Kawika Shoji
Kawika Shoji | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||||
Full name | Kawika Tennefos Shoji | ||||
Nationality | American | ||||
Born | Honolulu, HI, United States | November 11, 1987||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||
Spike | 331 cm (130 in) | ||||
Block | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||
College(s) | Stanford University | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Setter | ||||
Current club | Spor Toto | ||||
Career | |||||
| |||||
National team | |||||
| |||||
Honours |
Kawika Tennefos Shoji (born November 11, 1987) is an American volleyball player, member of the United States men's national volleyball team, and gold medalist of the 2014 World League and 2015 World Cup. On club level, he plays for Turkish team Spor Toto.
Personal life[]
Kawika's parents are Dave and Mary Shoji. His younger brother Erik Shoji is also a player (libero) for the United States men's national team.[1] He and his wife, Megan, married in 2014. On March 16, 2018 their daughter Ada–Jean Ehiku Shoji was born in Milan, Italy.
Sporting achievements[]
Clubs[]
- National championships
- 2011/2012 German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2012/2013 German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2013/2014 German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
References[]
- ^ Shoji Brothers, Kawika and Erik are USA Volleyball Newsmakers – asianplayers.com
External links[]
- Player profile at TeamUSA.org
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kawika Shoji. |
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- American sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Volleyball players from Honolulu
- American men's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- American expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate volleyball players in Finland
- American expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate volleyball players in Germany
- American expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- American expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Expatriate volleyball players in Russia
- American expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- American expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball players
- Arkas Spor volleyball players
- Resovia (volleyball) players