Three-time Olympian. Four-time All-American honoree.

Twenty-one years removed from their NCAA final four appearance in Cleveland, Robyn Ah Mow-Santos and Angelica Ljungqvist will be back together in Manoa. This time it is on the same coaching staff.

Ah Mow-Santos’ first hire is a pretty impressive one. Ljungqvist, the program’s first four-time All-American, replaces Jeff Hall as Hawaii’s top assistant.

Hall, it was also announced on Wednesday, will be coaching the beach volleyball program full-time. He had previously served as associate head indoor coach and head beach coach since 2015.

“I wish Robyn, her staff and the players success as they move forward,” said Hall, in Gulf Shores, Ala., where the SandBows are preparing for this week’s NCAA championship tournament. “I will miss the indoor game, as it has been part of my life for over 25 years.

“I am truly blessed to coach beach volleyball in the most beautiful place in the world, with the greatest volleyball fans. I have the greatest job in the world.”

With Ah Mow-Santos at setter and Ljungqvist at middle, the Rainbow Wahine went 66-4 in their final two seasons. In 1996, the year that Ljungqvist was named AVCA national player of the year, Hawaii made its last appearance in the national championship match, losing to Stanford.

“I am beyond excited that Angelica is returning to Hawaii as a member of my first staff!,” Ah Mow-Santos said in a statement. “She knows what it means to play for and represent the state of Hawaii, and what it feels like to put on a Rainbow Wahine jersey and play in front of our amazing fans.

“Ultimately Angelica will be a great role model for all our players.”

Ljungqvist — now using the traditional spelling of her Swedish surname — was inducted into the UH Sports Circle of Honor in 2005 along with Ah Mow-Santos. She also was Volleyball magazine’s national player of the year in 1996, recipient of the Honda Award as the country’s top female collegiate volleyball player, and received the top student-athlete awards from the Western Athletic Conference (Stan Bates Award) and Hawaii (Jack Bonham Award).

Hawaii men’s coach Charlie Wade said he was pleased by the hire. He was the Rainbow Wahine associate head coach when Ah Mow-Santos and Ljungqvist played.

“I love the hire,” said Wade, in Columbus, Ohio, where the Warriors face Ohio State in an NCAA championship semifinal tonight. “I love it for a lot of reasons. As someone who coached both of them, I’m going to enjoy watching them coach.

“It will be different watching them coach as opposed to watching them as players. I think they’ll do a great job. I’m excited for them, excited for the program, excited to have Angelica back. She is such an impressing person, always positive to be around, brilliant, full of energy. I’m excited for what she and Robyn are able to teach there student-athletes. It’s an exciting time of the program.”

A two-time conference player of the year, Ljungqvist still ranks among the program’s leaders in career kills (1,570), hitting percentage (.375), service aces (133), and blocks (733). She was also a two-time Academic All-American.

Ljungqvist was a member of the Swedish Indoor National Team from 1992-2006 in addition to the Swedish Beach National Team from 2002-03 and 2012-14. She played professionally indoors in Europe, Brazil, and Japan, and on the beach in the FIVB World Tour.

Ljungqvist is expected on campus later this month.

Wade said that separating the women’s indoor and beach coaches was “a nice commitment by our administration.

“I have always felt we were a volleyball school,” he said. “Other schools talk about that they’re a volleyball school but I’ve always said you can’t be a volleyball school unless you have all three: men’s, women’s and sand.

“It’s one more proof that UH volleyball is a big deal here.”

UH athletic director David Matlin had said he was committed to making the beach coaching position a full-time job.

“Jeff and his staff have done an outstanding job with our beach volleyball program,” says Matlin. “We are excited that he will be able to dedicate 100 percent of his efforts to this nationally competitive team.”