{"id":233191,"date":"2026-04-28T12:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=233191"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:36:53","slug":"beach-volleyball-cornman-big-west-freshman-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/28\/beach-volleyball-cornman-big-west-freshman-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach volleyball\u2019s Cornman named Big West Freshman of the Year; 5 earn all-conference honors"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Rainbow<\/p>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Rainbow Wahine beach volleyball<\/a> team earned multiple honors in the Big West Conference\u2019s postseason awards, highlighted by freshman Kiera Cornman being named Big West Freshman of the Year.<\/p>\n

Cornman became the program\u2019s sixth player to receive the award and the first since 2021. In addition to the top freshman honor, she was selected to the All-Big West second team and the all-freshman team after posting a 19-11 record in her debut season.<\/p>\n

Leading the way for the Rainbow Wahine, Julia Lawrenz and Izadora Stedile were named to the All-Big West first team following an impressive campaign as the team\u2019s top pair. The duo compiled a 23-8 overall record, including a 21-7 mark at the No.<\/abbr> 1 rank against many of the nation\u2019s top-ranked opponents.<\/p>\n

Emily Heintzelman and Sydney Miller also received recognition, earning honorable mention honors. Heintzelman, a graduate transfer, finished 20-8 on the year, while Miller picked up her third career All-Big West honor after recording 20 wins across multiple pairings.<\/p>\n

Under first-year head coach Danny Alvarez, the Rainbow Wahine concluded the season with a 19-14 record.<\/p>\n

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

Freshman Kiera Cornman headlined five Rainbow Wahine honored by the Big West after a strong season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":233192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,9,550],"class_list":["post-233191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","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