University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2006: Played 93 games and started 27 out of 28 matches...recorded 167 kills with a .525 kill percentage and averaged 1.80 kills per game...had two 10-kill matches on the season: Jan. 20 versus UCLA, and Mar. 25 at Pacific...led the team in every blocking category including solo blocks (11), assisted blocks (146), total blocks (157), and blocks per game (1.69)...also named to the all-MPSF third team.

2005: Played 68 games in 22 matches, making 19 starts...hit .463 while averaging 1.66 kills per game overall...finished 12th in the nation in hitting...second on the club with 1.16 blocks per game...notched 10-kill performances against Brigham Young (Jan. 7), Stanford (Feb. 3), and Long Beach State (April 22)...against the 49ers, he sported a sizzling .909 (10-0-11) hitting percentage...recorded a high of eight blocks in three different matches.

2004: Made his debut as a Warrior versus UC Santa Barbara Jan. 15...participated in 22 matches on the season...recorded season and career highs in kills (7), service aces (2), solo blocks (3), block assists (7), and total blocks (7) in the Warriors series versus Long Beach State (April 2 and 3)...recorded 25 kills, two aces, three solo blocks, and 15 block assists on the season.

2003: Redshirted.

Prep: A 2002 graduate of Maui High School on the island of Maui
...lettered once in volleyball and twice in basketball...selected to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Volleyball All-State first-team as a senior...voted Maui Interscholastic League Volleyball Player of the Year...selected to the MIL first-team in volleyball in 2001...a 2001 all-MIL first-team basketball selection in...also picked to all-MIL second-team in basketball in 2000.

Personal: Born April 5, 1984, in Palm Springs, Calif...majoring in sociology...enjoys dogs...favorites include pesto pasta, the movie "Forest Gump," the TV show "The Simpsons," actress Angelina Jolie, and music group Rage Against the Machine...has two sisters...parents are Lori Dante of Kula, Maui and Terrence Dante of Nevada.