Kahuku lineman Micah Soliai Howlett commits to Hawaii football
What was supposed to be an uneventful Monday turned into a day of good news for the Rainbow Warriors. Right wideout JoJo Ward was named the league’s Player of the Week in the morning, and then then Micah Soliai Howlett a highly regarded offensive lineman from Kahuku High, commits to UH. And, of course, the Warriors’ victory over Oregon State on Saturday ensured that all UH student-athletes could order omelets as part of the training-table meal.
Here’s the skinny on the Soliai Howlett addition:
> Soliai Howlett said he is 6 feet 4 and 295 pounds. He was named to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s 2018 All-State third team.
> He initially made an oral commitment to Arizona State in June. But he began having second thoughts, and last week he started leaning toward UH. He said he watched the Spectrum Sports telecast of the UH-Oregon State, from kickoff to that post-game scuffle. “I thought the game was good,” he said. “And once the game ended, I saw the UFC match on the sideline.”
It’s no secret that there are great things going on at the University of Hawaii. The energy and vibe I feel from the players and coaching staff is UNREAL! I want to be a part of something special. I’M STAYING HOME @NickRolovich @CoachWeber62 GOBOWS🌈🤟🏽#Commited
— Micah Soliai Howlett (@MicahSoliai) September 10, 2019
> Soliai Howlett received offers from Nevada, Fresno State, Syracuse and Liberty.
> His cousins are former Warriors Kamalani Alo and Kaeo Alo.
> He attended a UH spring practice in April, participated in the Rainbow Warrior Football Elite Camp in June, and watched one of the training-camp practices open to the public in August.
> Quote: “I want to be part of something special. I want to be one of the local boys who defends Pride Rock.”
> He said he will put his commitment into writing on Dec. 18, the first day of the early-signing period for football prospects.
> Earlier, UH received 2020 commitments from Mililani High offensive lineman Jake Tuatagaloa, Kamehameha-Kapalama linebacker Ezra Evaimalo, Hilo wideout Kilohana Haassenritter, Liberty Hill punter Matthew Shipley, and Campbell receiver Tamatoa Mokiao-Atimalala.
Congrats on a wise choice!
Huge pickup. Big mahalo to Micah for staying home to protect pride rock. Future 4 year starter on the line.
Another Soljah Warrior. Welcome and look forward to seeing your future contribution on the field. The current is starting to move towards Pride Rock’s advantage. Contributing Mainland players mixed with some our top local players makes for eye opening and entertaining football. So proud.
Jeremy Moussa has a record start.
https://sbvcathletics.com/sports/fball/2019-20/releases/2019090848pu6k
Awesome Micah!
Kudos to coaches Jason Cvercko and Mark Weber. Ecstatic Micah Soliai Howlett chose the Warriors.
Iyf, thanks for the link. I wonder what school he will end up with?
Howzit Everybody,
Another great win on the field and another great recruiting win off the field.
As BigIslandLava said, you can just feel the positive vibes flowing from lower campus right now. Not only with the football team but with Volleyball also.
Things are really looking up. Thank you Coach Rolo and the warriors along with Coach Robin and the wahine for letting us join the ride.
Not surprised about Moussa, more than a few folks said he had the best arm of everyone…then again Jeff George had a beautiful arm, was a head case..
Soliai Howlett probably can play both guard and tackle. But I do like the idea of recruiting a guard. It’s an underrated position, but very important. Teams need to control the interior, as well as have a guy powerful enough on pulls. Nice, smart pickup.
Things are looking up. With the local boys and mainland Warriors….things are looking up.
Pomai….
Warriors…27
Wash………21
Washington till Washout.
will
So guess who one of Jeremy Moussa’s targets was?
Yup, one Kade Greeley!
Go Warriors!
and a couple…just a couple…former Warriors!
ahem…you know what I mean….grrrr #sloppydakines
Would like to see Stovall return more kickoff’s. He has breakaway speed!
Stanford Steve rockin the UH Shirt on Bad Beats…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za_rYpyXTvQ
#14 – we only want Stovall to return 1 kickoff a game. He can return plenty punts, that’s ok.
Even with the current QBs, Uahinui has the best arm. Still waiting to see him in game action.
