Shellane Ogoshi #4

5-2, Senior

Setter/Libero

Honolulu, Hawaii

Roosevelt High School

Quicksets Volleyball Club

AT HOFSTRA 

2006: Colonial Athletic Association Setter of the Year...First team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection...CoSIDA Academic All-District selection...CAA Championship Most Outstanding Player...Played in all 111 games in all 31 matches...Posted 1,293 assists, 321 digs, 107 kills, 29 service aces and 13 blocks...Also recorded a .306 hitting percentage...Led team in assists (11.65 apg) and was second in digs (2.89 dpg)...Ranked fifth in the CAA in assists...Had 30 or more assists in 23 matches...Compiled 50 or more assists in nine matches...Recorded a career-best 65 assists in NCAA Tournament win over Cornell...Tallied 63 assists in CAA semifinal win over Delaware...Had 14 matches with double-digit digs...Had a season-best 20 digs versus Northeastern and Delaware...Had 15 digs versus #5 Penn State in NCAA Tournament...Served four aces versus Towson, William & Mary and Northeastern...Tied a career-high with eight kills against Virginia Commonwealth in CAA title match...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...2005: Colonial Athletic Association Player and Setter of the Year...First team All-CAA Selection...Honorable mention AVCA All-Region selection...Played 102 games in all 27 matches...Recorded 1,130 assists, 425 digs, 99 kills and 19 service aces...Led team in assists (11.08 apg) and was second in digs (4.17 dpg)...Ranked fourth in the CAA in assists and seventh in digs...Had 30 or more assists in 23 matches...Tallied a season-high 63 assists versus Georgia State...Had 10 or more digs in 23 matches...Had a career-high 32 digs at Northeastern...Posted seven kills versus William & Mary and at Towson...Three-time CAA Player of the Week (10/3, 10/31 and 11/14)...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...Featured in Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd...2004: Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Year...Named to CAA All-Rookie team...All-CAA Tournament selection...Coca-Cola Team Most Valuable Player...Played in all 105 games in 29 matches...Tallied 1,254 assists, 383 digs, 73 kills and 20 service aces...Led team in assists and digs...Averaged 11.94 assists and 3.65 digs per game...Led CAA in assist average and was sixth in dig average...Had 30 or more assists in 26 matches...Had 64 assists versus George Mason...Dealt 61 assists versus William & Mary...Was in double-figure digs in 23 matches...Had 26 digs versus Valparaiso and at William & Mary...Served four aces at Columbia...Had eight kills versus UC Davis...Had three blocks at Kentucky...CAA Rookie of the Week (10/11 and 10/18).

BACKGROUND: Lettered in volleyball and track at Roosevelt High School in Honolulu, Hawaii...Helped team to a sixth place finish at the Nissan HHSAA state tournament in 2003...Two-time team Most Valuable Player...Named to Honolulu Star-Bulletin All-Hawaii first team as a senior...All-Oahu Interscholastic Association second team selection as a sophomore and senior...All-OIA first team pick as a junior...Honor Roll student...Member of the National Honor Society...All-state honorable mention as a junior...Team co-captain as a senior.

PERSONAL: Has two brothers and one sister...Hobbies include surfing...Ronald McDonald House volunteer...Nicknames are "Shay" and "Shenanigan"...Plans to pursue a career in business...International business major.

Catching up with Shellane:   

Favorites

            Movie: "The Last Samurai"

            Food: Kalua pig and poi with sugar

            Music: Oldies

            Athlete: John Elway

            Quote: "Practice doesn't make perfect, it makes permanent. Perfect practice makes perfect." ? Vince Lombardi

            Hobbies: volleyball, surfing, sleeping

What is something that very few people know about you? I am afraid of E.T.

What is your best memory with the Hofstra Volleyball team? Capturing the CAA title and going to the NCAA Tournament.

Why Hofstra?  Because they had faith in me.

CAREER HIGHS

Kills:                8, last vs. Virginia Commonwealth (11-19-06)     

Assists:          65 vs. Cornell (12-1-06)      

Blocks:           3 at Kentucky (9-11-04)       

Aces:              4, last vs. William & Mary (10-21-06)         

Digs:               32 at Northeastern (11-12-05)

CAREER STATISTICS

Year        MP         GP           K          E           TA           PCT.        A           SA       BS      BA        DG

2004       29           105          73         27         239          .192         1254    20        0          18         383

2005       27           102          99         20         262          .302         1130    19        2          6            425

2006       31           111          107       24         271          .306         1293    29        0          13         321  Career            87        318     279     71        772     .269    3677   68        2          37        1129