University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2024 (Senior):

• Served as one of five team captains.
• Named a team captain for the second straight year.
• A semifinalist for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award.
• Also a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, awarded to the top college player with a combination of academics, leadership and on-field performance.
• Earned the team's Ben Yee Most Inspirational Player Award.
• Appeared in all 12 games, starting eight at linebacker.
• Finished second on the team with 52 tackles, including 32 solo.
• Also recorded an interception in UH’s home opener vs. UCLA.
• Recorded a season-high eight tackles in a win against Nevada.
• Earned academic All-Mountain West honors.

2023:

• A team captain
• Started first three games at linebacker.
• Tallied 21 tackles (18 solo) including four for loss in those first three games.
• Recorded nine total tackles including two for loss against Stanford in home opener.
• Missed the final 10 games due to a season-ending injury.

2022:

• Appeared in all 13 games. 
• Amassed a team-best 85 tackles with 49 solo and 4.0 for loss.
• Finished as the team’s leading tackler despite only joining the full-time rotation in the second half of the season.
• Started the final six games at linebacker.
• Registered double-digit tackles in each of those starts, highlighted by a 16-tackle performance against Colorado State.
• First UH player in 21 years to record six straight games with double-digit tackles.
• Averaged 12.8 tackles per game and had 77 tackles during that stretch, the second-most nationally during that span.
• Had 11 solo tackles in a win against UNLV.
• Also snagged his first career interception against the Rebels. 
• Registered only sack of the season against Wyoming.
• Named to the CSC academic all-district team.
• Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.
• A Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

2021 (Redshirt):

• Missed the majority of the season due to injury.
• Appeared in four games.
• Did not record any statistics.

2020:

• Played in eight games as a reserve defensive back and on special teams.
• Finished the year with five tackles, including three solo.
• Had a tackle in each of the final three games of the year.
• Earned academic all-MW honors.
• A Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

• Appeared in all 11 games for El Camino College in California in 2019.
• A second-team all-SCFA National Division Central League pick at safety.
• Also served as team captain.
• Second on the team with 75 tackles.
• Also recorded 6.5 tackles-for-loss, one sack, one forced fumble, one interception and eight pass breakups.
• Prior to El Camino, played at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah.
• Appeared in all 11 games for the Thunderbirds, recording 39 tackles and three pass breakups.

• A 2018 graduate of Narbonne High School in Harbor City, Calif.
• Helped Narbonne to a pair of state championships and four city titles.
• Twice named to the all-area first team.
• Selected the Daily Breeze Newcomer of the Year as a freshman at South Torrance High.
• Set a single-season school record with 10 interceptions as a senior.
• Also recorded 87 tackles as a senior.
• An honor roll student.

• Born in Harbor City, Calif.
• Nickname is “Spiff.”
• Earned degrees at UH In both human development and family studies and interdisciplinary studies.
• Has two brothers.
• Has two sons, Kobe King and Vader Ali'i.
• Mother is Amy Kuenstler of Harbor City, Calif.