Big fan of Kaylei and great season by Kamehameha as they earned the Championship. I’m posting this note now after my granddaughter said she wants to be the next Elena. This is after watching the replay of the ILH Iolani Kamehameha match. I smiled. Kamehameha had more weapons. I’m an old timer and I’ve coached and watched a lot of volleyball. Elena Oglivie is the best in the state. State of Hawaii was cheated not having Iolani in states with the broken format by ILH but also the state selection of teams getting into states. Iolani was better than most of the teams in states and potentially on a neutral court anything can happen in the finals as history has shown us.

Oglivie is recognized by many as the best player in the state. Some look at stats too much. The uniqueness in this year is what Elena has done that no Hawaii Prep volleyball player has ever done. Yes, outside of ILH JetSavvy. Selected to the National team and won Gold at U18 World Championship as the starting OH for team USA. Like Kanani in years past we have witnessed 4yrs of greatness and this decade Elena has taken those same steps.

I read too much about their hitting but it’s the volleyball IQ of both these players and their overall game that’s off the chart.

Falcon Future pointed to other players and I agree with him. Great year by Kamehameha and both Oglivie and Kaylei are superb players BUT there are others with great PLAY like Falanika and you can’t forget Soares who ran a crisp Kamehameha offense. In the end and in my mind Kamehameha had more weapons. Devin led the team in kills and Maui took the biggest swing of the season. Kamehameha was down 14-15 in the 5th against Iolani in the final bid match and Maui sided out. Amazing!

JetWavy you made a strong pitch for Kaylei. She is a stud. Can’t wait to see her at USC. Good and interesting conversation. Congratulations to Kamehameha 2019 Champs!

It was just you. Don’t get me wrong, both Kahahawai and Robins are outstanding players and I would be dumbfounded to not see them on 2nd team-all state at worst, but they made a ton of errors you’d expect from underclassmen. There were a ton of times throughout the season they hit the ball way too long. Akana always seemed like the anchor and the consistent threat. Kamehameha has something to build for the future but it was Akana’s time.

Just an observation.

Its hard to pick one when all the girls were instrumental during their championship run.

Unlike Iolani, when you know whos going to get the ball on every play. Easy to pick when one player has uku million kills because of uku million attempts.

Every POY candidate had a chance to lead her team to league and state championships. K-Lei by leading her team to the ILH and state championships truly separates herself from the rest. For every big point, Kamehameha went to K-Lei. The other teams knew it but still had a hard time stopping her. Give the setter Soares a share of some consideration.

Sorry but everyone knows their is favoritism also. Everyone knows olgavie is good and still put in votes for her for POY. Everyone knows Akana is good too! But there are a lot of other players that lead their team to states also and played awesome too. So are you saying because they didn’t get the “w” they are not worthy? I guess so it wouldn’t be right for someone to get POY if their team didn’t win. Everyone has their own take on it and how it should be voted on.

But how many of those girls led their team to a league championship, was the state tourney most outstanding player, and led her team to a state title? One girl stands has to stand alone on that mountain and if it’s not obvious it should be Akana, then I’m at a loss for words. To answer to question “What should the criteria be for the POY?”… The answer is do everything Akana did this season.