Akana Athletics, LLC

🔟 DAYS MOLOKAI! We are looking forward to seeing you all again and helping develop YOU into the very best version of yourself! We got a great 2-day camp prepared for you ... Let's WORK and have some fun!

Sign Up Here! https://akanaathletics.yolasite.com/registration.php

5️⃣2️⃣ Days until our FREE Football Skills Camp for kids ages 8-17! Registration is now open ... Because the feedback on last years format was so great, we have decided to partner up with County of Maui Department of Parks & Recreation again and do our Friday camp at Kaunakakai park, under the lights. We will showcase 2 flag games (Keiki & Girls) and the boys playing an elite version of 7 on 7 called MAYHEM 7's! Come spend "Friday Night Lights" with us in town and watch our keiki and 'opio ball out!

Saturday's camp will resume at the high school for the 'Opio only (Ages 13-17) *A select few 12 year olds will be invited to participate on Saturday. They will be announced on Friday night!

REGISTER NOW @: www.akanaathletics.yolasite.com/registration.php

*At the end of the registration, please be sure to check the box for the "Liability Waiver" and the "Photo Release for Minor", if we have permission to use your childs photo in future Akana Athletics LLC, Molokai Football Skills Camp advertising and promotions.

In 2019, at our inaugural Molokai Football Skills Camp, we couldn’t help but notice this huge young man with a Lion’s mane! He impressed us in all of the drills. He was not clumsy, he was quite athletic for a boy his size. When we asked , who this kid was, he said “Oh, that’s Uso ... he’s a senior this year and this will be his first year playing football”. What?!? His parents thought it was too violent a sport and thought he would get hurt. After years nagging, since middle school, asking his parents if he could play football, they finally caved and said ok. The rest was history!

We did our best to put him in front of all the collegiate coaches that we knew personally, to see if anyone had an interest in taking a chance on a kid that only played one year of high school football. It was a tall order. Coach Kahale did a great job in pulling his resources to get Uso an opportunity to go the JUCO route, which paid off well for him. Garden City CC in Kansas City offered him, and that was his ticket out! Probably the best thing for him, as he got the reps to just play at a higher and faster level. It didn’t take long, before Coach Mike Tuiasosopo, the D-Line coach at Kansas State had eyes on him, and gave him a chance to see what he could do. Uso was on scholarship in no time! and found himself getting playing time, and playing in the 2022 Big 12 Championship game and the 2022 Sugar Bowl. He had a great and fulfilling collegiate career, something he and his parents can be very proud of!

What’s next? Well, he was recently signed as an undrafted free agent, to the defending Superbowl champions, Seattle Seahawks! Let’s just say, he’ll have to go the “NFL JUCO” route again. He knows what he needs to do to make the 53-man roster, he’s done it before ... we have no doubt that he’ll do it again! Congratulations Uso! I know the island, the team, is proud of what you have accomplished. We ALL behind you! E’O MOLOKAI!

In 2019, at our inaugural Molokai Football Skills Camp, we couldn't help but notice this huge young man with a Lion's mane! He impressed us in all of the drills. He was not clumsy, he was quite athletic for a boy his size. When we asked Head Coach Mike Kahale, who this kid was, he said "Oh, that's Uso ... he's a senior this year and this will be his first year playing football". What?!? His parents thought it was too violent a sport and thought he would get hurt. After years nagging, since middle school, asking his parents if he could play football, they finally caved and said ok. The rest was history!

We did our best to put him in front of all the collegiate coaches that we knew personally, to see if anyone had an interest in taking a chance on a kid that only played one year of high school football. It was a tall order. Coach Kahale did a great job in pulling his resources to get Uso an opportunity to go the JUCO route, which paid off well for him. Garden City CC in Kansas City offered him, and that was his ticket out! Probably the best thing for him, as he got the reps to just play at a higher and faster level. It didn't take long, before Coach Mike Tuiasosopo, the D-Line coach at Kansas State had eyes on him, and gave him a chance to see what he could do. Uso was on scholarship in no time! and found himself getting playing time, and playing in the 2022 Big 12 Championship game and the 2022 Sugar Bowl. He had a great and fulfilling collegiate career, something he and his parents can be very proud of!

What's next? Well, he was recently signed as an undrafted free agent, to the defending Superbowl champions, Seattle Seahawks! Let's just say, he'll have to go the "NFL JUCO" route again. He knows what he needs to do to make the 53-man roster, he's done it before ... we have no doubt that he'll do it again! Congratulations Uso! I know the island, the team, is proud of what you have accomplished. We ALL behind you! E'O MOLOKAI!

Hoʻomākaukau Molokai! 😎🤙🏈💚🤍

Congratulations to Bradah Brandyn and his Red Raiders, your 2026 HHSAA STATE BOYS D1 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS! We really appreciate you for elevating our collective blood pressures and putting us in cardiac arrest ... the WHOLE game! 😆😂 🏆🏀🔴⚫️

Happy 15th Birthday to this awesome girl! Have a fabulous day Meilani! 🥳🎂🎁🎈

Our 2025 Molokai Football Skills Camp Prep Ambassador is a beast! What an accomplishment, congratulations Tala! 🤙🏽💯

This is BIG TIME! Congratulations Tala! 🤩

Talanoa Ili named 2025 MaxPreps Hawaii High School Football Player of the Year. 🔥🏈

Full story ⬇️
https://www.maxpreps.com/news/sLopROw5M0mqLwuzG8GBvQ/talanoa-ili-named-2025-maxpreps-hawaii-high-school-football-player-of-the-year.htm