2014 Football
Fino Elisaia
- Height:
- 6-null
- Weight:
- 315
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Union City, CA
- High School:
- James Logan HS
High School -- Elisaia collected 68 tackles,including four sacks and 12 for lost yardage, along with four passbreakups and two forced fumbles as a senior under head coach GeorgeZuber at James Logan High School in Union City ... earnedfirst-team All-Bay Area News Group East Bay honors on the defensiveline and also was All-Metro honorable mention ... Colts, who playeda freelance schedule, finished 9-3 overall and reached thequarterfinal round of the CIF-North Coast Section Division Iplayoffs ... Elisaia was named to the Polynesian All-American Bowland also earned his team’s Defensive Player of the Year, TopLinemen Of the Year and Captain Award ... a team captain and hasearned the team’s Scholar-Athlete Award three consecutiveyears ... also was a fullback on offense, rushing for 67 yards oneight carries and scoring one touchdown ... as a junior, notched 74tackles, including two sacks, and recovered one fumble ... alsoconsidered offers from San Jose State, Idaho State and SacramentoState and received interest from Eastern Oregon, Boise State, UCDavis, Colorado, Army, Penn State, Cal, Colorado State, Stanford,Nevada, Washington State and USC before choosing Cal Poly because“they made me feel at home and that’s what I wanted.I’m majoring in sciences or engineering and Cal Poly has oneof the best engineering programs in the world. Football istemporary and I wanted to make sure that, where I go, I will have agood degree after that” ... an Honors/Advanced Placementstudent, benches 350 pounds, squats 610, and has recorded a235-pound power clean ... was named MVP of the Arizona Statesatellite camp in the Bay Area and participated in the StanfordProspect Camp.
Personal -- Son of Yeoman and Elizabeth Elisaia... two brothers, Mason and Jared, and three sisters, Malaina,Jenee and Arei ... lists video games as his hobby ... wants to workin the medical field ... born November 13, 1996, in Hayward, Calif.... majors in kinesiology.
