{"id":233392,"date":"2026-04-30T13:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=233392"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:09:33","slug":"beach-volleyball-duo-earn-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/30\/beach-volleyball-duo-earn-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Wahine beach volleyball duo earn All-America honors"},"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\/2026\/04\/Manoa-beach-volleyball-pair-avca.jpg\" alt=\"Julia Lawrenz and Izadora Stedile\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-233396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Manoa-beach-volleyball-pair-avca.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Manoa-beach-volleyball-pair-avca-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Manoa-beach-volleyball-pair-avca-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\">beach volleyball<\/a> pair of Julia Lawrenz and Izadora Stedile earned second-team All-America honors, the American Volleyball Coaches Association (<abbr>AVCA<\/abbr>) announced on April 30.<\/p>\n<p>The duo became the 14th and 15th All-Americans in program history and the fourth <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> pair in the past five years to receive national recognition. Lawrenz and Stedile teamed up in all 34 matches this season, posting a team-best 23\u20138 record while primarily competing at the <abbr title=\"Number\">No.<\/abbr> 1 spot.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrenz, a three-year starter, adds the honor to her resume after earning first-team all-conference recognition and establishing herself as one of the nation\u2019s top blockers. Stedile also earned first-team all-conference honors in her first season with the Rainbow Wahine, following a standout indoor career at Hofstra where she previously received All-America recognition.<\/p>\n<p>The pair is among 32 players nationwide selected to the <abbr>AVCA<\/abbr> All-America teams, continuing a strong tradition for Rainbow Wahine beach volleyball, which has produced at least one All-American in 11 of its 14 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2026\/4\/30\/womens-beach-volleyball-lawrenz-and-stedile-named-second-team-all-americans.aspx\">Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julia Lawrenz and Izadora Stedile earned <abbr>AVCA<\/abbr> second-team All-America honors after leading the Rainbow Wahine with a 23\u20138 record. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":233396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,660,9,550],"class_list":["post-233392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Manoa-beach-volleyball-pair-avca.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233392"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233394,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233392\/revisions\/233394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}