University of Hawai‘i sophomore Kanani Danielson was named the Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Preseason Player of the Year today, the fifth consecutive year a Rainbow Wahine has been honored.

All-Americans Kanoe Kamana`o (2005, 2006) and Jamie Houston (2007, 2008) each earned the honor in back-to-back years.
Voting is done by the WAC's nine head coaches.
Hawai‘i placed the most players on the 12-member team with five. Along with Danielson, seniors Aneli Cubi-Otineru and Amber Kaufman, junior Dani Mafua and sophomore Stephanie Ferrell earned preseason honors.
Cubi-Otineru and Kaufman were all first-team all-WAC selections in 2008,
while Mafua was a second-team pick and Ferrell was on the All-Freshman Team.
Also named to the first team is Nevada's Kylie Harrington, a Honolulu resident who is a 2007 St. Francis School graduate.