Personal
Parents are Soakimi and Pesiola...older brother Tom was a running back at BYU...recruited by all the PAC-10 schools, Nebraska and San Diego State...majoring in sociology.
Before BYU
Lettered four years in football and basketball plus two in track at San Mateo High...Peninsula Player of the Year...all-league, all-county, All-Bay Area, all-state...coached by Buzz Williams (Pacific).