University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2025 (Senior)

Consensus All-American
Lou Groza Award finalist
AFCA First-Team All-American
Associated Press First-Team All-American
Walter Camp First-Team All-American
CSC First-Team Academic All-American
CBS Sports First-Team All-American
ESPN First-Team All-American
Phil Steele First-Team All-American
FWAA Second-Team All-American
The Athletic Second-Team All-American
Sports Illustrated Second-Team All-American
Sporting News Second-Team All-American
USA Today Second-Team All-American
Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Year
First-Team All-Mountain West
CSC Academic All-District

• First Consensus All-American in program history.
• 27-for-29 on field goal attempts.
• Tied a 43-year old FBS record for consecutive made field goals to start a season with 25 (Chuck Nelson, Washington, 1982).
• Set a Mountain West and school record for consecutive made field goals to start a season.
• Made 26 consecutive field goals from the end of the 2024 season through Nov. 29, 2025.
• Matched the Mountain West record (Gabriel Plasencia, San Diego State) and shattered the previous school record of 20 (Jason Elam).
• Finished second in the nation with a school record with 27 made field goals.
• Fifth in FBS with a 93.1 field goal percentage.
• Tied for sixth in FBS in scoring with 121 total points.
• Only kicker nationally with at least 25 made field goals and two or fewer misses.
• Started the season with a streak of seven consecutive games with multiple field goals made and no misses - the longest in Mountain West history.
• Made multiple field goals in each of the first seven games; made at least one field goal in all 13 games.
• Just the second player in UH history to be named a Lou Groza Award finalist, joining Jason Elam (1992).
• A CSC first-team Academic All-American, just the fourth in school history.
• Earned CSC Academic All-District honors for the second consecutive year.
• Named team’s Special Teams MVP.
• Named a midseason All-American by seven different outlets (Associated Press, Athlon, CBS Sports, Pro Football Focus, Sports Illustrated, Sporting News, The Athletic).
• Four-time Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week.
• Kicked game-winning field goal as time expired in a Week 0 win over Stanford.
• Named a Lou Groza Award Star of the Week following Week 0 and Week 1.
• Connected on a career-long 52-yard field goal vs. Fresno State on Sept. 20.
• 52-yarder is the longest made field goal by a UH kicker since 2016 (Rigoberto Sanchez at Michigan).
• Made two fourth-quarter field goals in a win at Air Force on Sept. 27.
• Surpassed Jason Elam (20, 1989) for the longest streak of consecutive made field goals in school history with a 26-yard make at Colorado State on Oct. 18.
• Earned academic All-Mountain West honors.

2024 (Junior):

• Appeared in all 12 games as the team’s placekicker.
• Led the team in scoring (68 points).
• Went 12-for-16 on field goal attempts.
• Went a perfect 32-for-32 on PAT attempts.
• Kicked a season-long 41-yard field goal against UNLV.
• Converted on multiple field goals in four games. 
• Kicked the game-winning PAT against Fresno State with 15 seconds remaining. 
• Named to the Mountain West academic all-conference team.
• Earned CSC Academic All-District honors.
• Named a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
• Earned academic All-Mountain West honors.

2023:

• Did not compete in any games.
• Named a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

• Played for Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio two seasons.
• As a sophomore, drilled 12 of 17 field goal attempts, including a long of 50 yards.
• Converted 16 of 17 extra points.
• Drilled two field goals, including a 50-yard game-winner in a 13-12 win over Louisburg.
• Earned NJCAA DIII Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his efforts.
• Named to the NJCAA all-academic team.
• Ranked among the top 10 kickers in the class of 2023 by Chris Sailer Kicking.

• A 2017 graduate of Makuhari Sogo High School in Chiba, Japan.
• A three-year letter winner in soccer.
• Named among “Best 8” in the state.
• A team captain.

• Born in Ichikawa, Japan.
• Majoring in sports management.
• Has one younger brother.
• Parents are Tetsuhara and Hiromi Matsuzawa of Ichikawa, Japan.