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Keone, Kia'i

Jersey Number 10
Kia'i Keone
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Pacific Palisades, Hawai'i
- Prev School:
- Colorado Mesa
- High School:
- Kamehameha - Kapalama HS
Bio
Awards and Honors
- 2024 Big Sky Conference Fall All-Academic Team
2024: Appeared in 10 games. Threw for 796 yards on 160 pass attempts. Added 182 rushing yards and two touchdowns on the ground
Prior to UNC
Colorado Mesa
2023: Went 8-of-15 passing for 74 yards and a touchdown for Colorado Mesa. Had 10 rushes for six yards and one touchdown.
2022: RMAC Academic Honor Roll...Played in three games at quarterback and finished the season 14-of-22 passing for 119 yards and rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown...Threw for 52 yards and rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown against Fort Lewis on October 15.
2021: Redshirt
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Skyridge High School in Utah as a senior and played for coach Jon Lehman...Prior to that, played at Kamehameha High School in Hawaii...Academic All-Region.
PERSONAL: Majoring in Sports Management...Son of Tamsin and Maka Keone...Has two siblings, Kihei, and Kila...Graduated from Colorado Mesa with a Bachelor's in Sport Management. Pursuing a Master's in Sport and Exercise Science with a concentration in Sport Administration.
- 2024 Big Sky Conference Fall All-Academic Team
2024: Appeared in 10 games. Threw for 796 yards on 160 pass attempts. Added 182 rushing yards and two touchdowns on the ground
Prior to UNC
Colorado Mesa
2023: Went 8-of-15 passing for 74 yards and a touchdown for Colorado Mesa. Had 10 rushes for six yards and one touchdown.
2022: RMAC Academic Honor Roll...Played in three games at quarterback and finished the season 14-of-22 passing for 119 yards and rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown...Threw for 52 yards and rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown against Fort Lewis on October 15.
2021: Redshirt
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Skyridge High School in Utah as a senior and played for coach Jon Lehman...Prior to that, played at Kamehameha High School in Hawaii...Academic All-Region.
PERSONAL: Majoring in Sports Management...Son of Tamsin and Maka Keone...Has two siblings, Kihei, and Kila...Graduated from Colorado Mesa with a Bachelor's in Sport Management. Pursuing a Master's in Sport and Exercise Science with a concentration in Sport Administration.
Head Coach Ed Lamb Press Conference 9/3/2025
Wednesday, September 03
Izzi Bennett and Bella LePore Post Game Press Conference vs Colorado State
Wednesday, September 03
Head Coach Lyndsey Oates Post Game Press Conference vs Colorado State
Wednesday, September 03
UNC volleyball coaches show episode 1
Monday, September 01