Daughter of UH alumna Willoughby dies in accident

The 3-year-old daughter of former University of Hawaii All-American volleyball player Kim Willoughby died Tuesday after the child slipped in the bathtub and hit the back of her head, El Vocero de Puerto Rico reported.

According to the police report, Willoughby was getting a towel when her daughter slipped in the tub. CPR was performed but the toddler was pronounced dead at Centro Medico de Mayaguez, the hospital in the city where Willoughby plays professionally for Las Indias.

Willoughby was a three-time All-American for the Rainbow Wahine (2001-03) and the 2003 AVCA National Player of the Year as a senior. She was a member of the U.S. Olympic team that took the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.