{"id":205232,"date":"2024-10-17T16:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T02:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=205232"},"modified":"2024-10-22T11:00:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T21:00:27","slug":"fey-avca-thirty-under-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/17\/fey-avca-thirty-under-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Kupono Fey among AVCA<\/abbr>\u2019s Thirty Under 30"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa men\u2019s volleyball<\/a> assistant coach Kupono Fey was listed among the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s 2024 Thirty Under 30 Awards program.<\/p>\n

Fey is entering his third season with the Rainbow Warriors, whom he was a four-year letterman from 2014–17. He captained the 2017 squad which recorded a then-single-season record 27 wins and advanced to the NCAA<\/abbr> semifinals.<\/p>\n

Following a four-year professional career, he joined Charlie Wade\u2019s staff in 2023 and helped lead UH<\/abbr> to national championship title match appearance and Big West championship in 2023. He also coached Outrigger VC<\/abbr> Boys 16s to a runner-up finish at the USAV<\/abbr> Championship in 2022.<\/p>\n

“Volleyball has given me so much; it has given me lifelong friends, gave me the ability to travel to places I wouldn’t normally, to live abroad, gave me a great education and prepared me for life after volleyball,” Fey said. “I’ve always known coaching was my passion. I want to share all my knowledge with these players to give them opportunities and experiences I had and more, so they can reach their full potential.”<\/p>\n

The Thirty Under 30 honors program recognizes up-and-coming coaches in these different sectors of the sport\u2014college, club and beach\u2014who serve in a range of roles, from head coach to volunteer assistant to club director.<\/p>\n

For more information go to HawaiiAthletics.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kupono Fey was listed among the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s 2024 Thirty Under 30 Awards program.<\/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":[679,58,698,9,550,80],"class_list":["post-205232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-athletics","tag-staff-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-volleyball","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