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5'
10"
Class
Senior
Hometown
Moreno Valley,
California
Last School
Valley View High School
Roster Years
2018-2022
Personal
- Parents are Corina and Ieti Epenesa
- Has two brothers named Ieti and Elijah
- Uncle played football for the Iowa Hawkeyes; cousin A.J. Epenesa currently plays for the Buffalo Bills; cousin Jacob Tuioti-Mariner plays football for the Atlanta Falcons
Before BYU
- Played for California Cruisers (18 gold)
- Finished second at 18G PGF Nationals in 2015 and third in 2016
- High school team took first in the 2016 Valley View Inland Championship League and qualified for CIF playoffs
- Played for Moreno Valley Shockwave from 2012-2015
- Won the PONY National Championship in 2010 with the Moreno Valley Youth Federation's 10U All-Star team
- Also a standout high school volleyball player and was the All-CIF MVP in 2016
- Named to the All-CIF Southern Section Girls' Volleyball Team in both 2015 and 2016
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2019
- Played in 24 games and started 8
- Scored one run as a pinch runner against No. 9 South Carolina (2/7)
- Scored one run as a pinch runner against No. 9 South Carolina (2/7)
- Went 2 for 4 at the plate with two runs and one RBI at LBSU (3/7)
- Tallied one run in two games against Pacific (4/12-13)
- Scored one run as a pinch runner at Santa Clara (5/10)
Sophmore Year
2020
- Played in all 23 games, starting 20 before the season was suspended
- Second on the team in doubles with four
- Blasted first career homer against Nebraska (2/21)
- Scored two runs against Bethune Cookman with a double and one RBI (2/22)
- Against Illinois hit a two-run homer (2/27)
- Went 2/3 against California with one run, one homer and three RBI also recording a career-high slugging percentage of 1.670 (2/29)
Junior Year
2021
- All-WCC First Team
- WCC Player of the Week (4/26)
- Played in 48 games, starting in 44 of them
- Finished the season with a .316 batting average, .553 slugging percentage and .443 on-base percentage
- Tallied 36 hits, 19 runs, seven home runs and 28 RBI
- Crushed a walk-off homer against Utah (4/21)
- Seven multiple-hit games and seven-multiple RBI games
- 10-game hitting streak, tied for a team-high
- Team-leading 21-game reached base streak
Senior Year
2022
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
- Did not play due to injury
Medical Redshirt Year
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