HIGHLIGHTS
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» 2025 PacWest Conference Freshman of the Year
» 2025 All-PacWest Second Team Defender
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2025-26 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2025-26 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2024-25 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2024-25 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
2026 (Redshirt Sophomore)
2025 (Redshirt Freshman): Played 17 matches making 15 starts. Contributed to six team shutouts. Went the full 90 minutes in 11 contests. Scored 5 goals (2 game-winners).
Netted first collegiate goal with an insurance score (game-winner) in 81' of 2-1 W vs Biola (Oct 9). Scored opening goal (game-winner) in 65' of 2-0 W vs No. 10 Point Loma (Oct 23). Added second score (56') of 3-0 W vs Chaminade (Nov 6). Again netted the second score (37') in a 3-0 W vs HPU (Nov 8) to close the regular season. Scored the first goal (11') in 2-1 W vs Vanguard in the PacWest Championships semifinals round (Nov 13) ... Helped Vulcans make first PacWest Conference Championships title match appearance with a runner-up finish. Program earned first NCAA postseason appearance and victory with a 3-2 win vs Western Oregon in NCAA Super 4 Regional First Round (Nov 21) before a second-round loss vs Stanislaus State (Nov 23).
Selected as PacWest Conference Freshman of the Year and to All-PacWest Second Team.
2024 (Freshman): Redshirted ... Helped Vulcans to inaugural PacWest Conference Championships postseason tournament falling to Westmont in double overtime in the semifinal round (Nov. 14).
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» 2024 graduate of Village Christian School (California)
» Four seasons of varsity soccer for coaches Keith Costigan and Christian Chavarria
» Club/Travel Teams: Albion LA
» Other Sports: Football, Track & Field
PERSONAL
» Nickname: Santi
» Born April 2006 in California
» Parents: Monique and Jorge
» Siblings: 2 older sisters, 2 younger brothers
» Career Aspirations: Business Owner
» Major: Business Administration – Marketing
WHY HAWAI‘I HILO
» "To pursue academics and athletics."
FAVORITES
» Hobbies: Thrifting, Making Clothes
» Sports Moment: "Qualifying for MLS Next Playoffs."
» Sports Teams: Albion LA, VC Fusion, Surf
» Athletes: Ronaldo, Balotelli, Rudiger, Ramos, Jon Jones
» Movies: Goodfellas, Superbad, The Shawshank Redemption
» Shows: Dexter, Snowfall, Breaking Bad
» Musicians: Tyler the Creator, Rio Da Yung OG, Snoop Dogg
» Gameday Song: Shook Ones by Mobb Deep
» Quote: "You gotta take the good with the bad, smile with the sad. Love what you got and remember what you had."
