Warrior Beat: Hey, ’19
Yesterday’s pledge from a former 4-star athlete — back/receiver Melquise Stovall — further boosts the Warriors’ 2019 recruiting class.
Stovall was at California for two years before enrolling at Riverside City College this semester. Stovall, who can run 40 yards in 4.5 seconds, was rated as the nation’s No. 6 all-purpose back as a Paraclete High senior in 2016. He had committed, then de-committed to USC, before signing with Cal. UH has first-burn knowledge of Stovall. He scored a TD against the Warriors in the 2016 opener in Australia.
Stovall joins these commitments:
> Steven Fiso, athlete, Faga’itua High (American Samoa)
> Zach Daniel, quarterback, The Kinkaid School (Houston)
> Tiger Peterson, linebacker, Kamehameha Schools
> Kaimana Wa’a, offensive lineman, Crescent Valley High (Oregon)
> Thomas Wade, offensive lineman, San Clemente High (Calif.)
> Jonah Panoke, wideout, Saint Louis School
>Michael Washington, receiver, Monrovia High (Calif.)
Welcome, Melquise!
Things are looking up!!!
One and two, too!
Darius Muasau is also committed
You forgot Zach Bowers linebacker from Chandler AZ,
Jeezy
Thanks
Keep those outstanding recruits coming!
Can you help me reach my goal by chipping in $25 online with the last below link?
Got this email from Rolo:
Tom,
Received your email from my mom. Can’t tell you how thankful we are for what you have done throughout the years. I would like to pledge $500 to the account. Please put a $50 in the name of all the assistant coaches, I will let them know. Appreciate it.
—
Best Wishes and Aloha,
Nick Rolovich
Head Football Coach
University of Hawaii
#LiveAlohaPlayWarrior
http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/index.aspx
https://twitter.com/NickRolovich
Can you help me reach my goal by making a $25 donation to the UH Foundation Fund I created for UH Football recruiting–see below link.
If 2000 fans do this, we will raise $50,000. So far, I got 681 donors ($17,025), so only 1319 more donors to go–each donor spot represents $25.
After donating, text me your name to 415-324-0585 or email your receipt to: tomkitaguchi@yahoo.com so I can add it below (if you don’t mind):
1. Tom Kitaguchi, CA
2. Joel Gushikuma, VA
3. Michelle Houlihan (mom of Ben Scruton #36), Australia
4. Timothy Ho, CA
5. Jeffrey Domdoma, HI
6. Toni & Chris Martines, HI
7. D. Ng
8. Tom Mui, HI
9. Glenn Okada, HI
10. J Sakai
11. W Stallworth
12. Daniel Ng, CA
13. Dean Shimabukuro, CA
14. Dave Mutter, IL
15. Aaron Avilla, HI
16. Tammy Hadden (mom of former K Tyler Hadden), CA
17. E Hananoki
18. Scott Isara, CA
19. C Kobashigawa
20. J Nanya, CA
21. Daniel Ng, CA
22. Glenn Okada, HI
23. Mike Perry (brother of Fred Ulu-Perry’s grandpa), NV
24. D Rutt, HI
25. E Scott, ID
26. Keith Sherman, PA
27. E Stallworth
28. H Takahashi
29. E Stalwart
30. Rick Santana, HI
31. Glen Iwamoto
32. Graham McConnell, NY
33. C Kuniyuki, HI
34. Gerald Ushijima, HI
35. Barbara Heiking, HI
36. Curtis Sano, VA
37. M Yuen, HI
38. Al Kimura, HI
39. Dave Mutter
40. Andrew Uffman, CA
41. Wayne Miyasato
42. Garret Okamoto, CA
43. Neal Morisato, HI
44. Stevie Kiyosaki, HI
45. Carey Adachi, CA
46. Brian Koji, CA
47-50. Harold Imai $100
51. Jeff Duva, first QB for Dick Tomey 1977-78, CA
52. David Kam
53. J Aniya
54-57. William & Ramona Stutzmann $100
58. Greg Cummins, first punter for Dick Tomey 1977-78, CA
59. Wayne Coito, HI
60-64. Tom Kitaguchi $125
65-66. Timothy Ho $50, CA
67-70. Daniel Ng $100
71-74. Dave Mutter $100, former OL in 1970’s & biggest supporter of former players
75-76. Rick Santana $50
77-80. Gil Horita, HI
81-96. anonymous
97-98. Chad Sanborn $50, HI
99-102. Tom Kitaguchi $100
103-104. Herb Ho $50, HI
105. Gary Tokumori, CA
106-107. Leburta Kanno $50, HI
108-109. Milton Gibo $50, CA
110. Tyler Siu
111. Ipu Man
112. Lesley Torres, HI
113-114. Ross Shiraki $50, UHM ’80, CA
115-119. Tom Kitaguchi $125
120-121. Scott Simon
122. Roger Simon
123. Jarin Simon
124-127. Gerald Ushijima $100
128. Eric Saruwatari
129. John Amaki, CA
130-134. Glen Morisato $100, CA
135-136. Harold & Denise Imai, HI, Warrior fans for life!
