ALL-STATE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL FAB. 15: Kamehameha’s Keonilei Akana stands tall

1 s/b oglivie as best player. 2 s/b akana as most valuable player.

There were two curious selections on the All-ILH team that now have me scratching my head even more. The first team All-ILH had three setters, and two of them did not even make this Fab 15 list. One of them is not even honorable mention.

Meanwhile, the setter who got second team All-ILH is now the first setter picked for this Fab 15. Lots of politics in the ILH voting, no?

Akana deserved it but Oglivie probably would have won it if she didn’t miss games during season.

Fav 15. Just feel sorry for the girls whom deserve to be on the list but don’t get recognized. Where as some selections comes down to who the favorites are. No disrespect to the girls that did make it though. Just need to understand that all this Fab lists or just someone’s opinion.

This ain’t as bad as last year’s boys basketball voting. Last year, the player who was awarded the ILH league MVP AND state tourney most outstanding player (whose team also won the D1 championship) lost both POY awards to a guy who didn’t even make the state tournament. This trend of giving POY to players who aren’t around for the post season needs to stop.

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I am curious what you mean by the ILH all stars being political. It seems like you are using the Fab 15 as the authority to say ILH all star selections were wrong. I thought the ILH picks all stars by having all the league coaches meet to discuss it. I know Hawaii Prep World doesn’t watch all the matches so I assume they consult with certain coaches from the ILH and OIA to come up with the Fab 15, which is why we see different results. If that’s the case, isn’t the Fab 15 political too? I am curious as to why you think the selection method of the Fab 15 is more reliable than the ILH’s method. Maybe I am missing something.

You make it too appealing to stop now @Loca1boi. Tell that to Mike Trout, Barry Sanders, Wayne Gretzky, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, all of them won MVP on teams that didn’t make the playoff that year. All of them by the way will be if not already Hall of Famers too. Tried to mix it up with multiple sports to add to the point.

As for this year you are really talking about volleyball aren’t you since you pointed to Kaylei. That’s what you are pitching right? Both Elena and Kaylei are great players and led their teams. I will knock one player down to lift up over another. I can’t keep up with the ILH format for voting but both players are deserving. We wouldn’t be having this conversation if Elena played the whole season vice playing on the national team. That changed the scale for the High School volleyball season. That seems to be the chatter but that we can only speculate since it didn’t happen BUT the signs are there. She was the dominant player in the matches she played. She was dominant against Kamehameha and was the best player on the court in the 3 set sweep and 5 set loss. That’s what you are really talking about aren’t you? Kamehameha ended up with 4 players on the FAB 15 and ‘Iolani had 1. Kudos to them.

I agree it’s not all about scoring. By the way there’s pre-season, regular season and post season.

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“She was the dominant player in the matches she played. She was dominant against Kamehameha and was the best player on the court in the 3 set sweep and 5 set loss. That’s what you are really talking about aren’t you? Kamehameha ended up with 4 players on the FAB 15 and ‘Iolani had 1. Kudos to them.”

Oglivie was the dominant player because 90% of ‘Iolani’s sets go to her. Look at her stats she is getting most of the opportunities. It was a knock on Kamehameha because they shared the wealth amongst various players? I bet you Keonilei could have been a stat padder too if Kamehameha set her 80-90% of the game. It was ‘Iolani’s own doing why they had just one player in the Fab 15. When the ILH title was on the line in the head to head matchup, Keonilei came out on top and eliminated Oglivie from her first and only missed post-season. Then, the same week, she led her team to a win over Punahou. And then did it again a few weeks later for the state title. She was hands down the last girl standing on top of the mountain when the season wrapped up. That’s all you and I need to acknowledge. She dominated and did everything any girl in the future needs to do to win the girls’ volleyball POY title.

That’s not padding. Padding is up in the 3rd qtr 50-0 and you leave your starters in and continue to throw for more touchdowns. To have a chance to win Iolani needed Elena in to score, play defense, pass and serve. Most volleyball fans can see that. Kaylei didn’t have to shoulder that role. Both are magnificent players. For Kamehameha Devin was the more dominant hitter and Kaylei was the leader and all around player. Praise these homegrown talent and role models for our future Hawaii girls. There’s enough critics out there.