Tainano Gaulua '17 Recruiting Profile

Winning the Hawaii Big Boys Football League championship for my community team called Kalihi Disciple two years in a row was the highlight of my freshman and sophomore year. However, I feel I grew the most as a student-athlete my sophomore year when my high school junior varsity team made it to state championship and fell short of the scores. As much as it hurt, I knew that my team and I cannot dwell on the loss forever and had to refocus and prepare ourselves for varsity the following year. The loss motivated me to train hard and built up to become a strong athlete playing for both defense and offense. As training becomes intense, my main focus was to meet varsity standard and be strong enough to play at a college-level.