UH – UDUB blog score predictions
27 – 21 … NorthShoreFan
34 – 27 … uhwarrior23
38 – 30 … hilorain
52 – 21 … wafan
55 – 49 … Ipu Man
56 – 13 … Kekoa
56 – 14 … Akamai Okole/d1shima
Here are the ground rules for determining the blog prestigious prognosticator:
1) Duplicate predictions allowed (since there is NO prize)
2) OK to favor the opponent… but we hope you wrong 🙁
2) Predictions posted by 10:00 am on game day.
3) Closest score to the actual wins (absolute value total of over and under difference to both scores). In case of tie, closest to UH score wins.
A big welcome Micah; defend Pride Rock!
Not too late for UW and Reno tix–I can email them to you.
Come join our Road Warrior group at games at UW, Reno and UNLV; and sit with other UH fans and families of our current players at the 50 yard line right behind our beloved Warriors; with the families of Cole McDonald, Justin Uahinui, Jason Matthew-Sharsh, Kanai Picanco, Derek Thomas, Ben Scruton, etc. However, our group at UW is in the upper deck across our team bench due to the lack of availability of seats for our group size.
Our group is 450+ at UW and 500+ at UNLV; and come join our tailgates and meet your fellow diehard fans!
Email me: tomkitaguchi@yahoo.com
or Text me 415-324-0585
I’m not rooting for this outcome. I’m not a hater. I love this program. I hope I’m wrong, too. If Hawaii pulls off the upset, you can start talking about the Group of Five.
Washington 27
Hawaii 17
It’s in high altitude, right?
Hawaii 38 Washington 31
Micah, you make my day, wanting to be a Warrior! Micah’s decision and others who are coming, validate how special a program Rolo and the staff are creating. It’s much more than X’s and O’s. It taps into what makes our Rock in the Pacific special to us. We are fortunate to living in these special times.
I Mua
SteveM: Warriors 52
Dawgs 31
Great Evening All!
WTG, Mr. Soliai Howlett. Welcome Warrior!
Mahalo SteveM.
Aloha to the Numata Ohana. Just saw the story on HNN…
🙁
High altitude? The landing of Warrior Pirates, Hawaiian colors flying, is done at sea level as far as I know.
UH 33
UW 30
Go Warriors
I feel like a jerk. I would like to change my prediction.
Hawaii 24
Washington 23
GOTTA BELIEVE!!!
Altitude is negligible, Seattle is just a couple hundred feet above sea level.
Any Tsakios like one free round, I’ll be at the Sheraton Downtown.
Not even couple hundred feet above sea level. That stadium is right on the waters of Lake Washington.
Per Wikipedia:
Surface elevation 16 ft (4.9 m) above mean sea level, 20.6 ft (6.3 m) above Puget Sound mean lower low tide
No word on Eletise. Maybe he becomes eligible next week, conveniently after the Pac-12 games are done.
Maybe the Warriors should “land” using the War Canoe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqLaHpGesPM
The average elevation of Seattle is generally calculated to be around 170 feet (52 m).
BTW, I still maintain a Tsai-ko web page with some of the latest UH football announcements I glean from the blog and Facebook at: http://stevem.altervista.org
UH is looking good man win or lose against Washington. Look at how far we’ve come since the Chow Chow Chow days. They better take out that checkbook and pay Rolo what he deserves.
” The Run and Shoot Offfense comes to Seattle “.
https://www.uwdawgpound.com/2019/9/10/20859019/opponent-offense-preview-hawaii-uw-washington-huskies-football-rainbow-warriors
This would be a good time to apologize for all the times I brought up the flex-bone as being the key to a winning football program. In my defense, though, no, never mind my defense. I apologize.
Pride grows, phase two rolls! Welcome to the Warriors, Micah!
GO WARRIORS!!!
Since the game score predictions are tastefully constrained this week (except for the “permanent” predictions), I will post the list only once per day at around 7:00-ish:
UH – UDUB blog score predictions
24 – 23 … cappie the dog
27 – 21 … NorthShoreFan
33 – 30 … UH4eva
34 – 27 … uhwarrior23
38 – 30 … hilorain
38 – 31 … H-Man
52 – 21 … wafan
52 – 31 … bg
55 – 49 … Ipu Man
56 – 13 … Kekoa
56 – 14 … Akamai Okole/d1shima
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Here are the ground rules for determining the prestigious prognosticator:
1) Duplicate predictions allowed (since there is NO prize)
2) OK to favor the opponent… but we hope you wrong 🙁
2) Predictions posted by 10:00 am on game day.
3) Closest score to the actual wins (absolute value total of over and under difference to both scores). In case of tie, closest to UH score wins
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