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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors And Rainbow Wahine
The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wāhine are the athletic teams that represent the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH), in Honolulu, Hawaii. The UH athletics program is a member of the Big West Conference in most sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. It comprises seven men's, 12 women's, and two coed athletic teams. Nickname Hawaiʻi athletics began more than a century ago, with the first football team being fielded in 1909. Through 1923, the UH teams were called the "Deans." In the final game of the 1923 season, the football team upset Oregon State, with a rainbow appearing over the stadium during the game. Sportswriters began referring to UH teams as the "Rainbows," and the tradition was born that Hawaii could not lose if a rainbow appeared. The rainbow officially became a part of the school's athletic logo in 1982 and remained until 2000. King Kamehameha the Great and his warriors united the Hawaiian Islands, earning the warrior a place of honor in Hawa ...
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University Of Hawaiʻi At Mānoa
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa (University of Hawaii—Mānoa, UH Mānoa, Hawai'i, or simply UH) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Manoa, Mānoa, a neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaii, University of Hawaiʻi system and houses the main offices of the system. Most of the campus occupies the eastern half of the mouth of Manoa, Mānoa Valley, with the John A. Burns School of Medicine located adjacent to the Kakaako Waterfront Park, Kakaʻako Waterfront Park. U.H. offers over 200 degree programs across 17 colleges and schools. It is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission and governed by the Hawaii State Legislature and a semi-autonomous board of regents. It also a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities. Mānoa is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classifie ...
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Sport
Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by ar ...
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Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Volleyball
The Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team is the NCAA Division I women's volleyball team for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. They are a member of the Big West Conference and are led by head coach, Robyn Ah Mow-Santos. The Rainbow Wahine volleyball program remains a large source of financial income for the University of Hawaii athletic department, notwithstanding even what FB and MBB generates. Grandfathered in, and straddling the line between the two governing bodies of the AIAW and NCAA, Joyce Kapuaala-Kaapuni started with Hawaii in 1974 (alongside USAV's 1970 World's participant Beth McLachlin). She'd continue with her UH college career in 1982-83 forging first in the NCAA, winning back-to-back national championships. As show, volleyball has always been a celebrated linchpin between islands. A token manifested, then, person being, Kawehi Ka'a'a (2x UHH First Team All-American) who'd participate in three Final Fours (AIAW, UHH, 1978 & 1979 and AIAW, UHM, 1980). The fo ...
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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Volleyball
The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team represents the University of Hawaii at Manoa in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA men's competition. The team currently competes in the Big West Conference after leaving its longtime home of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in 2018. The Rainbow Warriors are currently coached by Charlie Wade. Year-by-year results Notes Home court The Rainbow Warriors have played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center since 1995, and have had 11 sellouts of their games, the most recent being March 6, 2020 against BYU Cougars men's volleyball, BYU. Since joining the MPSF, and later, the Big West, Hawaii has consistently been one of the leaders in the country in home attendance. Under Charlie Wade, the Rainbow Warriors are nearly unbeatable at the Stan Sheriff Center, averaging over 12 home wins a season. They also have posted three undefeated home seasons in the las ...
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Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Softball
The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wāhine softball team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Big West Conference (BWC). The Rainbow Wahine are currently led by head coach Bob Coolen. The team plays its home games at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium located on the university's campus. Coaching history Home stadium Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium is located on the university's campus, and is currently the home venue for the softball program. The stadium was named the Wahine Softball Field when it first opened in 1985, but was renamed in 1998 when renovations expanding the seating capacity to 1,200 were completed. The stadium also underwent renovations between the 2017 and 2018 seasons, when artificial turf and additional netting were installed, as well as the entire stadium being pinted. As of 2021, the stadium is undergoing additional renovations: a new clubhouse holding coaches' offices and a locker room for ...
