The One stop to find out about Polynesians in sports at the amateur, high school, collegiate and professional levels and much more.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Kipeli Koniseti: Once a Sun Devil, Two Years Later...Still a Sun Devil
Linebacker—Kipeli Koniseti
College of the Sequoias/Grant Union High School (Sacramento, CA)
* (Four years to play three)
As the 2009 recruiting cycle neared the final hours, ASU offered a star athlete from Grant Union High School. This athlete could do it all, signal-calling, passing, running, tackling, stripping the football and kicking.
Kipeli Koniseti could do it all in high school. He even managed to lead Grant Union to a California State Championship victory over Long Beach Poly in 2008.
After grades and test scores held Koniseti back from joining the Sun Devils earlier, junior college was the only option to keep playing football. Koniseti's will to win never faltered.
Two recruiting classes later, Koniseti still has a spot on Erickson's team. Now, Koniseti has bulked up to 230 pounds and will look to make
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment