Santa Barbara Transfer to Hawaii

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The Warrior Volleyball team picked up another player for the program in the upcoming season. This one coming as a transfer in Jackson Wopat (Goleta, CA). He is recently coming from Santa Barbara City College where he graduated and played as an opposite at 6'5".

In his single season with the Vaqueros, Wopat played mostly as an opposite but played occasionally at outside hitter. For the season he was second on the team in blocks and aces and third in kills. He had a career high 12 kills twice and a career high of six blocks in a four set loss to Santa Monica. Overall the team went 9-10 and went 4-8 in conference.

Before coming to Santa Barbra CC, Wopat played his freshman season at UC San Diego where he signed as a middle blocker. He had limited playing time as he appeared in three sets in three matches all season where his only two kills came against Hawaii (1/24/14). That year the team went 2-26 with wins over Grand Canyon and Holy Names.

During his prep career, he was a middle blocker at Dos Pueblos HS where he also played basketball. In 2013, he was named All-CIF DII First Team as well as a All-Channel League First Team member. He averaged over 10 kills a game for a team that went to the CIF DII Southern Section Quarterfinals. In the club scene, he played for multiple teams but his most recent being with Santa Barbara Volleyball Club which is the same club that beach player Katie Spieler played on. Lastly he played with the USA High Performance team that competes in Des Moines, Iowa.

His last name may sound familiar as his older sister Carly was an All-American middle blocker for Stanford and played against Hawaii in Stan Sheriff Center during her senior season (2013). Their younger brother Eli has recently signed with Stanford and will attend this fall. The Wopat's have spent time in the state of Hawaii as they have family in the outer islands.

Wopat joins Austin Matautia (Ewa Beach, HI), Everett Schuett (Thousand Oaks, CA), Jack Reese (Pittsburgh, PA), Jackson Van Eekeren (Lisle, IL), Isaac Liva (Mililani, HI), and transfer Larry "Tui" Tuileta (Honolulu, HI) for the 2016-17 season. It is not known what position he is playing for the program, but look for it be either as an opposite or middle blocker. Also not known is what year of eligibility he is due to his Santa Barbara CC profile listing him as a freshman this past season.

Big congrats to both of my brothers! Jackson just graduated from SBCC and is transferring to the University of Hawaii to play volleyball and study global environmental sciences. Eli is graduating from Dos Pueblos High School and will play volleyball and study at Stanford University. Can't wait to visit both of them! #triplethreat #nosmiling #polaroid

A photo posted by Carly Anelalani Wopat (@carlywopat) on May 14, 2016 at 6:39pm PDT

Warriors Welcome Home A Trojan

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The Warriors picked up an in season transfer from a former UH commit Larry "Tui" Tuileta (Honolulu, HI) yesterday. The 6'2" sophomore outside hitter will come back to Hawaii after spending his freshman year at USC. Tuileta was also a quarterback for the Trojans as well.

What really makes this transfer unique is that Tui has actually committed to the University of Hawaii in June 2013 of his junior year in high school to play football and volleyball on scholarship. However, in the few days before the NLIT signing day, there were rumors going around on how the football coach at USC offered him a walk-on position with the volleyball coach agreeing as well. Many fans were upset with this decision and the way he demonstrated it but now he is back to where he originally committed.

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There are no official post saying why he left but it was a decision him and his family made together. Recently there were coaching changes on both the football and volleyball at USC which could be a factor along with a possibility of being close to family.

Tui spent one season as a reserve quarterback on the football team where he redshirted in 2014. He later did not return to the football team for the 2015 season as he trained in the fall with the volleyball team.

In his freshman season on the volleyball court, he was named to the MPSF All-Freshman team. Tui made an appearance in 26 matches with 12 starts collecting 173 kills while hitting .272, 118 digs, 20 blocks, and 7 aces. He had a career high 18 kills and 15 digs against BYU. When the Trojans played their two match conference series against UH in Hawaii, Tui had five kills and four digs.

Tuileta has many more accolades which may be too much to but we welcome Tui back home now as a Warrior!

Beach Transfer From Across Town

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The Beach Bows did not have to go far to pick up a transfer for the upcoming 2016 season. Brooke Garlick (Henderson, NV) is now a Rainbow Wahine after transferring to Hawaii from Hawaii Pacific. She will be a sophomore this upcoming season and will wear jersey No.12.