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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Football
The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA Division I FBS college football. It was part of the Western Athletic Conference until July 2012, when the team joined the Mountain West Conference. From 2000 until July 1, 2013, the football team was renamed to simply ''Warriors'', until a 2013 decision to standardize all of the school's athletic team names took effect, and the team was once again known as the ''Rainbow Warriors''. The Hawaii Warriors were the third team from a non automatic qualifier conference to play in a BCS bowl game. They played Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 2008, in New Orleans, and lost 41–10. History Early history *1909 – The College of Hawaii "Fighting Deans" played and won its game against McKinley High School by a score of 95–5 at Punahou School. *1920 – The College of Hawaii becomes the University of Hawaii and the football team plays its first intercollegiate game against Nev ...
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Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wāhine Beach Volleyball
The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wāhine beach volleyball team, more commonly known as the Hawaii SandBows, is the beach volleyball team representing the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA Division I women's play. History The university has a rich volleyball tradition. They have had three head coaches since the team's inception in 2012. In 2014 under head coach Scott Wong, they appeared in the NCAA Division I Final Four. During the 2015 season, they ranked first in attendance among all Division 1 volleyball beach programs. The "SandBows" averaged over 330 fans, each, for six home matches. With Collegiate Beach's inception, the Bows have been ranked in every AVCA Top 10 Poll to date. The university plays its home matches in the—five courted—The Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex. Angelica Ljungqvist is the current head coach of the team. She assumed the role in August 2020 after the indoor and beach programs merged in a financial decision stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Basketball
The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors basketball team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA men's competition. (Women's sports teams at the school are known as Rainbow Wahine.) The team currently competes in the Big West Conference after leaving its longtime home of the Western Athletic Conference in July 2012. The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was in 2016, with them getting their first NCAA Tournament victory that same year as well. The Rainbow Warriors are coached by Eran Ganot. Season-by-season results Postseason history NCAA tournament results The Rainbow Warriors have appeared in five NCAA tournaments. Their combined record is 1–5. NIT results The Rainbow Warriors have appeared in eight National Invitational Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 10 ...
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Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Basketball
The Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball team competes in the Big West Conference for the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Season-by-season results Postseason appearances NCAA Tournament appearances The Rainbow Wahine have appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 1–8. WNIT appearances The Rainbow Wahine have appeared in eight Women's National Invitation Tournaments, with a combined record of 3–8. NWIT appearances The Rainbow Wahine competed in one National Women's Invitational Tournament in 1992 losing to Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ... in the final 72—90. Retired numbers The Rainbow Wahine retired their first number in 2015, honoring number 32 for ...
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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Baseball
: ''For information on all University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa sports, see Hawaii Rainbow Warriors'' The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. The team is a member of the Big West Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I (NCAA), Division I. Hawaii's first baseball team was fielded in 1923. The team plays its home games at Les Murakami Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Rainbow Warriors are coached by Rich Hill (baseball coach), Rich Hill. Year-by-year results Hawaii in the NCAA Tournament Major League Baseball Hawaii has had 119 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965. See also *List of NCAA Division I baseball programs References External links

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Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington (state), Washington, and Texas. Due to most of the conference's College football, football-playing members leaving the WAC for other affiliations, the conference discontinued football as a sponsored sport after the 2012–13 season and left the NCAA's NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-A). The WAC thus became the first Division I conference to drop football since the Big West Conference, Big West in 2000. The WAC then added men's soccer and became one of the NCAA's eleven Division I non-football conferences. The WAC underwent a major expansion on July 1, 2021, with four schools joining. The conference reinstated football at that time and now competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivisio ...
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Donnis Thompson
Donnis Hazel Thompson (April 1, 1933 – February 2, 2009) was an American professor of health, physical education, and recreation at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and was the university's first women's athletic director. At the University of Hawaii, she started the Rainbow Wahine program. In 1981, Thompson was elected the State of Hawaii Department of Education school superintendent. Early life Thompson was born on April 1, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Carter Elementary School and St. Elizabeth High School where she participated in swimming, track and field, and cheerleading. After high school, Thompson enrolled at George Williams College from which she graduated in 1955. Career In 1961, Thompson started the Rainbow Wahine sports program by forming a track and field team. However, she struggled with the unequal treatment female athletes were subjected to prior to the passing of Title IX. In the team's inaugural season, Thompson's teaching salary equalled $5,000, ...
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