About Na Koa

History • The Founders • Board of Directors & Officers • Ali’i Members

Mission Statement

Na Koa Football Club’s mission is to support athletic excellence and academic achievement for Warrior Football.

Goals & Needs

Funds raised by Na Koa supplement the Athletic Department’s football budget and provide crucial operational support for the ongoing costs that support the program’s goals. When you support Na Koa you contribute directly towards the growth and success of the Warrior Football program.

Goal #1:
Graduate all Players
Na Koa funds summer school tuition (2011 estimate $200,000). During the summer of 2011, all scholarship Warrior Football players were enrolled in summer school taking at least 3 credits. This assists incoming freshman get acclimated to school, underclassmen in need of general education credits and keep upperclassmen on track for graduation .  In the last 3 or 4 years, several players have taken advantage of this opportunity and have graduated and started graduate studies while still playing for the Warriors.

• Fall Semester 2011 – 18 players graduated
• Spring Semester 2011 – 10 players graduated
• Fall Semester 2010 – 13 players graduated
• Spring Semester of 2010 – 15 players graduated.
• Fall Semester of 2009 – 13 players graduated
• Spring Semester 2009 – 25 players graduated
• Fall Semester 2008 – 12 players graduated
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
• Football team achieved a multi-year NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 959, its highest score ever in 2009-10 and second best in the WAC.
• Warrior football players carry a cumulative grade point average above the non-athlete student population.

Goal #2:
Win the Western Athletic Conference Every Year
Na Koa funds key recruiting costs that include a full-time Director of Player Personnel who coordinates all recruiting efforts, including recruit travel, correspondence and game DVD acquisition. Na Koa also provides financial support covering the costs of coaches’ recruiting trips. The projected Na Koa funding for recruiting costs for 2011 is $110,000.

• The 2011 recruits represent what is considered the most outstanding recruiting effort in the history of Warrior Football.
• Players now represent an investment in strong recruitment locally, nationally and internationally.

Na Koa also helps fund the strength and conditioning coach who provides cutting edge training for Warrior Football players to optimize performance and injury protection.

• Warrior Football players are now bigger, faster and stronger than ever before.
• Players are now less likely to be injured due to the strength and conditioning program.

Goal #3:
Win a Bowl Game Every Year
In 2011, Na Koa will provide approximately $150,000 to upgrade video equipment and scouting software. Technology plays a big role in scouting, coaching and other core functions of a sports program today. Upgrading video equipment that includes cameras, DVD players, duplicators, LCD projectors and the software that makes it all work is expensive but a necessity for reviewing game footage and teaching techniques.

Na Koa will also provide approximately $60,000 to cover important operational expenses that represent key functions not currently covered by the football department’s operating budget. These expenses include essential cellular communication for the staff, the proper field maintenance of the practice site, custom-fitted knee braces prescribed by doctors, the availability of training staff at every practice.

Na Koa recently helped fund the purchase of an Accelerated Recovery Performance (ARP) bio-electrical machine which accelerates recovery from injuries.  The cost of the machine was $15,000.

• Staff able to take advantage of the efficiencies and value of using upgraded technology for player instruction and capturing/distributing needed video for scouting opponents.
• Accelerated recovery from injuries due to ARP machine
• Fewer turf related injuries due to proper maintenance of a grass practice field
• Fewer knee-related injuries due to availability of custom-fitted braces
• Fewer joint related injuries due to players being properly taped for practice by trainers
• Coaching staff able to communicate efficiently 24/7