137. Lee & Tricia Afusia, parents of Kody Afusia (former OL), CA
138. Gregg Isara, CA
139. Grant Tanimoto, HI
140. Roger Ikeda, CA
141. David Oride, HI
142-151. Rick Nakashima $250, HI
152-191. $1000 from Water Controls Inc. of Maui, who challenges other companies to do the same!
192. Desmond Ogata, HI
193. Carol E. Ogata, HI
194. Gwen Martin, HI
195-204. Pat Rogers $250
205-208. Rich Yamane $100
209-210. Rick Ikemoto $50
211. Garret Yamanaka, HI
212-237. Tom Kitaguchi $650
237-240. Ed Tamura $100, HI
241. W Figueira, HI
242. Shilene Matautia (mom of our star LB Solomon #27), HI
243-244. C. Y., WA
245. Ed McIntosh, HI
246. Bob Medeiros
247-250. Tom Kitaguchi
251. Kelly Toguchi, HI
252-254. Joey Gushikuma $100, VA
255. Fuchsia Yamashiro (UNLV tailgate head) $25 ongoing monthly, NV
256-275. Carey Adachi $500, CA
276-279. Mike Higa $100
280. G. Miyashiro, HI
281. Jason Shimizu, HI
282. Ken Araki, CA
283-284. Carl Nagami
285. Stephen Miller, AZ
286-289. Allen Kamemoto $100, HI
290. Matt & Ioke Wong, HI
291-292. Tim Chang, CA
293. Brian Perry (Fred Ulu-Perry’s grandpa), HI
294-295. Keone Chin, HI
296. Lance McGee, WA
297. Eddie Kim, CA
298-302. Lori Rolovich (yes, Rolo’s mom), CA
303. Matt Mitchell, HI
304. Clyde Matsusaka, HI
305-306. Curtis & Carol Kobashigawa, NV, Warrior fans for life!
307-310. Ronald Malandra, Maui, Long Bch St alum.
311. Darren Aoki, HI
312-313. anonymous
314-317. Wanda Kitaguchi, HI
318-321. Bob Kawai, H
322. Rob Morita, HI
323-324. Glenn & Sharon Yokoyama, HI
325. Clyde Rodrigues, Maui
326. Annie Deweese, HI
327. Laulauhead
328-525. Previous Warrior Nation Fund donors
526-527. Dave & Linda Olney, CA
528. Mirio Whitley, HI
529-532. anonymous, CA
533. Fuchsia Yamashiro, NV (ongoing monthly donation)
534. Tom Kitaguchi, HI (ongoing monthly donation)
535. The Punchbowl Kid
536. James Watari, HI
537. Daryl Williams, CA (former UH LB)
538. Randy Tobita, Lahaina, HI
539. Wayne Coito, HI
540. Louise Ferreira, HI
541. Yvette Paz, HI
542. Pauline Iwamoto, HI
543. Noreen Myman, CA
544. Stephen & Karen Maddox, NV
545-548. Lance & Eileen Ohara, CA
549-550. Mark Banker, UH football asst. coach
551-552. Corey Batoon, UH football asst. coach
553-554. Mark Weber, UH football asst. coach
555-556. Ricky Logo, UH football asst. coach
557-558. Andre Allen, UH football asst. coach
559-560. Brian Smith, UH football asst. coach
561-562. Craig Stutzman, UH football asst. coach
563-564. Mayur Chaudhari, UH football asst. coach
565-566. Abe Eliminian, UH football asst. coach
567-568. Jacob Yoro, UH football asst. coach
569. Howard Hanzawa, Maui
570. Tony Tony, CA
571. Richard Yuen, CA
572-575. What’s Up, TX
576. Tony N, CA
577. Richard Yuen, CA
578-579. Placido Valenciano, HI
580-584. Anonymous, CA
585. Pride Rock, HI
586-589. Alex & Doreen Dold, HI, of travel agency: doldworldjourneys.com
590-593. Ronald Malandra, Maui
594-597. Tom Mui, HI
598-601. Stanley Yamagata, HI
602-603. Dave Langille & Sherry Allison, Maui
604. Tim Watanabe, HI
605-607. anonymous
608-609. Brian Yamasaki, “In memory of Earl Ushijima”.
