Pacific University Athletics

2012: Started seven games and played in eight at defensive end…Finished second for Pacific with three sacks and third with five tackles for loss…Opened campaign with season-high five tackles, including four solo tackles and a tackle for loss, against Simon Fraser on 8/30/12…Followed up with four-tackle performance, including three sacks for loss of 21 yards, at Occidental on 9/8/12…Had three tackles, including tackle for loss, at Lewis & Clark on 10/27/12.
 
2011: Played in all nine games and made eight starts at defensive end…Led Boxers with 6.5 tackles for loss for a total of 23 yards…Also led Pacific with three sacks…Registered five tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss against Menlo on 9/10/11…The next week, also had five tackles with one tackle for loss at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on 9/17/11…Also posted five-tackle performance with a tackle and a sack against Willamette on 10/8/11…In opener against Simon Fraser on 9/3/11, finished with four tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack, a blocked kick and recovered a fumble.
 
2010: Started all nine games at defensive end…Came up with season-high three tackles, all solos, against Puget Sound on 10/30/10…Finished with two solo tackles and a sack against Lewis & Clark on 10/2/10 and against Whitworth on 10/23/10…Also had a blocked kick attempt against the Pioneers…Finished season with 13 tackles and nine solo tackles.
 
High School: Played for David Stant at Kamehameha High School…2009: First Team Hawaii All-State and Second Team All-Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) at defensive tackle…OC16 Team Player Award…Hawaii Prep Bowl participant….Senior Player of the Year award recipient…Helped lead Kamehameha to Hawaii state championship…Finished with 60 tackles, including 43 for loss with 22 sacks and two forced fumbles…2008: Honorable Mention All-ILH at defensive tackle…Received the team’s Underclassman Award…Finished with 45 tackles, 36 for loss, and 15 sacks with two forced fumbles…Also participated in basketball and track and field…Was an Honorable Mention All-ILH basketball player at center and forward.
 
Personal: Son of Paul & Rene Aano…Business major with marketing emphasis…Chose Pacific because of the great education if offers, because of its reputation with Hawaii students and for the football program…Favorite TV Shows: Tanked and Sons of Anarchy… Favorite Book: Shaq (Shaquille O’Neal)…Favorite Quote: Do your job the best so that the living, the dead and the unborn cannot do it any better (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)…Career Ambition: To work for a NFL or NBA front office and to open his own restaurant.