{"id":239262,"date":"2026-08-19T14:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=239262"},"modified":"2026-08-19T15:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T01:25:39","slug":"chalei-reid-mw-volleyball-preseason-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/19\/chalei-reid-mw-volleyball-preseason-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Cha’lei Reid earns spot on Mountain West volleyball preseason team"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa outside hitter Cha’lei Reid was named to the 2026 Mountain West Women\u2019s Volleyball Preseason Team as the Rainbow Wahine prepare for their first season in the conference.<\/p>\n

Reid was one of seven players selected by Mountain West coaches. The sophomore led UH<\/abbr> with 335 kills and 3.35 kills per set last season, becoming the fourth freshman in program history and first since 2019 to lead the team in kills.<\/p>\n

She also recorded 44 service aces, UH<\/abbr>\u2019s highest single-season total since 2019, and earned Big West All-Freshman Team and All-Big West honorable mention recognition.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Wahine were picked fifth in the Mountain West preseason poll. UH<\/abbr> opens its first season under Head Coach Joshua Walker on August 28 against Georgia Southern in the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.<\/p>\n

For more information visit the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Athletics website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sophomore outside hitter led the Rainbow Wahine with 335 kills and 3.35 kills per set last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":239266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,9,550,80],"class_list":["post-239262","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":[],"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