Shannon Smith Locker Room
The Shannon Shea Smith locker room can be found on the ground floor of the University of Hawai‘i Athletic Complex.
The air-conditioned facility spans 8,000 square feet and features five meeting rooms, a trophy room, lounge, lobby, built-in display case, five additional showers, a fiberglass skylight roof, and 126 lockers, giving each player 38.5 cubic feet of space.
In addition, the locker room houses a computer lab for football student-athletes to use as a study area. The lab is equipped with 12 computer stations.
The locker room was named Aug. 29, 1999, after former UH football player Shannon Shea Smith. Smith valiantly died March 29, 1997, saving Cody vonAppen, the six-year-old son of former Warrior head coach Fred vonAppen, from a whirlpool at the Waipahe‘e Slippery Slide on Kaua‘i.
For his heroic actions Jan. 11, 1998, Smith became only the seventh individual to receive the prestigious NCAA Award of Valor and the first since 1984.
Smith’s locker remains preserved in the locker room and is dressed with a lei and football gear to remind each player of the tremendous sacrifice of the former Warrior.
The women’s equipment room is located in the Athletics Complex across from the parking garage and houses the equipment needed for UH women’s volleyball, soccer, softball, golf, water polo, tennis, sailing, track, and cross country programs.