleyballinv/AKIVB/archives/2010Videos.html
you can watch some videos of last years tournament.
Women’s VB-Prep Volleyball’s Top 30 Recruiting Classes
1. Texas
2. Penn State
3. Illinois
4. Washington
5. UCLA
6. California
7. Wisconsin
8. Tennessee
9. Pepperdine
10. Southern Cal
11. Arizona
12. Hawai’i
13. Nebraska
14. Purdue
15. Notre Dame
16. Florida
17. Long Beach State
18. LSU
19. Arizona State
20. Utah
21. Oregon
22. Missouri
23. Stanford
24. Ohio State
25. Iowa State
26. Duke
27. BYU
28. Kentucky
29. Georgia
30. Minnesota
Stanford too low; Penn State too high.
PSU has one too many divas on their team…a couple of more years and their house of cards comes tumbling.
Things get extremely difficult to manage when one’s whole team is comprised entirely of ‘stars’ and each know, inexplicably, that they should be on the court (& starting).
My guess is that, some of, three ‘eastern’ schools make it out to HI’s regional this upcoming season. Wisconsin, Missouri or PSU…should be interesting!!!
http://losalamitos.patch.com/blog_posts/seal-beach-local-steven-grgas-in-johnny-depps-pirates-of-the-caribbean#
This is pretty cool, has anyone seen the movie? Does Steven get air time?
Old town, Seal Beach…used to love it!!!
You must know Kelly Kuebler ($C) from the early 90s.
By the way does any know UH’s chances to get Brittany Howard and Annie Mitchem? two of the only top recruits in 2012 to still be uncommitted, I read both were considering UH….
Imagine if Hawai’i got both of them…
one can dream!
Ya would be nice, quite franlly the lack of 2012 commitments is worrisome. especially since UH will need to replace Kanani.
Come on Wong!!
I agree. Hawai’i needs another OH terminator. Im not sold on Long, Manu-Olevao, or even those on the current roster besides Danielson They are a good 3rd option. I have this nagging urgency for getting a top recruit for 2012 to be part of the 1-2 punch with Croson, Like a BH. I do believe the middles will be good though. Maybe a good transfer at least.
IF Uiato is the bee’s knees (acccurate–being more so than Mafua–with her ‘quicks’ out to the pins)…
A: 5’8″, Sr. TR Nani Kabalis
The passing WOULD BE a whole lot better; the middles WOULD BE more active/efffective; the OHs WOULD BE ‘open’ much more than they have been, as of late.
Do it Dave!!!
“Imagine if Hawai’i got both of them…:-) one can dream!”
Fellow countrywoman V. Lima has sent–GOOD–word…;-)
A couple of 5’10″, 2012 recruits if all else fails:
(1) Setter, #11 Fernanda Goncalves
(2) OH, #9 Debora Araujo
Anyways, :-9
I thought Howard was going to Stanford?
Stanford fans have a habit of claiming that every player who is considered to be one of the top players is going to Stanford.They also have laid claim to Burgess and Inky Ajanaku.They actually claim more players than they have scholarships.
There is another message board rumor that the other player mentioned here has academic problems and is no longer on her HS team.Once again what you hear isn’t always the truth.
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/Volleyball-Olympian-giving-the-game-one-last-try-122462229.html
link to story on Kim Willoughby.
Some could argue the “best” was in fact a LBSU, MB, who happens to be a relative.
Anyway, I believe that Kim will once again do more than fine. Perhaps she is telling the truth about the drug thing..I don’t know why it would’ve ever been a thought to begin with; she’s that good without them.
It’s about that balance, girl.
Go to Europe, make some money playing pro, (perhaps) meet a man (& marry) and settle down like your cousin D. Scott has/did.
[2 cents worth]
just checked the Washington State women’s volleyball roster, Kaleinani is not on the roster for 2011.
does that mean she transferred out? or stopped playing?
maybe she’ll walk on at UH. would be a nice get… play defense and bomb serves.
note: her sister Kuulei will be attending Kansas State this coming fall
“Vintage UH Wahine VB”
(Despite; contrary to conventional wisdom) Nani SHOULD also hit @ L2, having done some in the PAC…she’s short but could manage to, if nothing else, keep the ball alive/difficult to control.
Short OHs, tall middles, decent Opp–Oh yeah, baby!!!
It’d be a return to yesteryear with optimal ball handling to frustrate any and all wouldbe opponents…CLASSIC Shoji team. The middles & Opps would then be engaged in fierce competition(s) for their starting roles.
*Yes, the sport has changed over the years; although, really it is the same game with (players displaying) ONLY way more athleticism than past.
The guaranteed, prolonged rallies would (IMO) be a sure draw at the ticketing gates as well. The entertainment value of viewing Na Wahine take everything which the big girls could ‘dish’, only to send them away depleted/despondent would be worth the price of admission.
Hey, she’s even Hawaiian. Get her on a Bernice Pauahi Bishop (Estate) scholie for this upcoming ’11 fall semester and there you’d have it.
[ > $0.02 worth, this time around]
She’s actually had little time playing OH while at WSU. Around 36 attempts… i think she got injured which limited her from playing OH and was later relegated to their starting libero.
Kabalis had knee surgery early last fall, played in 20 matches, limited front-row, mostly back row/libero.
don’t know if she’s ‘retired’
I remember Kabalis being a great hitter with killer serve. How is she with passing and back row d?
4 reference:
Kanani passes (more often than not) = @2.75 – 3.0
Kaleinani passes (more often than not) = @2.75
http://www.njcaa.org/tv/index.cfm?category=National&archive=false®ionId=1&articleId=9796
2009 NJCAA Championships (semis)
Western NE vs. Salt Lake CC
Congrats to Dan Fisher, I knew he would be a head coach soon. Maybe he will come back as the head coach some day.
On a shallow note, he was very nice to look at…. so that will be missed.
Hate to see him go but congrats and good luck to Dan. Does this mean Jeff Hall moves up?
Sealy keeps on raking in the tall trees. His latest 2013 recruit is 6’6 Claire Felix 3 AA player of the year in Colorado.
(2 yrs left)…on this one:
Jovelyn Gonzaga
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what is the situation with F. Fonoimoana? will she be able to qualify for the team?
really? are you reading this blog?
no, she is not eligible for 2012.