Kim Willoughby, a member of the silver medal-winning U.S. volleyball team at the Beijing Olympics and a former star for the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine, pleaded no contest this morning to a felony assault charge and will be sentenced to five years of probation.

The plea was part of an agreement reached with prosecutors that also calls for restitution of an undetermined amount of money to Willoughby’s victim, who suffered fractured facial bones when she was punched several times outside a Honolulu nightclub December 6, 2006.
Deputy Prosecutor Sherri Chun said Willoughby was involved in an “altercation” inside the Pipeline Cafe with a friend of the victim.
When the victim, Sara Daniel, tried to intervene, Willoughby “pushed her in the face, knocking her down,” then followed the victim outside and punched her “several times” in the face, breaking a nasal bone and an eye socket, according to Chun.
Willoughby, 28, had no comment when she left court. She is to return July 20 for sentencing by Circuit Judge Karen Ahn.
At the request of defense attorney Richard Hoke, Ahn gave Willoughby permission to return to her home in Louisiana to be with her father, who is seriously ill.
Hoke had no comment had no comment after leaving court.
Willoughby is now playing professional volleyball in Italy and tested positive last month for a steroid, according to the Italian Olympic Committee.