Robyn Ah Mow | |
Fullname: | Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow |
Birth Date: | 15 September 1975 |
Birth Place: | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
Position: | Setter |
Teamnumber: | 11 (national team) |
Years: | 2007–08 |
Clubs: | Volero Zurich |
Nationalyears: | 1998–2009 |
Medaltemplates-Title: | Medal record |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | Hawaii |
Current Conference: | Big West |
Current Record: | 132–45 |
Birth Date: | 15 September 1975 |
Birth Place: | Honolulu, HI |
Player Years1: | 1993–1996 |
Player Team1: | Hawaii |
Player Positions: | Setter |
Coach Years1: | 1997–1998 |
Coach Team1: | Hawaii (student asst.) |
Coach Years2: | 2011–2015 |
Coach Team2: | Hawaii (asst.) |
Coach Years3: | 2017–present |
Coach Team3: | Hawaii |
Overall Record: | 132–45 |
Tournament Record: | 4-6 (NCAA) |
Championships: | |
Awards: |
Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow (born September 15, 1975) is the head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team and a former American indoor volleyball player.[1] She was a setter on the USA national team and played at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal. She worked as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team from 2011-2015[2] and was named Head Coach in 2017 after Dave Shoji's retirement.[3] She has also served as a club coach at Na Keiki Mau Loa Volleyball Club.[4]
Ah Mow was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Talmage and Lovina Ah Mow (both deceased) and has two brothers, Kekoa and Tyson, and two sisters, Dara and Arlene. She attended McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was a first-team all-Oahu Interscholastic Association East selection for four years and a three-time All-State first team selection.
Ah Mow was married to Niobel Rafael Santos, former amateur athlete who is now a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and has served three tours in Iraq. They have two sons, Jordan (born in 2003) and Jreyden (born in 2016), and daughter, Jream (born in 2010).[5] They divorced in 2019.
Ah Mow attended college at the University of Hawai'i from 1993-1996 where she was a two-time AVCA First Team all-American. As a setter, she helped Hawai'i to the 1996 NCAA Championship match, losing to Stanford.[6]
She joined the USA national team in 1999, setting in seven games at the NORCECA championships and playing in 13 sets at the World Cup. In 2000, she played in four sets of the Nike Americas’ Volleyball Challenge, helping Team USA qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She set the team to victories over no. 4 China, no. 5 Korea and no. 7 Japan at the Grand Prix. At the 2000 Olympic Games, she started all seven matches and led the team to a .263 hitting percentage and a fourth-place finish.
In 2001, she earned Most Valuable Player honors at the World Championship Qualification Tournament and was also named the "Best Setter" at the NORCECA Zone Championships and played professionally for Castelo de Maia in Portugal.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, the team tied for fifth overall after losing to Brazil in the quarterfinals.
Robyn made her third Olympic appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.
In her career, she has set for team USA at the World Grand Prix, the Pan American Cup, NORCECA, the Olympics, the FIVB World Championship and World Cup as well as numerous exhibition tours.