Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow (born September 15, 1975) is the head coach of the

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team and a former

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indoor volleyball player. She was a setter on the USA national team and played at the

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, the 2004 Athens Olympics, and at the

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, helping Team USA to a silver medal. She worked as an assistant coach at the University of

team from 2011-2015 and was named Head Coach in 2017 after Dave Shoji's retirement. She has also served as a club coach at Na Keiki Mau Loa Volleyball Club.

Personal life

Ah Mow was born in

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, to Talmage and Lovina Ah Mow (both deceased) and has two brothers, Kekoa and Tyson, and two sisters, Dara and Arlene. She attended McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was a first-team all-Oahu Interscholastic Association East selection for four years and a three-time All-State first team selection. Ah Mow 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

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. They have two sons, Jordan (born in 2003) and Jreyden (born in 2016), and daughter, Jream (born in 2010). They divorced in 2019.

College

Ah Mow attended college at the

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from 1993-1996 where she was a two-time AVCA First Team all-American. As a setter, she helped Hawai'i to the 1996

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match, losing to

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Professional and Olympic career

She joined the USA national team in 1999, setting in seven games at the

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championships and playing in 13 sets at the World Cup. In 2000, she played in four sets of the

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Americas’ Volleyball Challenge, helping Team USA qualify for the

. She set the team to victories over no. 4

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, no. 5

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and no. 7

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at the

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. 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

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. At the 2004 Olympic Games in

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, the team tied for fifth overall after losing to

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in the quarterfinals. Robyn made her third Olympic appearance at the

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, 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

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

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