{"id":230501,"date":"2026-03-09T12:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=230501"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:23:52","slug":"support-uh-hilo-volleyball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/support-uh-hilo-volleyball\/","title":{"rendered":"Serve up success, support <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo volleyball"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_230505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230505\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uh-foundation-giving-day-2026-hilo-volleyball-1.jpg\" alt=\"U H Hilo womens volleyball players\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-230505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uh-foundation-giving-day-2026-hilo-volleyball-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uh-foundation-giving-day-2026-hilo-volleyball-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uh-foundation-giving-day-2026-hilo-volleyball-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-230505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Vulcans women\u2019s volleyball team hopes to build on last season&#8217;s success.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/hiloathletics.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\">University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo women\u2019s volleyball team<\/a> prepares for the 2026 season under head coach Reed Sunahara, the &ldquo;Hilo faithful&rdquo; have a critical role to play.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off a strong 20-9 season where the team made the conference tournament but missed the <abbr title=\"National Collegiate Athletic Association\">NCAA<\/abbr> tournament by a single game, the players are hungry for more. Sunahara\u2019s goals for the upcoming season are clear: win the PacWest and secure a spot in the <abbr>NCAA<\/abbr> tournament.<\/p>\n<h2>Rally for the volleyball Vulcans<\/h2>\n<p>To take that next step, the program is turning to <a href=\"https:\/\/uhfoundation.org\/news\/get-ready-uh-giving-day-how-build-momentum-launch\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Giving Day<\/a>. Gifts will be immediately invested into the student-athlete experience, providing the essential tools necessary to advance player development.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"blocklink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/uh-giving-day\/\">Read more <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Giving Day stories<\/a><\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/give.uhfoundation.org\/campaigns\/75080\/donations\/new?a=12350922&#038;designation_id=12032184\">Make your gift<\/a> on or before <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Giving Day and help the Vulcans dominate the court in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the team&#8217;s primary goal is to raise funds to support:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Essential upgrades:<\/strong> Purchasing new practice equipment, gear and uniforms to keep the squad competitive.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expanded travel:<\/strong> Funding critical travel opportunities, including upcoming matches on Maui and <span lang=\"haw\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>International experience:<\/strong> Supporting a potential trip to compete with a Japanese team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;Hilo is already known as a great volleyball community with the best fans in the PacWest,&rdquo; Sunahara said. &ldquo;There are so many friends and supporters who want to see this team succeed, and every donation helps grow this program.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_230506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230506\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uh-foundation-giving-day-2026-hilo-volleyball-2-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"U H Hilo volleyball player\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-230506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uh-foundation-giving-day-2026-hilo-volleyball-2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uh-foundation-giving-day-2026-hilo-volleyball-2-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uh-foundation-giving-day-2026-hilo-volleyball-2.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-230506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kamaluhia &ldquo;Malu&rdquo; Garcia earned PacWest Newcomer of the Year and <abbr>AVCA<\/abbr> All-America honors last year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Support makes a difference<\/h2>\n<p>Player Kamaluhia &ldquo;Malu&rdquo; Garcia\u2019s 2025 volleyball season was one for the books, earning PacWest Newcomer of the Year and <abbr title=\"American Volleyball Coaches Association\">AVCA<\/abbr> All-America honors, alongside a first-team all-conference selection with teammate Isabella Freeman. But behind the accolades is a story of community support. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You can feel the difference when an entire town is behind you,&rdquo; Garcia said. &ldquo;The support we receive allows us to focus purely on getting better every day in the gym. That environment was a huge reason why I was able to find my rhythm so quickly last season.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/03\/unite-for-uh-giving-day-2026\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Giving Day 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dig deep and help the Vulcan\u2019s spike their way to the <abbr>NCAA<\/abbr>s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":230505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[58,319,1726,14,151,947],"class_list":["post-230501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-athletics","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-giving-day","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uh-foundation-giving-day-2026-hilo-volleyball-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230501"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232354,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230501\/revisions\/232354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}