PITTSBURGH, Pa.—University of Hawai'i women's volleyball player Norene Iosia earned American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America honorable mention honors for the first time of her four-year  career. 
 
This season the senior setter/outside hitter helped to lead Hawai'i to its first Big West title since 2016 and its first NCAA Regional appearance since 2015. In her final season as a Rainbow Wahine, Iosia led Hawai'i with 645 assists, 331 digs, and 48 service aces. She concluded her standout career at UH ranked No. 9 with 3,148 career assists, No. 8 in with 1,175 career digs, and tied for No. 2 with 139 career service aces with Martina Cincerova who played from 1985-88. A double-double machine, Iosia recorded 20 this season—including all three of UH's NCAA tournament matches to end her career. In all, she finishes her career with 64 career double-doubles and five triple doubles. Iosia also closed out her collegiate career with 379 kills, and 216 career blocks. Iosia joined Kanoe Kamana'o as the only other UH setters to ever earn conference Player of the Year honors. Iosia also became just the seventh UH player to earn all-conference first team honors all four years.
 
Iosia is just the 12th Rainbow Wahine to be named AVCA All-America honorable mention, joining both Dani Mafua (2008, 09, 10) and Mita Uiato (2012) as the only other setters to earn the award.
 
From the Big West, Cal Poly's Maia Dvoracek and UC Santa Barbara's Lindsey Ruddins both were named third team All-America.