{"id":229119,"date":"2026-02-05T13:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=229119"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:09:19","slug":"rainbow-warriors-volleyball-player-of-the-year-watch-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/05\/rainbow-warriors-volleyball-player-of-the-year-watch-list\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Rainbow Warriors named to inaugural men\u2019s volleyball Player of the Year Watch List"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa men’s volleyball<\/a> setter Tread Rosenthal and outside hitter Adrien Roure were named to the inaugural AVCA<\/abbr> Men\u2019s Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List, which features 15 players from 11 schools. UH<\/abbr> is one of four programs with multiple honorees, joining Loyola Chicago, Pepperdine, and UCLA<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Rosenthal, a junior, ranks fourth nationally in assists per set (10.77), while Roure, a sophomore, is averaging 3.17 kills per set on .417 hitting efficiency. Both earned first-team AVCA<\/abbr> All-America honors last season.<\/p>\n

Additional players may be added to the list during the season, with semifinalists announced in early April, and the Player of the Year revealed at the 2026 national championship. UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa men\u2019s volleyball have won the award five times, most recently with Jakob Thelle in 2023.<\/p>\n

Read more at Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tread Rosenthal and Adrien Roure were named to the inaugural watch list, highlighting UH<\/abbr> as one of four programs with multiple honorees.<\/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-229119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-volleyball","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229119"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229132,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229119\/revisions\/229132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}