Three University of Hawai‘i football players were named to the 2010 All-Western Athletic Conference first team by the league’s coaches, Monday. Greg Salas, slot receiver, Corey Paredes, linebacker, and Mana Silva, safety, got the nod to the league’s first team,
Three University of Hawai‘i football players were named to the 2010 All-Western Athletic Conference first team by the league’s coaches, Monday.
Greg Salas, slot receiver, Corey Paredes, linebacker, and Mana Silva, safety, got the nod to the league’s first team, states a release from the University of Hawai‘i.
Salas, a first team pick in 2009, is the school’s all-time leader in receiving yards and approaching the single-season records for pass receptions and yards. He ranks second in the nation in receiving yards per game with 128.8 yards, and third in receptions per game with an 8.15 average in addition to his 12 touchdown receptions.
Paredes led the Warriors with 144 tackles and is ranked 11th nationally with an average of 11.1 tackles per game. A junior, Paredes is a key member of a defensive program with led all FBS teams in turnovers, forcing 36, including a nation-leading 23 pass interceptions.
Silva is ranked second nationally in interceptions with eight, and sets a new Hawai‘i record with 14 during his career. He also finished second on the team with 76 tackles and had a team-high 14 passes defended.
In addition to the three All-WAC first team, seven Hawai‘i players were selected to the All-WAC second team, including quarterback Bryant Moniz, running back Alex Green, slot receiver Kealoha Pilares, offensive linemen Adrian Thomas and Laupepa Letuli, defensive tackle Kaniela Tuipulotu, and placekicker Scott Enos.
Moniz is the nation’s leader in both passing yards per game (356.1), and total offense per game (361.9). He passed for 4,629 yards and 36 touchdowns during the regular season, finishing with a passer rate of 161.9, ranked 10th nationally.
Pilares ranked in the Top 10 nationally in both receptions (7.3) and receiving yards (108.8) per game and had 15 touchdowns.
Green became the first Hawai‘i running back to rush for 1,000 yards in a season, breaking a 60-year-old single-game school record with 327 yards against New Mexico State.
Thomas and Letuli anchored the line whose offense led the nation in passing (387.8) and ranked ninth in scoring (39.9).
Tuipulotu, a transfer from Arizona, anchored a defensive line that did not allow a 100-yard rusher in WAC play. Enos broke Hawai‘i records for consecutive point-after-touchdowns in a season with 66, and a career 100, and single-season points of 117.
