AUSTIN, Texas — UTSA senior Ahofitu Maka has been named to the Academic All-America® Football First Team by the College Sports Communicators (CSC).
The senior from Honolulu, Hawai'i, is one of 26 student-athletes voted to the first team. Maka now becomes the 23rd Academic All-American in UTSA history and the third from the football program, joining 2021 honoree Hunter Duplessis and two-time selection Nate Leonard (2013-14).
Earlier this month, Maka was named to the Conference USA Football All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year. Also a finalist for the 2022 William V. Campbell Trophy® and a member of the CSC Academic All-District Team for the third straight year, he 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 academic 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 first-team all-league selection this fall, Maka started all 14 games at center and helped guide the Roadrunners to an 11-2 overall record, a perfect 8-0 mark in the league, their second straight C-USA title and a bowl game for the third consecutive season. He surrendered only one sack in 600 pass-blocking snaps and finished with a 98.1% pass-blocking efficiency according to Pro Football Focus. The three-time all-conference performer helped UTSA average 36.8 points and 476.0 yards per game, including a school-record 300.7 passing yards per contest.
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.
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