{"id":140776,"date":"2021-05-05T13:18:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T23:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=140776"},"modified":"2021-05-05T13:29:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T23:29:20","slug":"all-america-volleyball-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/05\/all-america-volleyball-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Warriors named to All-America volleyball teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/manoa-volleyball-avca-all-american.jpg\" alt=\"5 U H volleyball players\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-140784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/manoa-volleyball-avca-all-american.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/manoa-volleyball-avca-all-american-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/manoa-volleyball-avca-all-american-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\">men\u2019s volleyball team<\/a> led the way with five players named to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvausa.com\">National Volleyball Association<\/a> (<abbr>NVA<\/abbr>)\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avca.org\/\">American Volleyball Coaches Association<\/a> (<abbr>AVCA<\/abbr>) All-America teams, including first-teamers <strong>Patrick Gasman<\/strong>, <strong>Rado Parapunov<\/strong> and <strong>Gage Worsley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Outside hitter <strong>Colton Cowell<\/strong> was named to the second team while setter <strong>Jakob Thelle<\/strong> was an honorable mention.<\/p>\n<p>Parapunov and Worsley became the program\u2019s third and fourth players to earn three career first-team awards.<\/p>\n<p>Parapunov, the two-time Big West Player of the Year, was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/05\/national-player-of-the-year-parapunov\/\">named <abbr>AVCA<\/abbr> National Player of the Year<\/a>, making him one of three players to win the award in program history.<\/p>\n<p>The five honorees are tied for the most in a single-season in program history along with 2015, 2018 and 2019 teams, while the three, first-team selections are tied for the second-most in program history.<\/p>\n<p>The Rainbow Warriors are the top seed in this week\u2019s <abbr title=\"National Collegiate Athletic Association\">NCAA<\/abbr> Tournament, which is being held in Columbus, Ohio. <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> will face <abbr title=\"University of California\">UC<\/abbr> Santa Barbara in the semifinals on Thursday, May 6.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2021\/5\/3\/mens-volleyball-five-warriors-named-to-avca-all-america-teams.aspx\">For more go to the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa athletics website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr>M\u0101noa men\u2019s volleyball team led the way with five players named to the <abbr>NVA<\/abbr>\/<abbr>AVCA<\/abbr> All-America 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