610. Kyle Oura, CA
611-614. Earl Mente, HI.
615. Glen Iwamoto, HI
616-619. John Mitsunaga, in honor of Sylvia Mitsunaga
620. Lester Magoon, HI
621-630. anonymous, HI
631. anonymous, Mililani, HI
632. Jon Nakasone, HI
633-656. Anonymous, CA.
657. W. Matsuoka, HI
658. Kelli Trifonovitch; mother of our kicker Alex
659-660. Miller Ohana, PC, HI
661. Erin Chadwick, Las Vegas, NV
662-663. H Hanzawa, Maui
664. M Whitley, Reno, NV
665. L Ohara, CA
666. Akamai Okole, HI
667. A Teshima, HI
668. B Fujimoto, HI
669. Earl Mente Realtors, Honolulu, HI
670. A Felix, HI
671. G Ushijima, HI
672. O Okada, HI
673. Kekoa
674. J Domdoma, HI
675. K Sherman, IL
676. D Frampton, Maui
677. L Miyahira, HI
678. S. Ho, CA
679. R Tafoya, CA
680. R Ikehara, CA
681. W Mukai, Kapaa
If I missed anyone who donated, pls text me 415-324-0585.
Mahalo, and pls share this with all of your fellow fans.
Tom Kitaguchi, founder of Hawaii Football Warrior Nation Facebook group (over 3320 members)
https://www.uhfoundation.org/impact/students/warrior-nation
Not too late to join our group of 250 fellow diehard Hawaii fans at SDSU on Nov 24; sitting on the 30-35 yd line on the visitor’s side with families of current players Cole McDonald, Dakota Torres, Derek Thomas, Malachi Mageo & former player Kody Afusia. $35. Also join our tailgate there in section H3 of the parking lot. Text Tom 415-324-0585
Isn’t Scott McLeod a greyshirt also coming to campus in January
Is WR Scott McLeod part of the 2019 class?
A very similar name, Melquan Stovall WR from Junipero Serra committed to Nevada; confused me at first, but he’s a different player.
Counting the greyshirts and Stovall, the commit count Is up to 10. Not bad. Actually pretty good with talent at WR.
I think the kid who committed to Nevada is Melquise’s younger brother.
One man’s discard in another man’s treasure. We can’t get players at the top, we have to wait for them to drop down in price.
Howzit, Jeezy!
turfwar- Thank you for commenting on my post.
I also think women’s basketball should split up Division I into a FBS and FCS system.
When a low mid-major like Hawaii faces Top 25 competition, both teams don’t look like they’re in the same division.
Vince Goo sprung the occasional upset, most memorably, upending nationally ranked Virginia led by Dawn Staley, but as Bob Dylan says, “Things Have Changed”.
More than any other sport, it has been my observation that the gap between the haves and have-nots is widest in women’s basketball.
That game vs Cal seems like it was ages ago already. That’s a nice get for the offense. I’m guessing it’s pretty much an assumed thing that Ursua will be leaving after this year?
Early signing day for basketball. Shocker to noone that Ganot hasn’t signed anyone.
