Robyn Ah Mow-Santos Explained

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:
  • Big West regular season (2019, 2021, 2022)
    Big West tournament (2023)
Awards:
  • Big West Coach of the Year (2019, 2021)
  • AVCA Pacific North All-Region Coach of the Year (2019)

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]

Personal life

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.

College

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]

Professional and Olympic career

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.

Individual awards

References

  1. Web site: Robyn Ah Mow . September 6, 2022 . Team USA . United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (which owns "Team USA") . July 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706080234/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/Robyn-AhMow . dead .
  2. Web site: Robyn Ah Mow - Women's Volleyball Coach . September 7, 2022 . University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics.
  3. Web site: Friedman . Vicki L. . August 23, 2017 . Robyn Ah Mow-Santos living her dream job . September 7, 2022 . ESPN.com.
  4. Web site: Honda . Paul . September 17, 2019 . Q&A: Moanalua's positively gritty OH, Tayli Ikenaga . September 7, 2022 . Hawaii Prep World.
  5. Web site: Lewis . Ferd . July 2, 2020 . University of Hawaii women's volleyball coach Robyn Ah Mow does a coronavirus juggling act . September 7, 2022 . Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
  6. Web site: Kaneshiro . Jason . August 7, 2022 . Title IX Profile: For Robyn Ah Mow, volleyball was the wind beneath her wings . September 7, 2022 . Honolulu Star-Advertiser.