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2026 Men's Volleyball Roster

Joe McCurdy
SFU Athletics
Troy Tsuma

4 Kainoa Wade

4 Kainoa Wade

  • Position:
    Opposite
  • Height:
    6-10
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Kailua, O‘ahu

Summary

Biography

2026 (Sophomore):
  • Appeared in 33 matches at opposite and serving sub
  • Made 17 starts at opposite, including 14 straight
  • Ranked fifth on the team with 28 aces
  • Averaged 1.93 kills per set, hitting at a .411 clip which ranked No. 6 nationally and second in the Big West
  • Named AVCA National & Big West Player of the Week after a road trip at Saint Francis and Penn State
  • Two-time Big West Player of the Week
  • Career-high 21 kills, twice, vs. Roberts Wesleyan (Jan. 14) and at Penn State (Jan. 31)
  • Tallied 19 kills in each of the Pepperdine matches (Mar. 4 & 6)
  • Totaled 27 kills, hitting .667 in the Stanford series (Feb. 13-14), including 15 kills, hitting .737 in the rematch
  • Career-high three aces in each of the Penn State matches (Jan. 30 & 31)
  • 11 matches with 10+ kills
  
2025 (Freshman):
  • Appeared in 30 matches with three starts at opposite
  • Season totals of 63 kills (0.72/set), 45 digs (0.51/set), and eight blocks (0.09/set)
  • Also served nine aces on the year with two each against Belmont Abbey (Feb. 20) and Queens (Feb. 21)
  • Made UH debut versus Harvard (Jan. 8) and recorded eight kills in 15 errorless attempts (.533) with one dig and two blocks
  • First career start at Catawba (Feb. 22) and finished with season-highs of 18 kills and nine digs, hitting at a .286 clip
  • Also started against Penn State (March 14) and UC Santa Barbara (April 18)

National Team:
  • Competed on the United States U21 National Team that competed and won the Pan American Cup in Guatemala City, Guatemala
  • Served as team captain of the squad and led the U.S. to the gold medal
  • Named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and Best Server
  • Selected as an alternate on the U21 team that participated in the 2024 NORCECA Men’s Continental Championship

Prep:
  • A graduate of Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama in Honolulu, O‘‘ahu
  • Lettered in volleyball and basketball
  • Two-time state boys volleyball player of the year (2023 & ’24)
  • As a junior, led the Warriors to the Division I state title with a four-set win over Punahou
  • Tallied 34 kills in the championship match for the school’s first state championship since 2011
  • Also helped the Warriors advance to the state title match in 2023 and recorded a match-high 30 kills in the championship against Punahou
  • Named Interscholastic League of Honolulu Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2023
  • Two-time first-team all-ILH in volleyball
  • Selected second-team all-ILH in basketball as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore
  • Played club volleyball for Outrigger Volleyball Club
 
Personal:
  • Born in Kailua, O‘ahu
  • Has two brothers
  • Parents are Charlie and Tani Wade of Kailua, O‘ahu
  • Mother Tani played collegiate volleyball at the University of Washington
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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2025Freshman

    Opposite
    6'10"
    4
  • 4

    2026Sophomore

    Opposite
    6'10"
    4