2010 (Senior): Named to the all-WAC first team...finished her career second all-time in the UH career record book in digs with 1,416 total digs (3.68 per game)…started all 28 matches at libero...averaging a team-high 4.59 digs per set...double-figure digs in 26 of 30 matches...named to the all-tournament team in the Verizon Wireless Volleyball Challenge...posted 22 digs vs. Nevada (Sept. 24), at Utah State (Oct. 25), and vs. Idaho (Nov. 23)...had 18 digs at Idaho (Oct. 21)...had 16 digs in both matches on the road at New Mexico State (Sept. 29) and Louisiana Tech (Oct.1)...posted 17 digs and five assists vs. St. Mary’s (Sept. 11)...had 19 digs vs. Michigan State (Sept. 3)... earned all-WAC academic honors.
2009 (Junior): Named second team all-WAC...appeared in all 35 matches at libero…ranked fifth in the league and led the team in digs (3.77)…had 14 digs against No. 10 California (Sept. 6)...recorded double-digit digs in 19 matches...had 17 digs in three sets against No. 25 Pepperdine (Sept. 18)...added another 17 digs against Boise State (Sept. 24)...had 15 digs at New Mexico State (Oct. 3)...season-high 25 digs against New Mexico State (Oct. 17)...career-high four aces against New Mexico State in the championship of the WAC Tournament (Nov. 25)...had 20 digs against No. 15 USC in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 5)...had 19 digs against No. 8 Illinois in the NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal (Dec. 11)…had team-high 18 digs against No. 1 Penn State in the Final Four (Dec. 17)
2008 (Sophomore): Played in 28 matches, starting one at libero…finished the season with 1.20 digs per set…had six digs at Louisiana Tech (Sept. 25)…posted 10 digs at San Jose State (Oct. 24)…had a season-high 12 digs at Fresno State (Nov. 10)…had 11 digs vs. Cal Poly (Nov. 28)…academic all-WAC.
2007 (Freshman): Played in all 33 matches, starting 31 as a libero…led the team with a 3.96 digs-per-game average…earned WAC All-Freshman Team honors…named all-tournament in the HAL Wahine Classic and the Waikiki Beach Marriott Volleyball Challenge…had 21 double-digit dig matches…posted 19 digs vs. Michigan (Aug. 24)…broke the school record for digs in a four-game match with 31 vs. Louisville (Sept. 2)…put up 30 digs vs. Wichita State (Sept. 7), becoming just the second player in UH history to post two 30-plus dig matches in a season…posted 23 digs at Louisiana Tech (Sept. 20)…had 28 digs at New Mexico State (Sept. 22)…posted 26 digs with a rare libero kill vs. Fresno State (Oct. 7)…academic all-WAC.
Prep: A 2007 graduate of Punahou School in Honolulu, O‘ahu…lettered four years in volleyball…named the No. 85 top senior on the prepvolleyball.com Senior Aces list…four-time all-league and three-time all-state performer…helped team to state titles in 2003 and ’04…graduated with honors.
Personal: Born Elizabeth Kahoaloha Ka‘aihue in Kailua, O‘ahu…has two older brothers…both brothers play professional baseball, Kila in the Kansas City Royals’ organization and Kala in the Atlanta Braves’ organization…parents are Rose and Kala Ka‘aihue.
Career Highs
Kills: 1 at Boise State (11/9/09)
Hitting percentage: N/A
Assists: 5, 4x (last vs. Idaho, 11/23/10)
Service aces: 4 vs. New Mexico State (11/25/09)
Block solos: None
Block assists: None
Total blocks: None
Digs: 25 vs. New Mexico State (10/17/09)
2010 Game-By-Game Statistics
Career Statistics
Season SP-MP K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE
2007 112-33 1 0.01 3 6 -.333 84 0.75 10 0.09 22
2008 57-28 1 0.02 0 2 .500 5 0.09 2 0.04 6
2009 112-35 1 0.01 1 6 .000 57 0.51 19 0.17 19
2010 104-32 0 0.00 1 7 -.143 92 0.88 25 0.24 21
TOTAL 385-128 3 0.01 5 21 -.095 238 0.62 56 0.15 68
Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE Points Pts/S
2007 444 3.96 21 0 0 0 0.00 0 6 11.0 0.10
2008 66 1.16 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 0.05
2009 422 3.77 11 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 20.0 0.18
2010 484 4.65 18 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 25.0 0.24
TOTAL 1416 3.68 56 0 0 0 0.00 0 10 59.0 0.15
