Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow (born September 15, 1975) is an American indoor volleyball coach and former player. He is the head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team.[1] She was a setter on the USA national team and played at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.[1] She worked as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team from 2011-2015[2] and was named Head Coach in 2017 after Dave Shoji's retirement.[3] She has also served as a club coach at Na Keiki Mau Loa Volleyball Club.[4]
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| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow | ||||
| Born | September 15, 1975 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||
| Volleyball information | |||||
| Position | Setter | ||||
| Number | 11 (national team) | ||||
| Career | |||||
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Medal record | |||||
| Current position | |
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| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Hawaii |
| Conference | Big West |
| Record | 132–45 (.746) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 15, 1975 Honolulu, HI |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1996 | Hawaii |
| Position(s) | Setter |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997–1998 | Hawaii (student asst.) |
| 2011–2015 | Hawaii (asst.) |
| 2017–present | Hawaii |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 132–45 (.746) |
| Tournaments | 4-6 (NCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Awards | |
Personal life
editAh Mow was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Talmage and Lovina Ah Mow (both deceased) and has two brothers, Kekoa and Tyson, and two sisters, Dara and Arlene.[1] She attended McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was a first-team all-Oahu Interscholastic Association East selection for four years and a three-time All-State first team selection.[2]
Ah Mow was married to Niobel Rafael Santos, former amateur athlete who is now a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and has served three tours in Iraq. They have two sons, Jordan (born in 2003) and Jreyden (born in 2016), and daughter, Jream (born in 2010).[5] They divorced in 2019.
College
editAh Mow attended college at the University of Hawai'i from 1993-1996 where she was a two-time AVCA First Team all-American. As a setter, she helped Hawai'i to the 1996 NCAA Championship match, losing to Stanford.[6]
Professional and Olympic career
editShe joined the USA national team in 1999, setting in seven games at the NORCECA championships and playing in 13 sets at the World Cup. In 2000, she played in four sets of the Nike Americas’ Volleyball Challenge, helping Team USA qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She set the team to victories over no. 4 China, no. 5 Korea and no. 7 Japan at the Grand Prix. At the 2000 Olympic Games, she started all seven matches and led the team to a .263 hitting percentage and a fourth-place finish.
In 2001, she earned Most Valuable Player honors at the World Championship Qualification Tournament and was also named the "Best Setter" at the NORCECA Zone Championships and played professionally for Castelo de Maia in Portugal.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, the team tied for fifth overall after losing to Brazil in the quarterfinals.
Robyn made her third Olympic appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.
In her career, she has set for team USA at the World Grand Prix, the Pan American Cup, NORCECA, the Olympics, the FIVB World Championship and World Cup as well as numerous exhibition tours.
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (Big West Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Hawaii | 20–8 | 14–2 | 2nd | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2018 | Hawaii | 18–9 | 14–2 | 2nd | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2019 | Hawaii | 26–4 | 14–2 | 1st | NCAA regional semifinals | ||||
| 2020–21 | Hawaii | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
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| 2021 | Hawaii | 22–8 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA second round | ||||
| 2022 | Hawaii | 22-7 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2023 | Hawaii | 24-9 | 14-4 | T-2nd | NCAA second round | ||||
| Hawaii: | 132–45 (.746) | 93–13 (.877) | |||||||
| Total: | 132–45 (.746) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Individual awards
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Robyn Ah Mow". Team USA. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (which owns "Team USA"). Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ a b "Robyn Ah Mow - Women's Volleyball Coach". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- ^ Friedman, Vicki L. (August 23, 2017). "Robyn Ah Mow-Santos living her dream job". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- ^ Honda, Paul (September 17, 2019). "Q&A: Moanalua's positively gritty OH, Tayli Ikenaga". Hawaii Prep World. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- ^ Lewis, Ferd (July 2, 2020). "University of Hawaii women's volleyball coach Robyn Ah Mow does a coronavirus juggling act". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- ^ Kaneshiro, Jason (August 7, 2022). "Title IX Profile: For Robyn Ah Mow, volleyball was the wind beneath her wings". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
External links
edit- Robyn Ah Mow at Team USA (archive June 7, 2019)
- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)
- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos at Olympics.com
- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos at Olympedia
- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos at the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame (archived)
