Final Thought…
Kansas State defensive lineman Vaai Seumalo made Hawai'i football history when he became the first-ever Division I scholarship player to come out of Moloka'i High School. ESPN rated the 6-foot-3, 340-pound Seumalo the second best defensive tackle community college prospect in 2022, and he is already making a difference.
Long before Seumalo’s historic accomplishment, another Moloka'i-born athlete was making a name for himself on the gridiron. Between 1961 and 2010, Molokai High School did not have a football team, so young Kimo von Oelhoffen played football for Moanalua High School on O'ahu. The 6-foot-4 Von Oelhoffen eventually returned to Moloka'i High School to graduate, then went on to play football at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Walla Walla Junior College and finally Boise State. In 1994, the Cincinnati Bengals drafted him in the sixth round. Von Oelhoffen played 14 years in the NFL, earning a Super Bowl ring with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2006!
