Maka earns spot on C-USA All-Academic Team

DALLAS — UTSA senior Ahofitu Maka has been named to the Conference USA Football All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year, the league office announced Thursday.
 
Maka is one of 11 student-athletes tabbed for the squad, which recognizes excellence on and off the field. His selection gives the Roadrunners 11 all-time honorees since joining C-USA in 2013.
 
Also a finalist for the 2022 William V. Campbell Trophy® and a member of the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team for the third straight year, Maka graduated magna cum laude with a 3.78 GPA in cyber security in August and is currently pursuing a master's in management of technology. During his career, Maka has been selected three times each to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll, UTSA President's List and UTSA Honor Roll and is a C-USA Academic Medal recipient.
 
A native of Honolulu, Hawai'i, Maka has started all 12 games at center and helped guide the Roadrunners to a 10-2 overall record and a perfect 8-0 mark in the league, securing the right to host the C-USA Championship Game for the second year in a row. He has not surrendered a sack and has allowed only one hit on the quarterback in 507 pass-blocking snaps in 2021, and he owns a 98.3% pass-blocking efficiency and has only committed four penalties in 873 plays according to Pro Football Focus. He has helped UTSA average a league-leading 37.9 points and 479.0 yards per game, good for 13th nationally.
 
The offensive line's representative on the UTSA Football Leadership Council, Maka has volunteered with the San Antonio Food Bank and UTSA Move-In Day as well as participating in Congress on Children and San Antonio's MLK Day Parade.
 
2022 C-USA Football All-Academic Team
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