AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» PacWest Conference Defender(s) of the Week (Jan. 12-20, 2025)
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2024-25 D2 Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2024-25 NABC Honors Court
» 2024-25 NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
» 2024-25 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2024-25 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2023-24 D2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2023-24 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2023-24 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2022-23 NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
» 2022-23 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2022-23 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
2025-26 (Redshirt Junior):
2024-25 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 24 games (4.9 minutes/game). Shot .419 from the field ... Scored 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting (3-3 FT) in 116-66 win vs Northwest Indian (Nov. 22). Put in eight points on 3-of-3 shooting in a loss to Point Loma (Jan. 9) ... Helped Vulcans to fourth consecutive PacWest Championships postseason tournament appearance.
2023-24 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 16 games ... Scored eight points and collected nine rebounds in a 102-65 win vs Northwest Indian (Nov. 25). Totaled eight points again in a loss to Academy of Art (Feb. 17).
2022-23 (Freshman): Appeared in three games before being sidelined the rest of the season due to injury.
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» Served a two-year Latter-day Saints mission
» 2020 graduate of Martinsburg High School (West Virginia)
» Played three seasons of varsity basketball for coaches Steve Rogers, Brian Hobbes, Skip Fowler and Unko Enos
» Played sophomore season at Faith Christian Academy (West Virginia)
» Spent freshman year at Kahuku High School (Hawai‘i)
» Club/Travel Teams: Laie Park
PERSONAL
» First Name Pronunciation: TELL-rin
» Last Name Pronunciation: vih-luh
» Born November 2001 in Hawai‘i
» Grew up in Martinsburg, West Virginia and Laurel, Maryland
» Parents: Suelan Fetuao and William Kahi Villa
» Grandfather Bill Villa is a former Chaminade University of Honolulu director of athletics (2008-2020)
» Has nine siblings
» Older brother Jessiya is also a member of the Vulcans Men's Basketball team (2024-2026)
» Married to Anna Mana ‘Olana Villa and has one son
» Career Aspirations: Get Out of Poverty
» Major: Business Administration – Marketing
WHY HAWAI‘I HILO
» "It's a childhood dream of mine."
FAVORITES
» Sports Teams: Indiana Fever, Chicago Sky, Philadelphia Eagles
» Athletes: Keegan Scanlan
» Movies: The Equalizer, Like Mike, Training Day
» Shows: Martin
» Musicians: Fiji
» Game Day Song: 16 Tons of Pressure by O.B.F.
» Quote: "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."