With the caliber of players Ganot recruits it’s probably a good thing he didn’t sign anyone. Let the next coach bring in his own recruits. I mean we made North Texas look like North Carolina. I walked out at half time and am pretty sure I’m giving up my season tickets as it seems to me that Matlin is all in with Ganot despite less than 3000 in the stands nightly. I think a program like North Texas that showcases the talent and coaching we saw last week is not too much to ask of for our Hawaii teams. Don’t believe Ganot is the guy who can take us there. And now we have to look forward to facing N.Arizona and Hilo? A waste of time and money.
16. Ganot is arguably the worst basketball recruiter I’ve seen since I’ve been alive. Bob Nash probably worst HC. Ganot is a really good coach though so Hawaii will be competitive enough for him to keep his job going forward. Just not sure I’m going to waste my time and money to attend many games when his brand of basketball is very boring compared to the coached with Gib Arnolds players. I don’t know if he’s just lazy when it comes to recruiting because he puts all his energy to game planning or is his ego just so big that he thinks he can develop these “high character kids” into legit players on the basketball court. He makes it a point that he won’t recruit these inner city talent kids that might butt heads with him at times. Was coaching Rod Bobbitt that difficult? I mean it seemed to be worth it at the end of the season. He just doesn’t wanna go after kids like that. I think Ganot needs to put his ego aside and realize not all kids coming from low income neighborhoods are always raised right and he might need to develop men in the process of his coaching.
I read many opinions of UH coaches. We offer differing opinions and that is good. Many of the coaches we’ve not agreed with have moved on to bigger and better programs. Be careful of what we ask for…we may get it.
This week an awful lot is on the line against UNLV. Warriors are gonna have to play intense physical all out football. Gonna have to be almost mistake free and some leaders have to emerge, Looking for a few tweaks in the lineup on both sides of the ball and a few offensive wrinkles. Does not matter who they start at QB our effort has to be at a high level. Hoping we get that lucky 7 for a lot of reasons! GoWarriors!!!!
16. & 17. So far, tickets issued for the 3 home basketball games ranged from 5401 to 5037.
As for the player 17 mentions or any player, you need the players to graduate or your team APR will go down. If it goes down too much, you may get sanctions imposed on the team. Also, you don’t need a player suspended for 1 game or whatever it turns out to be because he argues with the opposing coach on the sidelines. And you want players who will want to listen to you all of the time.
Ganot is using the Saint Mary’s blueprint. Not unexpected. He also has Riley Wallace DNA (figuratively) so there may be an international quality to Ganot’s process. He can win with the right pieces, we’ve seen that. Was clunky vs North Texas for sure. I think it was just a bad night. Can shake off. Ganot has to find a “tough minded” rotation to use when things go “off the rails”, especially when it happens so early, just to re-set the confidence and competitiveness. He can do it. Probably harder to do it here but Wallace did it. I think Ganot can too. Two more athletic wings maybe . Can do.
20. I didn’t say to recruit guys with no grades or Joston Thomas type headaches. I just said you need to take a chance on some kids who might not have come from “great families” like Eran always mentions. You might have to recruit a talented kid from a low income neighborhood who might need to grow up in college. I’m not saying to recruit 5 of them. it’s hard to get into Uh anyway so whoever you recruit needs good enough grades to get here.
Rod Bobbitt from Oakland or AC Carter from Atlanta are examples of guys who might not have grown up in the same middle class household like Ganot. But you need a guy like them with a bulldog to lead these other kids you bring in.
Right now, Ganot top PG the last couple of years has been a rich walk on from Texas that Gib brought in.
19. Agree. UNLV can run the ball, their QB can throw enough and their defense stopped SDSU’s running game pretty good.
I don’t agree with a radio host who said he thinks that UNLV’s win last week was more that SDSU is not that good this year and UH has a good chance vs SDSU too. Maybe we have a chance but they are a good team.
He says that because they lost to UNLV, saying the Aztecs lost their #1 QB and running back or something.
Checking the stats, their other QB Agnew was running the team when SDSU beat Arizona St and Boise St. and in most of the other wins. Also, QB Chapman has come back and is playing now .
RB Washington has come back too. The other RB’s are good also.
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