{"id":198423,"date":"2024-05-28T12:17:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T22:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=198423"},"modified":"2024-05-28T12:17:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T22:17:35","slug":"ah-mow-bown-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/28\/ah-mow-bown-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Wahine greats Ah Mow, Bown inducted into USA<\/abbr> Volleyball Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa women\u2019s volleyball<\/a> alumnae and three-time U.S. Olympic team teammates Robyn Ah Mow and Heather Bown were officially inducted into USA<\/abbr> Volleyball\u2019s Hall of Fame at its annual banquet on May 22, in Columbus, Ohio. The pair were announced as the 2024 USA<\/abbr> Volleyball All-Time Great Female Indoor Athlete award winners<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n

To receive the All-Time Great Player Award, an athlete must have completed a minimum of five years as a member of a U.S. national team and on a minimum of five top-level international teams.<\/p>\n

Robyn Ah Mow<\/h2>\n
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Robyn Ah Mow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ah Mow, the current Rainbow Wahine head coach, is a three-time Olympic setter (2000, \u201904 and \u201908) who made her debut with the Women\u2019s National Team in 1999. Ah Mow played at UH<\/abbr>, 1993–96, earning AVCA<\/abbr> All-America First Team honors in 1995 and \u201996, and was a three-time all-conference honoree. As coach, she has led the \u2018Bows to four-straight Big West titles and six-straight NCAA<\/abbr> appearances with an overall career record of 132-45.<\/p>\n

Heather Bown<\/h2>\n

Bown is a three-time Olympic middle blocker (2000, \u201904 and \u201908) who first played for the U.S. Women\u2019s National Team in 1999. She earned AVCA<\/abbr> All-America First Team honors in both of her years as a Rainbow Wahine, and was twice voted WAC<\/abbr> Player of the Year (1998, \u201999). She is still ranked No<\/abbr>. 1 in UH<\/abbr> history with 1.95 blocks per set, No<\/abbr>. 4 in hitting percentage and No<\/abbr>. 5 with 4.42 kills\/set.<\/p>\n

For more on Ah Mow and Bown, see this UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To receive the All-Time Great Player Award, an athlete must have completed a minimum of five years as a member of a U.S. national team and on a minimum of five top-level international teams.<\/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":[679,58,9,550,80,1626],"class_list":["post-198423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-athletics","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-volleyball","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\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\n\t\t\n\t\t