Name: Kawika Shoji
Sport: Volleyball
Discipline(s):
Volleyball
Position: Setter
Height: 6-3 (198cm)
Weight: 194 (88kg)
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
High School: Iolani School (Honolulu, Hawaii)
College: Stanford University ('10, Political Science)
Olympic Experience
- 2016 Olympic Games (Bronze medal)
World Championship Experience
- 2018 World Championship (Bronze medal)
- 2014 World Championship (7th place)
Other Career Highlights
- Helped the U.S. Men win the 2015 FIVB World Cup and qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games
- Helped the U.S. Men win the 2014 FIVB World League title
- Named 2010 AVCA Men’s DI-II Player of the Year as he led Stanford to the NCAA National Championship
- Co-Most Outstanding Player along with teammate Brad Lawson at the 2010 NCAA tournament, also on the All-Tournament Team
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- Helped the U.S. Men win bronze at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League and the World Championship
- Helped the U.S. Men win the 2017 NORCECA Championship
- Helped the U.S. Men win the 2015 FIVB World Cup and qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games
- Helped the U.S. Men win bronze at the 2015 FIVB World League
- Has played professionally in Russia, Germany and Turkey
- Served as team captain for the 2011 U.S. Pan American Cup team that won the gold medal in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Competed with the 2011 U.S. A2 Team that finished second at the Pan American Cup in Quebec
- Played libero for the 2007 Men’s Junior National Team that finished seventh at the FIVB World Championship
- Was the starting setter for the 2006 Men’s Junior Team that finished second at the NORCECA Continental Championship in Mexico
- Was named Best Setter at the 2004 NORCECA Boys’ Youth Championship as the U.S. won gold in Mexico City
- Two-time AVCA First Team All-American at Stanford
- Lettered four years in volleyball and golf and three years in basketball at Iolani School in Honolulu
- Four-time Junior National Championship all-tournament choice with the Outrigger Canoe Volleyball Club
Personal:
Parents are Dave and Mary Shoji. Father retired as University of Hawaii women's volleyball coach in 2016. ... Dave Shoji won four national titles in 34 seasons. He also has the most wins in NCAA DI women’s volleyball history. Mary Shoji played basketball at Hawaii... Married wife Megan in 2014. The pair had daughter Ada-Jean Ehiku Shoji in 2018... Has a brother, Erik (1989) and a sister Cobey (1979). Erik plays libero for the U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team... Also plays golf
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