2024 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team

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ConferenceBig West Conference
Record23-7 (5-5 Big West)
Headcoach
Associate headcoachMilan Zarkovic (11th season)
2024 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record23-7 (5-5 Big West)
Head coach
Associate head coachMilan Zarkovic (11th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kupono Fey (2nd season)
  • Chad Giesseman (1st season)
Home stadiumStan Sheriff Center
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →

The 2024 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team is the varsity intercollegiate volleyball program of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH). The Rainbow Warriors, led by 15th-year head coach Charlie Wade, played their home matches at the Stan Sheriff Center on the UH campus in the Honolulu neighborhood of Mānoa. The Rainbow Warriors, members of the Big West Conference, were picked near the top of the Big West preseason coaches poll, with Long Beach State favored to win the conference.[1] Hawaiʻi entered the 2024 season as a national contender and recent NCAA champion, having won back-to-back national titles in 2021 and 2022. The Rainbow Warriors concluded the 2024 season with a loss to UC Irvine in the Big West Conference postseason tournament,[2] marking the first time since 2018 that the Bows did not appear in the NCAA Tournament.

2024 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Long Beach State ‍†‍‡‍y 9–1 .90027–3 .900
No. 4 UC Irvine ‍‍‍y 7–3 .70020–11 .645
No. 5 Hawaii ‍‍‍ 5–5 .50023–7 .767
No. 20 UC San Diego ‍‍‍ 4–6 .40012–15 .444
No. 14 Cal State Northridge ‍‍‍ 3–7 .30013–16 .448
UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍ 2–8 .2009–18 .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – Big West tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from AVCA

Last season, the University of Hawaii finished with a 29–3 record, going 9–1 in the Big West, and being named conference champions. They received the Big West's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA men's volleyball tournament, beating UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine to win the 2024 Big West tournament. Hawaii finished the season ranked third in the nation following the NCAA tournament's conclusion, where they fell in the finals to UCLA.

Preseason

Both the preseason All-Big West team, and the Big West Coaches' Poll were released on December 21, 2023. Hawaii was picked to finish second in the Big West Conference and had two players make the preseason team.

Big West Coaches' Poll

Coaches' Poll
Pos. Team Points
1Long Beach State23 (3)
2Hawai'i21 (2)
3UC Irvine19 (1)
4UC Santa Barbara11
T-5CSUN8
UC San Diego

Preseason All-Big West Team

Preseason All-Big West Team
Player No. Position Class
Spyros Chakas6Outside/Opp. HitterSenior
Guilherme Voss21Outside/Opp. HitterSenior

Roster

Source:[3]

2024 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Roster
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 5 'Eleu Choy - Junior
  • 11 Ryan Sears - Freshman
  • 15 Kai Taylor - Redshirt Freshman

Middle Blockers

  • 3 Zack Yewchuk - Freshman
  • 8 Kurt Nusterer - Redshirt Freshman
  • 14 Alaka'i Todd - Junior
  • 19 Alex Parks - Redshirt Freshman
  • 21 Guilherme Voss - Junior
  • 22 Zachary Thompson - Junior
  

Outside Hitters

  • 1 Chaz Galloway - Junior
  • 4 Cole Ottmar - Redshirt Sophmore
  • 6 Spyros Chakas - Senior
  • 7 Kai Rodriguez - Freshman
  • 9 Justin Todd - Freshman
  • 15 Kai Taylor - Redshirt Freshman
  • 20 Keoni Thiim - Senior
  • 23 Louis Sakanoko - Freshman
  

Opposite Hitters

  • 3 Zack Yewchuk - Freshman
  • 6 Spyros Chakas - Junior
  • 12 Austin Buchanan - Junior
  • 14 Alaka'i Todd - Senior.
  • 17 Oguzhan Oguz - Sophmore
  • 23 Louis Sakanoko - Feshman

Setters

  • 12 Austin Buchanan - Sophomore
  • 13 Tread Rosenthal - Freshman
  • 16 Kevin Kauling - Graduate
  

Coaches

2024 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Coaching Staff
  • Charlie Wade – head coach – 15th year
  • Milan Zarkovic – associate head coach – 11th year
  • Kupono Fey - assistant coach - 2nd year
  • Chad Giesseman – assistant coach – 1st year

Schedule

Rankings

References

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