HONOLULU – The University of Hawai‘i football program announced the addition of 14 prospects for the Class of 2024 during the early signing period. The group includes 12 high school standouts, one junior college transfer, and one four-year transfer.
Eight signees are on the offensive side of the ball and six on defense.
Seven signees are from the state of Hawai‘i. Four signees are from the “Ninth Island”, including quarterback Micah Alejado of national champion Bishop Gorman HS.
Eight signees play in the trenches – five on the defensive line and three on the offensive line. Five play offensive skill positions.
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HOMEGROWN TALENT
Seven of the state of Hawai‘i’s Top 20 high school prospects, according to 247Sports, inked with UH, including two of the Top 10 – DE Nazaiah Caravallo of Campbell High and DE Noah Wily of Saint Louis School.
Caravallo was the consensus top-ranked linebacker in the state while Wily held offers from a number of Pac-12 schools. DE Tristan Waiamau-Galindo recorded 12.5 sacks as a senior at Kamehameha Schools-Kap‘lama.
TE Frank Kahoa Abreu tallied 1,846 career receiving yards at Kamehameha Schools-Maui.
OL Tu‘i Muti of Punahou School won Cover2’s Olin Kreutz Award as the state’s lineman of the year while Punahou teammate LB Alika Cavaco-Amoy was a three-year starter for one of the state’s top defenses.
OL Joshua Tavui anchored the offensive line for the state’s top passing offense at Campbell for the past two seasons.
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HITTING THE JACKPOT
The Las Vegas to Honolulu pipeline continued with four signees in this year’s class. QB Micah Alejado led powerhouse Bishop Gorman HS to a MaxPreps national title in 2023 and threw for 9,233 yards and 125 touchdowns in his career.
Las Vegas native DL Dion Washington spent three seasons at Mountain West member Nevada, where he appeared in 27 games and was among the conference’s top-graded interior linemen.
RB Christian Vaughn rushed for 1,806 yards and 21 touchdowns in two seasons at Butte College after prepping at Desert Oasis HS in Las Vegas.
In addition, WR Armando Lewis, Jr. starred at North Las Vegas’ Canyon Springs HS, where he was a standout at both wide receiver and defensive back and two-time state track champion in the 110-meter hurdles.