University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2014 (Senior): Started all 13 games on the defensive line…finished the season with 34 total tackles (15 solo, 19 assisted), including 1.0 for loss, one fumble recovery, four quarterback hurries, one pass breakup, and two blocked kicks…career-high seven tackles and recovered a fumble at Rice (Oct. 4)…blocked kicks in consecutive games against San Jose State (Nov. 15) and UNLV (Nov. 22)…tallied five tackles against Utah State (Nov. 1)…had two QB hurries in season-opener versus Washington (Aug. 30).

2013 (Junior): Appeared in nine games, making seven starts at defensive tackle…finished the season with 29 total tackles, including 6.5 for loss, three pass breakups and one fumble recovery…career-high six tackles at Oregon State (Sept. 7) and Colorado State (Oct. 26)…had four tackles and two tackles-for-loss at UNLV (Oct. 12)…recovered a fumble at Nevada (Sept. 21).
 
2012 (Sophomore): Started the first two games of the season at defensive tackle before suffering a season-ending injury against Lamar (Sept. 15)…recorded one tackle in the season-opener against USC (Sept. 1).

2011 (Freshman): Appeared in 12 games as a defensive lineman…finished season with 11 tackles, including 0.5 for loss…also had one pass breakup at San Jose State (Oct. 14)…season-high three tackles each at UNLV (Sept. 17) and against Brigham Young (Dec. 3).

2010: Redshirted.

Prep: A 2010 graduate of Saint Louis School in Honolulu, O‘ahu...three-year varsity letterman…played defensive end…two-time first team all-ILH and The Honolulu Advertiser all-state honorable mention as a junior…also earned all-league honors twice...member of 2007 squad that captured league championship and finished as state runner-up…invited to play in Samoa Bowl…competed in the H.U.B. Goodwill Senior Bowl…also played baseball, starting four years at catcher...earned all-state and all-league honors twice…a scholar-athlete.

Personal: Born in ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu...majoring in sociology...has one brother and two sisters...parents are Jerry and Yvonne Samia of ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu.