Volleyball, Class of 2005
When volleyball was sanctioned by the California Community Colleges Commission on Athletics in 1977 there wasn't a more dominant team than Santa Ana College as the Dons claimed the firstever state championship with a perfect 49-0 record.
Santa Ana College downed Saddleback College to earn that first-ever state title. A major part of Santa Ana College's success was the play of Angie Andrade-Morioka who was also a member of the 1976 vollyeball team that finished 46-0 and claimed the national junior college title. In her two years the Dons were a perfect 95-0.
Andrade-Morioka was honored by her teammates as the team's most valuable player in both seasons she played for the Dons. Her talents didn't go unnoticed by her peers as she was a first-team allstate selection as a freshman and sophomore.
Andrade-Morioka's name was also found on every alltournament team that Santa Ana College ever entered.
The Hawaii-native's athletic talents didn't stop there as she played basketball for the Dons in 1978, served as the team captain and was named the team's most valuable player.
Andrade-Morioka accepted a scholarship to Brigham Young University where she played her junior year before returning to Hawaii and finishing her career in 1979 as a part of the University of Hawaii team that won the school's first AIAW National Title.
She played professionally, first in the IVA for the San Jose Diablos, then in the women's MLV for the Minnesota Monarchs and the Chicago Breeze before the league folded. Andrade-Morioka also played professionally in Italy before taking an operations supervisor position with DHL, a position she held for 15 years.
Currently she and her husband, Keith, live in Hilo, Hawaii, where she's the assistant volleyball coach for the University of Hawaii, Hilo.