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Dave Shoji Announces Break to Fight Cancer

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Nick Yee (dj mr.nick)

Published December 12, 2016 at 5:51 PM HST

UH Women’s Volleyball head coach Dave Shoji will take a break to deal with prostate cancer. In a press release, Shoji said he was diagnosed a few weeks ago… but didn’t want the announcement to distract the team. He added that treatment will take him away from coaching duties for several weeks.

Associate head coach Jeff Hall will take over until an interim coach can be found. Shoji recently wrapped is 42^nd year with the Rainbow Wahine. With 1,202 wins, he is ranked second in all-time NCAA Division I women’s volleyball victories.

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