2025 (Redshirt Senior):  All-Pacific West Conference Third Team at first base … team’s Most Outstanding Player … made 48 appearances with 47 starts … started 46 games at first base and one at designated hitter … slashed .323/.428/.582 with OPS of 1.010, all of which led the team … led squad in hits (51), runs (31), RBI (43), extra-base hits (18), home runs (11) and intentional walks (8) … PacWest rankings: 19th in slugging percentage and OPS, 24th in on-base percentage, tied for 15th in RBI, tied for 11th in homers and tied for eighth in hit-by-pitch … hit three grand slams, all coming in a span of seven days (Feb. 17 at Azusa Pacific, Feb. 22 at Westmont, Feb. 24 vs. Wichita State) … six homers came with runners on base … had 14 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI contests …had the team’s longest on-base streak of 21 … fielding percentage of .991 with 323 putouts and 23 assists … turned 33 of the team’s 41 double plays, the latter which was second in the PacWest … career-high five RBI and two homers in team’s upset over Division I Wichita State (Feb. 24) … had three games with four RBI … had four games with three hits … homered in final career game vs. Hawai‘i Pacific (May 1).

2024:  Redshirted.

Previous Schools:  Attended BYU in Provo, Utah, in 2022-23 and the University of Hawai‘i Manoa in 2020-21.
2023 (Junior at BYU):  Appeared in 23 games for the Cougars … hit .217 with 13 hits, three home runs, seven runs and 16 RBI.
2021 (Freshman at Hawai‘i):  Appeared in 28 games, making 15 starts for the Rainbow Warriors … hit .299 with two doubles, one triple, one homer, 10 runs and 14 RBI … first career hit came against Hawai‘i Pacific (March 6), part of a three-hit, two-RBI contest … first career home run was against Hawai‘i Hilo (March 14) … .280 batting average in Big West Conference play was the highest on the team who had played in at least half of all conference games.
 
Prep:  A 2020 graduate of Waiakea High School in Hilo, Hawai‘i … was a Baseball America Top 500 draft prospect … the 27th-ranked first baseman in the 2020 class … two-time Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) first team selection (2018, ’19) … named to the 2019 Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State First Team after hitting .417 with eight doubles and 20 RBI … helped the Warriors win the 2018 BIIF championship … 2019 New York Yankees Area Code Team and Toronto Blue Jays Scout Team … club team was Big Island Woodbat Academy.
 
Personal:  Parents are Kapela and Nahaku … majoring in Communications … would like to play Major League Baseball … enjoys diving, fishing and surfing.