Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans women's volleyball
The Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans women's volleyball team is the intercollegiate women's volleyball team of the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. One of the original "traditionals" in the world of small schools volleyball, the Vulcans started out as National Runners Up right out of the gates in 1978. The 1978 AIAW Div.II team was led by Cheryl Ching, Kawehi Ka'a'a, Vetoann Baker and Lyndell Lindsey. Coach Sharon Peterson (an inaugural 1988 NAIA Hall of Fame honoree) was in fact coach back then, but she had been preceded by Coach Mike Wilton for partial foundations in some of 1977. In June 2018, Manu-Olevao's became the able majority, two, assistants.
| Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans | |
|---|---|
| University | University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo |
| Head coach | Chris Leonard (2nd season) |
| Conference | PacWest |
| Location | Hilo, Hawaiʻi |
| Home arena | UHH Gymnasium (capacity: 3,000) |
| Nickname | Vulcans |
| Colors | Red and black |
| AIAW/NCAA Tournament champion | |
| 1979, 1981 | |
| AIAW/NCAA Tournament runner-up | |
| 1978, 1980 | |
| AIAW/NCAA Tournament semifinal | |
| 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 | |
| AIAW/NCAA Regional Final | |
| NAIA: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 | |
| AIAW/NCAA Tournament appearance | |
| 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2009, 2011, 2019 | |
| Conference regular season champion | |
| NAIA: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993 NCAA: 1994, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2009, R-u's 2019, 2020-21 HI Pod | |
In the first week of December, in 1979 (Orlando, FL), UHH won Hawai'i its first ever National Championship of volleyball. Later that evening, Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball would also win a national title for large national colleges (at Central Standard Time). All-American Cheryl Ching would go on to win the Honda-Broderick Cup in 1980, moreover, the first in the 50th State to do so. The program as a matter of circumstance would go from AIAW Division II to NAIA powers in 1981. Hilo is still the only multi-Champion, multi-Divisional program to win simultaneous collegiate championships in a single year (1981).