{"id":159351,"date":"2022-05-17T15:52:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T01:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=159351"},"modified":"2022-05-18T11:08:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T21:08:47","slug":"volleyball-champs-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/17\/volleyball-champs-honored\/","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball champs honored by Hawai\u02bbi leaders, fans"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> men\u2019s volleyball team received a key to the city of Honolulu and special recognition from state leaders for winning the NCAA<\/abbr> volleyball championship for a second straight year.<\/p>\n

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Gov. David Ige presents a state proclamation honoring the UH<\/abbr> volleyball team for the NCAA<\/abbr> title. (From left, Rep. Della Au Belatti, First Lady Dawn Amano Ige, Gov. David Ige, UH<\/abbr> Head Coach Charlie Wade, UH<\/abbr> Captain Jakob Thelle)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n
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The team traveled by trolley to Washington Place where Gov. David Ige<\/strong> presented Head Coach Charlie Wade<\/strong> and the team with a proclamation honoring their national titles. The team then dropped in at Honolulu Hale, where Mayor Rick Blangiardi<\/strong> presented the team with a key to the city.<\/p>\n

The team, cheerleaders and pep band headed over to downtown to greet fans for some photos and autographs. Hundreds of fans cheered the team as they made their way through the streets and to the rally.<\/p>\n

The team wrapped up the festivities with a drive through Waikīkī before returning to the Â鶹´«Ã½Mānoa campus. The celebratory procession and rally comes in the wake of the team\u2019s dominating win over Long Beach State University in the NCAA finals. <\/p>\n

The team showed resiliency through a difficult season marked with injuries and bouts of COVID-19. The entire set of starters will return next season including first team All-American and Big West player of the year setter Jakob Thelle<\/strong>, second team All-Americans outside hitter Spyros Chakas<\/strong> and middle blocker Guilherme Voss<\/strong> and opposite hitter Dimitrios Mouchlias who received honorable mention nods.<\/p>\n

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Fans flocked to downtown to cheer and celebrate the Â鶹´«Ã½mens volleyball team national championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,9,550,80],"class_list":["post-159351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-volleyball","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t