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2022 Women's Volleyball Roster

Julie Kim
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14 Braelyn Akana

14 Braelyn Akana

  • Position:
    Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Hau‘ula, O‘ahu
  • Highschool:
    Kamehameha Schools--Kapalama

Summary

Biography

Awards & Honors
  • 2022 Big West Academic All-Conference
  • 2021 Big West Academic All-Conference
  • 2022 UH Scholar-Athlete
  • 2021 UH Scholar-Athlete
  • 2019 UH Scholar-Athlete
2022 (Junior):
  • Appeared in 26 matches with 24 starts while playing 92 total sets as a junior
  • Recorded career-high season statistics, totaling 147 kills, 45 total blocks and 36 digs
  • Tied career-high with 11 kills and four blocks and set a career-high with 13.0 points against UCLA (9/4/22) 
  • Notched a career-high .714 hitting percentage against CSUN (10/21/22)
  • Tallied double-digit kills in five matches 
  • Recorded at least one block in all but two matches in 2022
2021: (Sophomore):
  • Appeared in 16 matches while starting 11 matches while playing in 37 sets at outside hitter
  • For the season, put down 63 kills while averaging 1.7 kills/set
  • Notched a career-high 11 kills at UC Irvine (10/9/21)
  • Posted a career-high four blocks against Cal State Fullerton (10/3/21)

2020: Season canceled by the Big West Conference due to COVID-19, student-athletes will not lose a year of eligibility and maintain their athletic standing for the 2021-22 academic year.

2019 (Freshman):
  • Appeared in six matches with one start at Cal Poly (10/11/19
  • Played in 14 total sets
  • Recorded 14 kills on the season with eight total blocks and 21.0 points for the year.
  • Had a career-high match helping lead UH win a come-from-behind, reverse sweep over Cal State Fullerton (20/5/19) posting six kill and hitting .417 and four blocks.
  • Earned UH Scholar-Athlete Award.
Prep:
  • A 2019 graduate of Kamehameha Schools—Kapalama (Honolulu, O‘ahu)
  • Earned three varsity letters in volleyball
  • Helped the Warriors win three league championships (2016, ’17, ’18) and a pair of state championships (2015, ’17)
  • Named to the 2017 Durango Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team
  • Was named a Star-Advertiser Fab 15 Selection all three years while earning all-league honors all three seasons
  • While playing for the Warriors, helped her team to a 133-22 overall record and a 44-9 league mark
  • Tallied a career hitting percentage of .350
  • Recorded 64 solo blocks and 248 total blocks during her career
  • Was on the Dean’s Lis and honor roll in 2017, ’18, and ‘19
Personal:
  • Born in Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Majoring in psychology
  • Has one younger sister and two younger brothers
  • Parents are Joselyn and Brandyn Akana
  • Is the third, second generation Rainbow Wahine volleyball player, her mother Joselyn was an outside hitter for UH from 1993-96.
  • Father Brandyn served as an assistant coach at UH Manoa for four seasons and he played collegiate basketball at BYU-Hawai‘i. 
  • Her uncle Jarinn played on UH Manoa’s men’s basketball team (1993-94)
  • Her cousin Jessiya Villa was a member of the UH men’s basketball team in 2019-20
Career Highs
  • Kills - 11 (2x), last UCLA (9/4/22)
  • Attacks - 32, Cal State Fullerton (10/3/21)
  • Assists - 1 (6x), last at UC Santa Barbara (11/25/22)
  • Digs - 6(2x), last UCLA (9/4/22)
  • Total Blocks - 4.0 (3x) last UCLA (9/4/22)
  • Block Solo - 1 (5x), last at UC San Diego (11/11/22)
  • Total Points - 4.0 (3x), last UCLA (9/4/22)
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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2019Freshman

    Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    14
  • 14

    2020Sophomore

    Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    14
  • 14

    2021Sophomore

    Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    14
  • 14

    2022Junior

    Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    14