{"id":2381,"date":"2011-11-23T15:09:35","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T01:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2021-06-02T11:11:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T21:11:40","slug":"volleyball-all-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2011\/11\/23\/volleyball-all-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball players from two 糖心视频<\/abbr> campuses make all-conference teams"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Four seniors on two University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> volleyball teams have earned all-team honors as they close out their collegiate careers. <\/p>\n

The 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo Vulcans<\/a> finished their season in a first-round loss to Sonoma State University in San Bernardino, Calif. The 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa Rainbow Wahine<\/a> play for the WAC<\/abbr> tournament title November 23 in Las Vegas and face Cal State Fullerton in a post-season game November 25 while waiting word on the NCAA<\/abbr> first and second round match-ups.<\/p>\n

糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo’s Thornquist and Hurley<\/h2>\n
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Hillary Hurley and Rachel Thornquist on senior night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rachel Thornquist<\/strong> was named by coaches to the NCAA<\/abbr> Division II<\/abbr> West Region Championship all-Tournament team. The 5-11 outside hitter scored on 13 kills and had a team-high eight block assists in her final game. <\/p>\n

Thornquist is a business major and former basketball player from Crystal Lake, Ill<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Hillary Hurley<\/strong> was selected by the regional sports information directors for the NCAA<\/abbr> Division II<\/abbr> Daktronics West Region first-team. The 6-2 middle hitter leads Division II<\/abbr> in kills per sets (6.80) and the Pacific West Conference in kills (347).<\/p>\n

The Anderson, Calif<\/abbr>., athlete was first-team all-PacWest last year in basketball.<\/p>\n

糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa’s Danielson and Satele<\/h2>\n
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Kanani Danielson on senior night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kanani Danielson<\/strong> was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year during the WAC<\/abbr> postseason banquet November 18—her third time for the honor.<\/p>\n

The 5-10 outside hitter from ʻEwa Beach averages 4.02 kills and 2.84 digs per set. She is a Lowe’s Senior CLASS award<\/a> finalist.<\/p>\n

Chanteal Satele<\/strong> was named to the all-WAC<\/abbr> first team for a second time.<\/p>\n

A transfer student from St. Mary’s College, the 5-10 outside hitter from Mililani was third in the WAC<\/abbr> in hitting percentage (.358) and posted a career-high 15 kills against San Jose State this season.<\/p>\n

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Chanteal Satele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A human resources major, Satele wants to become a pediatric nurse.<\/p>\n

She comes from a 糖心视频<\/abbr> Athletics family—brother Liko plays on the Warrior football team; mother LeeAnn (Pestana) was a member of two NCAA<\/abbr> champion Wahine volleyball teams; and father Alvis and cousins Samson and Hercules Satele and Melila Purcell are Warrior football alumni.<\/p>\n

Four teammates were also named to the first team—junior Brittany Hewitt<\/strong>, sophomores Emily Hartong<\/strong> and Mita Uiato<\/strong> and freshman Jane Croson<\/strong>, who was also named to the all-freshman team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senior women volleyball players at Hilo and Mānoa picked for conference honors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[58,660,714,14,151,9,550,80],"class_list":["post-2381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-athletics","tag-student-recognition","tag-student-athlete","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-volleyball","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t