University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

Rebekka Williams enters her first season as a full-time assistant coach with the University of Hawai‘i women’s water polo program after serving as a graduate assistant with the Rainbow Wahine since 2022.
 
In her role on the coaching staff, Williams contributed to the ’Bows’ 44-10 run over the 2023 and ’24 seasons. She holds a Masters of Teaching degree from Mount St. Mary’s and is working toward a Masters in Communicology at UH. As part of her studies at UH, she has developed an intra-team water polo communication training program and has conducted research on the coach-athlete relationship in collegiate sports. Her thesis project is focused on enhancing water polo statistics through analytics and communication.

COACHING EXPERIENCE

• Hawai'i, Graduate Assistant (2022-24)
• Mount St. Mary's University, Volunteer Assistant Coach (2021-22)
• Waiakea HS, Head Coach (2018-20)
• San Pasqual HS, JV Head Coach (2017-18)
• Pacific Polo Water Polo Club, Goalie Coach (2017-18)

• Part of the inaugural DI program at Mount St. Mary's University in 2020-21
• Started water polo club at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo 
• Competed for San Diego Miramar College in 2017 and named to PCAC All-Conference team

• Poway, Calif.

• University of Hawai‘i, M.A. (Communicology, in progress)
• Mount St. Mary's University, M.A.T. (Teaching, 2022)
• University of Hawai'i at Hilo, B.A. (Mathematics, Data Science, 2020)
• San Diego Miramar College, A.A. (Social & Behavioral Science, 2018)