{"id":34834,"date":"2015-05-19T12:30:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T22:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=34834"},"modified":"2021-09-07T13:32:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T23:32:24","slug":"clarence-t-c-ching-athletics-complex-a-game-changer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/05\/19\/clarence-t-c-ching-athletics-complex-a-game-changer\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex: A game changer"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3h-NBqXqI0Y\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dis buggah now ours!&rdquo; exclaimed Kahu David Kaupu at the dedication of the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex.<\/p>\n<p>Community leaders and friends of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> had gathered at the blessing and dedication of the complex at <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have here a jewel that will serve as a hub of activity, for not just athletics, but for many functions of the university,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Chancellor <strong>Robert Bley-Vroman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related video<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/07\/17\/ching-athletics-complex-breaks-ground-at-uh-manoa\/\"><em>Ching Athletics Complex breaks ground at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/em><\/a>, July 12, 2012<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2015\/5\/15\/GEN_0515153846.aspx\"><em>Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex Dedicated<\/em><\/a>, May 15, 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34820\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/manoa-athletics-ching-dedication.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"302\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/manoa-athletics-ching-dedication.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/manoa-athletics-ching-dedication-260x127.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex was dedicated on May 14, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A $5-million gift from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarencetcchingfoundation.org\/\">Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation<\/a> made the three-story, <abbr>LEED<\/abbr> gold-certified complex possible. The complex, which was also funded by the state and university, supports a wide variety of activities and events and provides grandstand seating for approximately 2,500 fans.<\/p>\n<p>It also supports women&#8217;s soccer, cross country, track and field and sand volleyball. It features a sand volleyball venue with two competition courts and more than 700 seats.<\/p>\n<p>Sand bow <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=14409&#038;path=wsvb\"><strong>Katie Spieler<\/strong><\/a> says the new facility has helped to raise the level of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> sand volleyball, which was ranked second in the nation for the majority of this past season.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think its the best facility in sand college volleyball right now,&rdquo; Spieler said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s all about. It&#8217;s about the student athletes, it&#8217;s about the students at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,&rdquo; said Jack Tsui, chairman of the Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation. &ldquo;If all of us can make this a better place to be educated and to get your degree, we&#8217;re all for that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During his lifetime, Clarence Ching was a loyal fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/index.aspx\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> athletics<\/a>. It&#8217;s fitting that the complex that bears his family&#8217;s name is being spoken of as a game changer for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> athletics on many levels.<\/p>\n<p>Bley-Vroman said, &ldquo;I want to express the hope that this complex stands as a shining example of the kinds of ways that we can move into the future, of the partnership that we need to meet the challenges that face us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Spieler added, &ldquo;Next year when we are an official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/\"><abbr>NCAA<\/abbr><\/a> sport, our hopes are to bring home the first ever sand volleyball <abbr>NCAA<\/abbr> championship.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Ching Athletics Complex breaks ground<\/h2>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"306.36\" height=\"171.82\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sRlnvL2HerY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34870\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/manoa-ching-athletic-complex.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/manoa-ching-athletic-complex.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/manoa-ching-athletic-complex-260x146.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New T.C. Ching Athletics Complex supports <abbr>UH<\/abbr> athletics for many years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[58,202,9,550,56],"class_list":["post-34834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-athletics","tag-facilities","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34834","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=34834"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147561,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34834\/revisions\/147561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}