Maybe the Western Athletic Conference will run out of reasons to honor Kanani Danielson at some point.

Probably not.

The University of Hawai'i sophomore was named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week yesterday for the third time this season and the fourth in her young career. Danielson was WAC Freshman of the Year and earned first-team all-WAC honors last season, when she was a third-team All-American. She was this year's WAC Preseason Player of the Year.

She lifted the fourth-ranked Rainbow Wahine (13-2, 4-0 WAC) to wins at Louisiana Tech and New Mexico State last week, extending their winning streak to nine going into this week's matches against Nevada and San Jose State.

Danielson averaged four kills a set and hit .379. She had a career-high three aces against the Techsters, but what she did to the Aggies painted a clearer picture of her worth.

With Hawai'i leading the first set 15-12, Danielson was hitting negative .222. The Kamehameha graduate would have 18 more kills and no more errors, finishing with 21 kills — one off her career high — and hitting .390. With the match tied at a set apiece and 22-all in the third, Danielson took over, blasting three consecutive kills and stuffing set point.

It was yet another example of Danielson's precocious and timely talents.

"Half woman, half amazing, it's Super Kanani," UH freshman Brittany Hewitt said earlier this season. "She is amazing pretty much overall. Everybody in Hawai'i has complete confidence in her."

The 'Bows remained fourth in this week's AVCA Top 25, behind unbeaten Penn State, Texas and Washington. They remained first in national attendance, averaging 6,227 going into this five-match homestand. UH has been the site of 10 of this year's top 15 crowds.

UH coach Dave Shoji is three wins shy of becoming the second women's Division I college volleyball coach with 1,000 victories.