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Posted on: Sunday, November 29, 2009

Grace guided 'Aiea to 12-0


Advertiser Staff

Hawaii news photo - The Honolulu Advertiser

'Aiea's Danielle Grace is West Player of Year.

ADVERTISER LIBRARY PHOTO | Nov. 26, 2008

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Hawaii news photo - The Honolulu Advertiser

Blythe Yamamoto

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Perfection is hard enough to pull off once.

But the 'Aiea girls volleyball team did it two years in a row in the O'ahu Interscholastic Association's Red Conference Western Division, going 12-0 for the second straight season.

So it was no surprise when Nä Ali'i took top honors after a vote of league coaches.

Danielle Grace, a 5-foot-9 senior opposite, repeated as OIA West Player of the Year and Blythe Yamamoto was named Coach of the Year.

Grace is joined on the West all-star first team by fellow Nä Ali'i Kelly Leopoldo (5-5, outside hitter, Sr.), Melelatu Samisoni (5-9, middle blocker, Sr.), and Ka'ala Leopoldo (5-2, libero, sophomore).

Pearl City landed two players on the first team: 5-8 junior outside hitter Tonisha Buford and 5-8 junior setter Marie Fujii.

Mililani 5-8 junior outside hitter/middle blocker Shyanne Cossey and Radford 5-8 senior outside hitter Kaeli Patton round out the first team.

Kelly Leopoldo and Samisoni are repeat picks.

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