Uncle played football for the Iowa Hawkeyes; cousin A.J. Epenesa currently plays for the Buffalo Bills; cousin Jacob Tuioti-Mariner plays football for the Atlanta Falcons
Before BYU
Played for California Cruisers (18 gold)
Finished second at 18G PGF Nationals in 2015 and third in 2016
High school team took first in the 2016 Valley View Inland Championship League and qualified for CIF playoffs
Played for Moreno Valley Shockwave from 2012-2015
Won the PONY National Championship in 2010 with the Moreno Valley Youth Federation's 10U All-Star team
Also a standout high school volleyball player and was the All-CIF MVP in 2016
Named to the All-CIF Southern Section Girls' Volleyball Team in both 2015 and 2016
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2019
Played in 24 games and started 8
Scored one run as a pinch runner against No. 9 South Carolina (2/7)
Scored one run as a pinch runner against No. 9 South Carolina (2/7)
Went 2 for 4 at the plate with two runs and one RBI at LBSU (3/7)
Tallied one run in two games against Pacific (4/12-13)
Scored one run as a pinch runner at Santa Clara (5/10)
Sophmore Year
2021
All-WCC First Team
WCC Player of the Week (4/26)
Played in 48 games, starting in 44 of them
Finished the season with a .316 batting average, .553 slugging percentage and .443 on-base percentage
Tallied 36 hits, 19 runs, seven home runs and 28 RBI
Crushed a walk-off homer against Utah (4/21)
Seven multiple-hit games and seven-multiple RBI games
10-game hitting streak, tied for a team-high
Team-leading 21-game reached base streak
Junior Year
2022
All-WCC First Team
Finished with a .349 batting average, 46 runs and 53 hits
Also tallied nine home runs and 37 RBI
Started all 52 of the Cougars’ games
Senior Year
2023
All-WCC Second Team
WCC Player of the Week (2/20)
Hit .275 on the year with 36 hits, 23 runs scored, 18 RBI, nine doubles and five home runs
Recorded a .458 slugging percentage and .383 on-base percentage
Hit a walk-off two-run homer against Portland State at the Littlewood Classic in Tempe, Arizona (2/17)
Played in 49 of the Cougars’ 52 games, starting 45 of them
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Did not play due to injury
Medical Redshirt Year
Sophomore
2020
Played in all 23 games, starting 20 before the season was suspended
Second on the team in doubles with four
Blasted first career homer against Nebraska (2/21)
Scored two runs against Bethune Cookman with a double and one RBI (2/22)
Against Illinois hit a two-run homer (2/27)
Went 2/3 against California with one run, one homer and three RBI also recording a career-high slugging percentage of 1.670 (2/29)