Buchanan High School: Four-year letterwinner under head coach Jeff Manfredo … second-team All-Tri-City Athletic Conference as a freshman ... Coaches Award recipient … first-team All-TRAC, team defensive MVP and team captain his sophomore year … first-team All-TRAC and team offensive MVP as a junior … named to the Clovis Independent all-city team … led squad to a 20-4-4 record en route to 2003 Valley Championship his senior year … first team All-TRAC … Clovis Independent all-city team and Fresno Bee high school soccer all-star team honoree.
Other Teams: Fresno Cyclone-Premier League … Northern California State ODP team (1999-2000).
Personal: Born May 2, 1985, in Fresno, Calif. … son of Donna and Richard Kawana … mother is a homemaker and father is a C.P.A. … has two brothers, Jason and Cade, and one sister, Kimberly … enjoys snowboarding and basketball … lists winning the Valley Championships his senior year as his biggest athletic thrill.
