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No green, no envy
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Miyashiro and Aratani are thriving after
leaving the state to play for Washington
By Cindy Luis
cluis@starbulletin.com
The future was supposed to be in green and white for Tamari Miyashiro.
Her mother, Joey Akeo Miyashiro, was a two-time All-American for Hawaii, including the program's inaugural volleyball season in 1974.
Her sister Tehani and cousin Aven Lee were second-generation Rainbow Wahine.
Tamari, like current Wahine setter Kanoe Kamana'o, was one with the court ... literally. They grew up at the Stan Sheriff Center as floor-wipers who mopped up players' sweat during timeouts of Hawaii matches.
It was during one of those moments in last Friday's match that Joey Miyashiro had a deja vu moment. When the floor-wipers were slow getting to a wet spot, UW setter Courtney Thompson started doing the w Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports /2005/09/22/ - Hawaii Renovation.