Mere days after the Hawaii women’s volleyball 2024 season came to an end, the offseason has already proven an eventful one for the Rainbow Wahine.

Big West Player of the Year and AVCA All-Pacific Region honoree Caylen Alexander is among three UH players with eligibility remaining who have entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Alexander is coming off a prolific season in which the junior hitter from Alpharetta, Ga., led NCAA Division I players in total kills (611) at the time UH’s season ended at 21-10 with a sweep loss to TCU in the NCAA Tournament first round in Eugene, Ore., last Thursday.

The other portal entries are starting middle Jacyn Bamis, a Clemson transfer from Spokane, Wash., and backup setter and defensive specialist Jackie Matias, a Punahou School alumna from Honolulu.

Alexander’s 1,225 career kills ranks 16^th in UH program history. Her total in 2024 (on .259 hitting) was the highest for a Wahine player in a single season since Jamie Houston in 2007, when the NCAA still used a 30-point set scoring system.

Bamis was an All-Big West honorable mention in her second season at UH, and first in a starting role. She recorded 262 kills on .279 hitting with 82 total blocks.

Matias, a three-year UH player including a redshirt year in 2022, totaled 53 assists, 39 digs and nine service aces in 88 sets played.

Alexander and Bamis have not made an announcement on social media, but Matias wrote in an Instagram post, “Thank you Hawaii … 4ever the place I call home.”

Entering the portal does not preclude players from coming back next season, but it allows other programs to contact them.

Brian McInnis covers the state’s sports scene for Spectrum News Hawaii. He can be reached at brian.mcinnis@charter.com.