{"id":1706,"date":"2026-06-23T04:09:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2026-06-23T04:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:09:35","slug":"iolani-volleyball-standout-ainuu-commits-to-top-ranked-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1706","title":{"rendered":"Iolani volleyball standout Ainuu commits to top-ranked Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; It\u2019s commitment season for many prep athletes, with more players announcing their college plans. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1704\">The Long Game: NFL Veteran &amp; UH Football All-Time Great Rich Miano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That includes an \u02bbIolani volleyball standout who still has two years of high school left.<\/p>\n<p>Junior Taimane Ainuu is already one of the best players in the county, and recently earned a spot on the under-19 USA national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I got the text that I made the roster for U19, I was running up and down screaming because I was so nervous because I would hear about these girls and I don\u2019t think anybody\u2019s heard about me until now,\u201d said Ainuu.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Get ready to hear her name even more. The Makakilo native has committed to the University of Texas, one of the top-ranked programs in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>She even turned down offers from powerhouse schools like Wisconsin, Nebraska, and USC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first call was with Texas at midnight and I was so nervous going in. I didn\u2019t want them to be my first call going in because I was so nervous but as I was going in they made me feel really comfortable,\u201d said Ainuu.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1703\">Hawaii delegation introduces bill to rename Waianae post office for Colleen Hanabusa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Hawaii connections already in place were part of why she felt so at ease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRella Binney, she was on my first club team, so it was just like I was really comfortable with her and I talked with her a lot about this. Even Saige Kaahaaina-Torres, she\u2019s on the national team now. I looked up to her when she was setting over there, so I think just having those Hawaii role models are just super nice,\u201d said Ainuu.<\/p>\n<p>Her announcement caps off a busy sophomore season leading Iolani to a state championship, then earning MaxPreps Hawaii Player of the Year honors.<\/p>\n<p>These accomplishments are all steps in the right direction to get her to her final goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to make the national team, be in the USA gym again and then hopefully play professional. Then hopefully I can be on the Olympic roster one day,\u201d said Ainuu.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Ainuu has already made the under-19 national team roster, but next month, she\u2019ll have to fight for a spot to travel with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1701\">Police search for missing Wailuku man who may be vulnerable, at-risk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If she makes it, they\u2019ll compete in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makakilo native Taimane Ainuu has committed to the University of Texas, one of the top-ranked programs in the nation, as a junior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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