A K LEO T H E
MONDAY, MARCH 3 to TUESDAY MARCH 4, 2014 VOLUME 109 ISSUE 60
Serving the students University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. of the U
HAYLEY MUSASHI Associate Sp Sports ports Editor While the athletics department departm ment boasts a handful of siblings sibl si blin ings gs and parentpar a en entchild duos, this season, the Rainb Rainbow n ow Warrior Waarrio or volleyball volleyyba b ll team welcomes third generation gene n raation student-athlete stu tude tu ent-athlete freshman Kupono Fey to their ohana. Fey’s grandfather is former UH football All-American Harry “Clown” Kahuanui, and his mothert, Shelley (Kahuanui) (Kahuanu ui) Fey, played basketball for the t e Rainbow th R inbow Wahine. Ra “It was my decision to come to UH, but the fact f ct that my family has ties to fa o athletics athl hlet hl e ics here re e at Hawai‘i Hawa waai‘ii helped me fina nally n lly decide,” Fey said. “My parents try and always help me the best e make th he be b st choices, and ch d I’m ’ happyy to to be a third thi hiird r generation genera rati t on student-athlete here.”
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PREP STAR As a dual dual-spor l - spor t athlete in hi h high gh school, scho o ol o , Fey lettered d three yyears eeaa r s in basketball both volleyball and basket t ba b ll aatt Punahou the P Pu naho na h o u Sc ho School. Fey le led th h e vo vvollleyball team consecutive leyb b all all te e am to consec c utt iivv e st sstate t att e 2013 three ttitles ti t es tl e s iin n 20 22012 12 and 201 1 3 an and d th thre r ee ree re straight League stra st raig ra i ghtt IInterscholastic n t er erscholast stic t icc L eeaa gu u e of o Honolulu Ho o no nolu lulu lu lu ttitles itles from frr om o m 22011-13. 0 1-13 01 13. To 13 o senior outcap ca p of o f f hi h i s se his e niorr sseason, easo ea s o n, son n , the e out ut-ut hitter wass n named sside si de h itte it terr wa w a me e d a Honolulu Ho o no o l u llu u Star-Adver tiser Star St a r -Adv ar A dv dver v er ti tise serr Fa se F a b 15 sselection Fab eellec l ec ecti t on ti and first-team firstt te team am aall-league, ll-l ll -lea eagu g u e, sselected elec el l ecte ted d to the HHSAA A state s ta tate te championship c ha hamp mpio p io ion n s h ip nsh ns all-tournament team picked all-tourname e ntt tea e m an ea aand d pi pick cked ed d Volleyball Magazine’s Fab for Volleyba a lll M a gazz in ag n e’ e s Fa a b 50 550. 0. member Ku‘ikahi VolleyAs a mem embe be er of o K u ik u‘ ikah hi Vo Voll lley-ll Fey bronze medal ball Club, F ey eearned arne ar ned d a br bron onze ze m edal al the California Volleyball iin n th he Southern South th her ern nC ali ali lifo forn fo rnia rn ia V olle ol le leyb eyb ybal alll al Association Tournament in 2013 and was also wa als named to the Junior Nationals U-15 al ls U -15 15 aall-tournament ll-tto ou urn nam ament te tteam. am m. “I didn’t decidid dn’ n t make makee my my college co oll lleg lleg egee de d ci-ssion si ion on until unt ntil t about abo boutt the the h middle mid ddlle off my ssenior sen eni niorr year,” nior yea ear, r,”” Fey Fe ey said. saaiid d. “II wanted wan ante ed to o get ge et a full fu ull experience exp xperrienc ncee of of what wha hat all hat all off the he he schools sc cho h ols ols could ol cco oul uld offer, off fer fer, and and nd it it turned tu ur ned ed d out out ut that Hawai‘i was th hat a Haw aw wai‘i ai i w as the best fit for me.”
LOOKING AHEAD Known for his late-game heroics when the match is down to the wire, the freshman outside has made 13 appearances on the court this season, averaging a .271 hitting percentage — the best stt of of any any freshman fresh fres hm and hman nd third thi hird rd starting amongst tthe he st star arti ar ting ti ng llineup. ineu in eup. eu p p. Now halfway haa lf lfwa w y through wa thro th roug ugh h conferconf co n ernf ence play, y thee Punahou P un unah ahou ou graduate g ra radu duat atee hass seen playing h ha s en aample se m le mp e playi y ng time on the cour t — a place pll ace that has as been a second d home to o him. “I’ve been around this t hi h s place placc e Fey (UH) H for a while,” F ey said. d “My goes mom still go g ess to alumni basketball games grandpa ga am me es e s and d my yg r a n pa is in the Stan rand ra Sherif f, so th tthat’s a ’ s a great at att feeling f eeling g just just that to be a parr t off tth h att aatmosphere.” t ospher tm ere.” er “He’s “He H ’s He ’ s been n around athletics his entire en n ti tire r life,” liff e,” head h ead coach coa ch h Charlie i ie Wade volleyWa W a de e ssaid. aid. “It’s nott eeven ven just volle e yyball. His b ba all lll . H is mom mo o m is a coach, and d I think thin th ink in k thatt a coach’s c oa oach ch’s h ’s kid k id understands und nder erst stan ands d s more m or o e aabout ab out the game, g me, which has cer tainly ga helped him.” help he lped lp ed h im.”
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FFreshman h volleyball ll b ll star KKupono FFey joins j i RRainbow ainbow bow Warriors as third generation athlete ath JESSICA HOMRICH / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I
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