UH Sports Circle of Honor
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Dave Shoji, the second coach in Rainbow Wahine volleyball history, retired in 2017 after 42 seasons, finishing with a 1,202-204-1 record, ranking him second in all-time victories in NCAA Division I women's collegiate volleyball. His teams won four national championships (1979, 1982, 1983, 1987), finished second four times, and won 14 conference championships, with 38 20-plus win seasons, 18 of those with 30 or more victories. Shoji never had a losing season. He was a two-time national coach of the year, nine-time region coach of the year, 14-time conference coach of the year, the coach of the NCAA 25th Anniversary team and an USA Volleyball All-Time Great Coach. He coached 86 All-Americans, eight national players of the year, 25 conference players of the year and five future Olympians. Hawai'i led the country in attendance from 1995-2012.
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