Posted with permission, article and pictures, courtesy of University of Hawaii Manoa

As a former player turned Assistant Coach for the Men’s Volleyball team, Josh Walker is very familiar with how much the sport and the team means to the people of Hawai‘i.

“When I first came to Hawai‘i as a freshmen, I didn’t realize how big the fanbase was until I went to Times Supermarket and, while I was shopping, someone recognized me as a player on the Volleyball team,” he recalled. “I hadn’t even played a game yet. That’s when I realized that things were different here.”