Robyn Ah Mow-Santos

Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow (born September 15, 1975) is the head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team and a former American indoor volleyball player.[1] She was a setter on the USA national team and played at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.[1] She worked as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team from 2011-2015[2] and was named Head Coach in 2017 after Dave Shoji's retirement.[3] She has also served as a club coach at Na Keiki Mau Loa Volleyball Club.[4]

Robyn Ah Mow
Personal information
Full nameRobyn Mokihana Ah Mow
Born (1975-09-15) September 15, 1975
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Number11 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2007–08Volero Zurich
National team
1998–2009 United States
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingTeam
FIVB World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2007 JapanTeam
FIVB World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2001 MacauTeam
Bronze medal – third place2004 Reggio CalabriaTeam
Montreux Volley Masters
Silver medal – second placeSwitzerland 2004
NORCECA Championship
Gold medal – first place2001 Santo Domingo
Gold medal – first place2003 Santo Domingo
Gold medal – first place2005 Port of Spain
Silver medal – second place1999 Monterrey
Silver medal – second place2007 Winnipeg
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamHawaii
ConferenceBig West
Record108–36 (.750)
Biographical details
Born (1975-09-15) September 15, 1975
Honolulu, HI
Playing career
1993–1996Hawaii
Position(s)Setter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1998Hawaii (student asst.)
2011–2015Hawaii (asst.)
2017–presentHawaii
Head coaching record
Overall108–36 (.750)
Tournaments3–5 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 3× Big West regular season championship (2019, 2021, 2022)
Awards
  • 2× Big West Coach of the Year (2019, 2021)
  • AVCA Pacific North All-Region Coach of the Year (2019)

Personal life

Ah Mow was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Talmage and Lovina Ah Mow (both deceased) and has two brothers, Kekoa and Tyson, and two sisters, Dara and Arlene.[1] She attended McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was a first-team all-Oahu Interscholastic Association East selection for four years and a three-time All-State first team selection.[2]

Ah Mow was married to Niobel Rafael Santos, former amateur athlete who is now a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and has served three tours in Iraq. They have two sons, Jordan (born in 2003) and Jreyden (born in 2016), and daughter, Jream (born in 2010).[5] They divorced in 2019.

College

Ah Mow attended college at the University of Hawai'i from 1993-1996 where she was a two-time AVCA First Team all-American. As a setter, she helped Hawai'i to the 1996 NCAA Championship match, losing to Stanford.[6]

Professional and Olympic career

She joined the USA national team in 1999, setting in seven games at the NORCECA championships and playing in 13 sets at the World Cup. In 2000, she played in four sets of the Nike Americas’ Volleyball Challenge, helping Team USA qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She set the team to victories over no. 4 China, no. 5 Korea and no. 7 Japan at the Grand Prix. At the 2000 Olympic Games, she started all seven matches and led the team to a .263 hitting percentage and a fourth-place finish.

In 2001, she earned Most Valuable Player honors at the World Championship Qualification Tournament and was also named the "Best Setter" at the NORCECA Zone Championships and played professionally for Castelo de Maia in Portugal.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, the team tied for fifth overall after losing to Brazil in the quarterfinals.

Robyn made her third Olympic appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.

In her career, she has set for team USA at the World Grand Prix, the Pan American Cup, NORCECA, the Olympics, the FIVB World Championship and World Cup as well as numerous exhibition tours.

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (Big West Conference) (2017–present)
2017 Hawaii 20–814–22ndNCAA first round
2018 Hawaii 18–914–22ndNCAA first round
2019 Hawaii 26–414–21stNCAA regional semifinals
2020–21 Hawaii Cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Hawaii 22–818–21stNCAA second round
2022 Hawaii 22-719–11stNCAA first round
Hawaii: 108–36 (.750)79–9 (.898)
Total:108–36 (.750)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Individual awards

References
  1. "Robyn Ah Mow". Team USA. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (which owns "Team USA"). Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  2. "Robyn Ah Mow - Women's Volleyball Coach". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  3. Friedman, Vicki L. (August 23, 2017). "Robyn Ah Mow-Santos living her dream job". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  4. Honda, Paul (September 17, 2019). "Q&A: Moanalua's positively gritty OH, Tayli Ikenaga". Hawaii Prep World. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  5. Lewis, Ferd (July 2, 2020). "University of Hawaii women's volleyball coach Robyn Ah Mow does a coronavirus juggling act". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  6. Kaneshiro, Jason (August 7, 2022). "Title IX Profile: For Robyn Ah Mow, volleyball was the wind beneath her wings". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
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