Kawika Shoji
Appearance
Kawika Shoji | |||||
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Full name | Kawika Tennefos Shoji | ||||
Born | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | November 11, 1987||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m) | ||||
College / University | Stanford University | ||||
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Position | Setter | ||||
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Kawika Tennefos Shoji (born November 11, 1987) is an American former professional volleyball player. He was a member of the U.S. national team from 2011 to 2021. The 2014 World League and the 2015 World Cup winner.
Personal life
[edit]Kawika's parents are Dave and Mary Shoji. His younger brother Erik Shoji is also a player (libero) for the United States men's national team.[1] He has jokingly referred to himself as "the older, taller, more handsome, but less talented Shoji brother." He and his wife, Megan, married in 2014. On March 16, 2018, their daughter Ada–Jean Ehiku Shoji was born in Milan, Italy.
Honors
[edit]Club
[edit]- Domestic
- 2011–12 German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2012–13 German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2013–14 German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
References
[edit]- ^ Shoji Brothers, Kawika and Erik are USA Volleyball Newsmakers – asianplayers.com
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kawika Shoji.
- Player profile at TeamUSA.org
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile at Olympics.com
- Player profile at Olympedia (archive)
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- American sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Volleyball players from Honolulu
- American men's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- American expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate volleyball players in Finland
- American expatriate volleyball players in Germany
- American expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- American expatriate volleyball players in Russia
- American expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- American expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- Stanford Cardinal men's volleyball players
- Arkas Spor volleyball players
- Resovia (volleyball) players
- Setters (volleyball)
- 21st-century American sportsmen