Garlick played two seasons as a HPU Shark where she was a 6'1" outside hitter. Playing time was limited for her as her indoor career consisted of collecting six kills, two digs, and two blocks while she only played in 20 sets over both seasons.

While at HPU, she also played for their beach volleyball team. She played at the two's spot with Pomai Recca which featured matches against Hawaii. In a exhibition match against UH, she faced Olivia Urban and Katie Spieler but fell 2-0 with the scores 21-11, 21-10. Her stat line showed her with eight kills and 25 digs. Garlick and Recca also faced Hannah Rooks and London Chow in the Gold Bracket of a tournament where Rooks and Chow won 2-0 by the scores of 21-18, 21-17. She had six kills, five digs, one block, and an ace.

Playing beach volleyball is not as popular in the Nevada but she also had some experience in California. In 2013, she won a bronze medal in the AAU Summer Series 18U Division. She also earned a bid to USA Volleyball's Junior Beach Tour Championship from the Las Vegas Open.

She is the third player to join the Beach Bows for the 2016 season. Welcome Brooke!

Orange Coast Setter Transfers To Hawaii Warriors

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The 2016 Warrior Recruiting Class just got larger as Steven Duhoux (Newport Beach, CA) has transferred to the University of Hawaii. He previously played one season at Orange Coast College and one season at Irvine Valley College. Duhoux is a 6'3" setter who also played for Newport Beach HS and The HBC.

At Orange Coast College, he was one of nine players to move onto higher level schools and one of five to move onto Division I schools. As a Pirate he earned All-Pacific Coast Conference Second Team as he led the team in assists. They ended 16-6 overall and fell in the Semifinals of California Community College Athletic Association State Championships.

In his freshman season at Irvine Valley, he earned All-PCC Third team where he also led them in assists. That season they went 13-8 overall and lost to Orange Coast in the Semifinals of the CCCAA State Championships.

Steven joins the Warriors who look to have major depth at the setter position. AVCA All-America Honorable Mention Jenning Franciskovic returns for his junior season while Kekoa Pukahi comes off his redshirt season and Joe Worsley enters in his first year.

The pipeline of transfers from Orange Coast continues as it has produced a few Warriors like Harrison Carroll (2011-12), Harrison Phelps (2011-13), and Kainoa Mitchell (2013).

Transfer is Olivia Magill

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Olivia Magill (Seattle, WA) a 6'2" upcoming junior will join the Rainbow Wahine in the fall as she transfers in from the University of Arizona. Magill will most likely get the scholarship that is vacant due to the transfer of Jade Vorster.

Magill spent two seasons as a wildcat under Arizona head coach David Rubio who is good friends with Hawaii head coach Dave Shoji. As a sophomore she led her team with blocks (119 total - 1.16 bps) and hitting percentage (.335). She had 202 kills (1.96 kps) and had a season high 13 kills against Oregon State while hitting a career high (.524). When the Arizona team came to Hawaii, she was a member of the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Volleyball Challenge All-Tournament Team. She recorded a double-double against Portland State (12 kills, 10 blocks). Her blocking and hitting percentage ranked 97th and 104th in the country.

Jade Vorster Not Returning

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Soon to be redshirt junior middle blocker Jade Vorster (Orlando, FL) has decided to transfer to Liberty University after she graduates this spring from UH. Hawaii head coach Dave Shoji has granted her a release allowing her to play for the 2014-15 season in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The purpose of her transfer is pursue a graduate degree in public health and to be closer with her family. Her sister Sirena is a 6'2" middle blocker who signed with Liberty and will be a freshman in the fall.

Vorster entered the Rainbow Wahine program in the spring of 2011 as she graduated early from Timber Creek HS. She redshirted the 2011 season to improve as she sat behind four other middle blockers on the team. In the 2012 season, she was named First Team All-Big West and Big West All-Freshman Team. That year she led the team in hitting percentage (.388) and blocks (116). For here sophomore year she earned Big West honorable mention and lead the team again in hitting percentage (.377) and blocks (105). In two seasons, she started all 60 matches at middle blocker.

I wish Jade good luck in her future as a Flame and will be rooting for you from the islands! Mahalo for your contribution to the Rainbow Wahine team!