University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2019 (Senior):

• All-MW honorable mention.
• Named to the Polynesian Player of the Year Watch List.
• Played in all 15 games, starting all but one contest.
• Second on the team in tackles with 81.
• Added 5.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, two interceptions and a pass break-up.
• Picked off passes in wins at New Mexico and versus Army. 
• Had no less than four tackles in 14 of 15 games, including a season-high eight versus Fresno State.
• Finished career 14th all-time at UH in tackles (280).
• Invited to the 2020 Hula Bowl. 

2018 (Junior):

• Named to the Polynesian Player of the Year watch list.
• Played in 13 games, starting 12.
• Missed only game of the season vs. Duquesne.
• Led the team with 92 tackles, including 54 solo wrap-ups.
• Also accounted for 4.0 tackles-for-loss, a sack and two quarterback hurries.
• Second on the team in in pass breakups with four.
• Racked up a season-high 14 tackles against Rice (Sept. 8)
• Also had 12 tackles and two forced fumbles at San Jose State (Sept. 29).
• Earned academic all-MW honors.

2017 (Sophomore):

• Recipient of the team’s Coach Dave Holmes Most Improved Player Award.
• The team’s second-leading tackler with 85 tackles (50 solo, 35 assisted).
• Among his tackles were 4.5 tackles-for-loss and one sack.
• Forced two fumbles, both at Nevada.
• Had 10 or more tackles in four contests, including a career-high 15 at Utah State.
• Led the team with three interceptions.
• Scored two defensive touchdowns, one on an interception return and the other on a fumble return.
• Tallied his first career touchdown when he returned an interception 19 yards for a score, part of a UH fourth-quarter rally vs. Fresno State.
• Also recorded interceptions at Massachusetts and at UNLV, his interception at UMass occurred during UH’s first defensive series of the season and returned a red-zone interception 40 yards, in snuffing a UNLV scoring drive.
• Added 12 tackles, a sack, and a pass breakup against the Rebels.
• Notched his second career touchdown in the season finale when he returned a BYU fumble 40 yards for a score.
• Finished with 10 tackles vs. the Cougars.
• Selected academic all-MW. 

2016 (Freshman):

• Appeared in 13 games.
• Started four straight games at ‘WILL’ linebacker.
• Missed only game of the year vs. UT Martin (Sept. 10).
• Recorded 22 total tackles (11 solo, 11 assisted) including 3.5 for loss (9 yards).
• Made his first career start against New Mexico (Oct. 29), recorded a season-best six tackles against the Lobos.
• Had five tackles in a key rivalry win at Fresno State (Nov. 19).
• Notched his first career stop at Michigan (Sept. 3).
• Posted tackles for loss at Arizona (Sept. 17) and at San Diego State (Nov. 5).
• Had a quarterback hurry vs. Middle Tennessee (Dec. 24).
• Selected academic all-MW.

2015:

• Redshirted.

Prep:

• A 2015 graduate of Campbell High School on O‘ahu, playing under former UH all-conference lineman Amosa Amosa.
• Named Honolulu Star-Advertiser first team all-state, ScoringLive first team all-Hawai‘i Division I, KHON Cover2 first team all-state and American Family Insurance All-USA Hawai‘i team and two-time first team all-OIA.
• R?ated No. 7 in the state of Hawai‘i and the 67th-best safety nationally by ESPN.
• Rated 10th-best prospect in the state of Hawai‘i and No. 99 safety nationally by 247Sports and also rated No. 10 in the state by Rivals.
• Rated the No. 11 prospect in the state by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
• Rated 14th-best prospect in Hawai‘i and 21st-best outside linebacker in the West by Scout.
• ScoringLive all-Hawai‘i Division I first team as a punt returner and defensive back in 2013.
• Collected four punt returns for touchdowns and a 102-yard interception return.

Personal:

• Born in ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu.
• Nickname is “Soly”.
• Major is human development and family resources.
• Has three older brothers and two younger sisters.
• Parents are Benjamine and Shiline Matautia of ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu.