• At Navy: Enters the fall second on the depth chart at nose guard ... has earned one varsity letter.
• 2020: A starter in 1 of the 7 games in which he played ... recovered a Rahjai Harris fumble at East Carolina in what was his first-career fumble recovery and the team’s first of the year ... made his first-collegiate start in the Mids’ contest at Air Force ... recorded the first two tackles of his career in the Mids’ opener against BYU ... also credited with a quarterback hurry.
• 2019: Saw action in 4 games, playing against East Carolina, Air Force, USF and UConn.
• High School / Personal: A 2018 graduate of McKinley Senior High School, Saipaia attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2018-19 academic year ... a multi-year football letterwinner who who garnered Second-Team All-State (Colo.) honors as a senior ... also named First-Team All-County and First-Team All-North East Ohio his senior year ... played in the 2017 Ohio North-South All-Star Game ... also received offers from Air Force and Army ... grandfather, Iamafana Saipaia, played basketball at San Diego State ... father was an offensive lineman at Colorado State and went on to spend nearly a decade playing in the NFL for six different franchises (New Orleans Saints, Tennessee Titans, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos, St. Louis Rams, Detroit Lions) ... uncle, Davis Myashiro-Saipaia, played football at Oregon ... cousin, Tiai Salanoa, played football at Montana State ... cousins, Lahni and Leah Salanoa, both attended Hawai’i where they were members of the women’s basketball team ... son of Blaine and Ruby Ann Saipaia ... majoring in English.
