Jett Jasper / JV Coaches / Withy-Allen

Receiver Jett Jasper is excited to be headed to Warriors fall camp. He talks about it in this Garden Island profile by Lanaly Cabalo.

“It was always my dream to be on the team,” he said. “Being born and raised in Hawai‘i, going to the basketball games or the football games, it was a big deal. Anything UH was a big deal.”

Derek Borrero, one of Jasper's high school coaches, talks about Jett's desire.

Jasper didn’t miss a single work out, practice or informal afternoon throwing session. He always woke up early to lift weights and study plays. Jasper was training all year long.

According to Borrero, a player can learn all the plays, learn how to catch and read plays, but Jasper posses something that can’t be taught.

“What you can’t train is heart and desire and that’s what he’s got,” Borrero said. “I’m really proud of the guy because he wasn’t supposed to be there. But he had a dream. He always wanted to wear the green and white and from the bottom up, he did what he needed to do to make that team.”

The article states that he'll probably be redshirting this year. And still, he's working hard, striving to be better. Awesome.

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Russell Yamanoha did a story (with video) on the St. Louis School junior varsity coaches, which include former Warriors Craig Stutzmann, Alapai'i Andrews, Ricky Lumford, John Kauka, Chris Brown, La'anui Correa, and Matt Wright. They talk about "regurgitating" a lot of what they learned from June Jones and the other UH coaches.

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And from a couple weeks ago, turns out former UH quarterback Shawn Withy-Allen led his team to victory in the Indoor Football Championship Bowl, though reading the message boards, it appears the NIFL is in disarray and that might not have been the actual championship game after all. I don't know, I'm not going to sort through it. Congratulations!