{"id":60172,"date":"2017-05-12T10:51:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T20:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=60172"},"modified":"2019-03-05T15:54:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T01:54:12","slug":"dave-shoji-aloha-ball-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/12\/dave-shoji-aloha-ball-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Shoji Aloha Ball Celebration: Be part of history!"},"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=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/manoa-athletics-shoji-celebration.jpg\" alt=\"Dave Shoji with celebration information\" width=\"620\" height=\"284\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/manoa-athletics-shoji-celebration.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/manoa-athletics-shoji-celebration-260x119.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">Join <strong>Dave Shoji<\/strong>, the second-winningest coach in <abbr title=\"National Collegiate Athletic Association\">NCAA<\/abbr> volleyball history, and other <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> stars for the <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2017\/4\/21\/womens-volleyball-tickets-on-sale-for-dave-shoji-aloha-ball-celebration.aspx\">Dave Shoji Aloha Ball Retirement Celebration<\/a> on May 21.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ev9.evenue.net\/cgi-bin\/ncommerce3\/SEGetEventList?groupCode=DS17&#038;linkID=hawaii&#038;shopperContext=&#038;caller=&#038;appCode=&#038;utm_source=ETH&#038;utm_medium=Main+Page+Text+Link&#038;utm_content=DSAB+Tickets&#038;utm_campaign=2017+Dave+Shoji+Aloha+Ball+Tickets\">Purchase your tickets online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former <abbr title=\"television call letters>KGMB<\/abbr> sports anchor and <abbr title=\"Entertainment and Sports Programming Network\">ESPN<\/abbr> SportsCenter host Larry Beil will emcee the program, which includes a performance by Henry Kapono, other live musical entertainment, local personalities, appearances by Kawika and Erik Shoji and special guests and video tributes. <\/p>\n<p>Shoji is synonymous with volleyball in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8212;he built the  team from obscurity to national recognition as a perennial powerhouse. A fan favorite for generations, he led the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Wahine to four national championships and 25 conference titles.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration continues his work, with proceeds going to the Rainbow Wahine Volleyball program and the newly established <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.uhfoundation.org\/funds\/20764003\">Dave and Mary Shoji Scholarship Endowment Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Event details<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Date: May 21, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Time: Gates open at 4:30 p.m. and program begins at 6 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Where: Stan Sheriff Center<\/li>\n<li>Admission: $42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ev9.evenue.net\/cgi-bin\/ncommerce3\/SEGetEventList?groupCode=DS17&#038;linkID=hawaii&#038;shopperContext=&#038;caller=&#038;appCode=&#038;utm_source=ETH&#038;utm_medium=Main+Page+Text+Link&#038;utm_content=DSAB+Tickets&#038;utm_campaign=2017+Dave+Shoji+Aloha+Ball+Tickets\">Purchase tickets online<\/a>, at the Stan Sheriff Center Box Office, or by calling (808) 944-2697.<\/p>\n<p>The $42 ticket commemorates 42 thrilling seasons and includes a $10 Sodexo food and beverage voucher featuring a few special menu items exclusive to this event and a game-ticket voucher valued at $15 to a Wahine Volleyball match for the 2017 Season (distributed at the event).<\/p>\n<p>VIP tables are still available for $5,000, which includes a pre-event reception featuring master chef Sam Choy and several food stations, a sushi bar, roast pig and hosted bar. To purchase a VIP table, contact Kimo Kai, <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> Foundation at (808) 956-4322.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2017\/4\/21\/womens-volleyball-tickets-on-sale-for-dave-shoji-aloha-ball-celebration.aspx\">From the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa Athletics Department website<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Dave Shoji, the second-winningest coach in NCAA volleyball history, and other Hawai\u02bbi stars for the Dave Shoji Aloha Ball Retirement Celebration on May 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":60176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[58,698,9,550,80],"class_list":["post-60172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-athletics","tag-staff-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-volleyball","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/manoa-athletics-shoji-celebration.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60172","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=60172"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77609,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60172\/revisions\/77609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}