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The potential was obvious in August preseason camp. It was realized over the past five months, culminating Wednesday with All-America recognition.
Junior middle Olivia Magill became the 28th Hawaii volleyball player to earn an award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association. The transfer from Arizona was one of three Big West players named honorable mention.
"It’s nice for her and the program to be recognized by the AVCA," Hawaii coach Dave Shoji said.
Magill, under-utilized as an attacker during her two seasons with the Wildcats, played a big roll in the Rainbow Wahine offense when starting all 29 matches. The Washington state native tied senior middle Kalei Adolpho with total blocks (137) and was second in kills (289).
Magill led the Big West in hitting percentage (.405) and blocks (1.34 bps), both marks ranking her in the top 30 nationally. She hit a career-high .737 in a sweep at Cal State Fullerton with eight kills and no errors in 11 swings, one of six matches without a hitting error. The All-Pacific North Region selection also had 15 matches of 10 or more kills, including a double-double against St. John’s with 15 kills and 12 block assists.
Also earning honorable mention for a second season was Missouri sophomore hitter Carly Kan, a Punahou School product, who led the SEC in double-doubles with 19. The AVCA Southeast Region and SEC Freshman of the Year in 2013 became the first Tiger player to be recognized by the AVCA in her first two seasons.
Also Wednesday, Hawaii posted its vacancy for an associate indoor coach/head sand coach. The dual role opened up last Wednesday when Scott Wong accepted the head coaching job for the Pepperdine women’s indoor team.
Applications will be accepted through Jan. 2. The sand volleyball season officially begins in March with Pepperdine, the defending national champion, on the SandBows’ home schedule.
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