Robyn Ah Mow-Santos
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Full name | Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | September 15, 1975||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Setter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Volero Zurich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Hawaii |
Conference | Big West |
Record | 64–21 (.753) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Honolulu, HI | September 15, 1975
Playing career | |
1993–1996 | Hawaii |
Position(s) | Setter |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1997–1998 | Hawaii (student asst.) |
2011–2015 | Hawaii (asst.) |
2017–present | Hawaii |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 64–21 (.753) |
Tournaments | 2–3 (NCAA) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Big West regular season championship (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 until 2016, before being named the Head Coach in 2017. Additionally, in 2017, she was head coach of a 15’s team at Na Keiki Mau Loa Volleyball Club.
Personal life[]
Ah Mow was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Talmage and Lovina Ah Mow, and has two brothers, Kekoa and Tyson, and two sisters, Dara and Arlene. She 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 a son Jordan Nohili, who was born on February 2, 2003, and a daughter, Jream Puanani Maria, who was born August 1, 2010. 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. She attended Mckinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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.
Head coaching record[]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (Big West Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
2017 | Hawaii | 20–8 | 14–2 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
2018 | Hawaii | 18–9 | 14–2 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
2019 | Hawaii | 26–4 | 14–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional Semifinals | ||||
2020–21 | Hawaii | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Hawaii: | 64–21 (.753) | 42–6 (.875) | |||||||
Total: | 64–21 (.753) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Individual awards[]
- 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Setter"
- 2001 NORCECA Championship "Best Setter"
- 2003 NORCECA Championship "Best Setter"
- 2006 Pan-American Cup "Best Setter"
References[]
- ^ "Robyn Ah Mow-Santos | Athletes". USA Volleyball. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- 1975 births
- American expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- American sportspeople of Samoan descent
- American women's volleyball players
- American volleyball coaches
- Expatriate volleyball players in Switzerland
- Hawaii people of Chinese descent
- Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball players
- Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball coaches
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Setters (volleyball)
- Sportspeople from Honolulu
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players from Honolulu