HIGHLIGHTS
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» PacWest Conference Defender(s) of the Week (Jan. 12-20, 2025)
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2025-26 NABC Honors Court
» 2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
» 2025-26 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2025-26 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2025-26 Vulcans Men's Basketball Scholar 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
2026-27 (Redshirt Senior)
2025-26 (Redshirt Junior): Played 21 games making 4 starts (6.1 minutes/g). Totaled 33 points and 18 rebounds.
5 points (1-2 3PT, 2-2 FT) in L vs Saint Martin's (Nov 15). Season-high 7 points (2-3 3PT) in L vs Chaminade (Dec 6). 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists in L vs HPU (Dec 13).
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) ... Helped Vulcans to third consecutive PacWest Championships postseason tournament appearance.
2022-23 (Freshman): Appeared in three games before being sidelined the rest of the season due to injury ... Helped Vulcans to second consecutive PacWest Championships postseason tournament appearance.
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» 2020 graduate of Martinsburg High School (West Virginia)
» Three seasons of varsity basketball for coaches Steve Rogers, Brian Hobbes, Skip Fowler and Unko Enos
» Sophomore season at Faith Christian Academy (West Virginia)
» Freshman season at Kahuku High School (Hawai‘i)
» Club/Travel Teams: Laie Park
PERSONAL
» Pronunciation: TELL-rin vih-luh
» Born November 2001 in Hawai‘i
» Grew up in Martinsburg, West Virginia and Laurel, Maryland
» Parents: Suelan and William Kahi
» Grandfather Bill Villa is a former Chaminade University of Honolulu director of athletics (2008-2020)
» Siblings: 9
» Older brother Jessiya was also a member of the Vulcans Men's Basketball team (2024-2026)
» Spouse: Anna (2 kids)
» Career Aspirations: Get Out of Poverty
» Major: Business Administration – Marketing
» Served a two-year Latter-day Saints mission
WHY HAWAI‘I HILO
» "Childhood dream."
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: Aloha Aina Meds by Kuulei Music, Ikaakamai
» Quote: "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."
