Colorado University Athletics
Anthony "Kaiwi" Crabb Biography
| ANTHONY "KAIWI"
CRABB 6-4, 270, OL Honolulu, Hawai'i (Punahou) |
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HIGH SCHOOL - He earned All-Region honors from PrepStar and SuperPrep and was ranked the No. 133 player from the states of California, Hawai'i and Nevada and was both the No. 14 player from Hawai'i and the No. 14 offensive linemen on that list. He is a three-star prospect as ranked by ESPN, Rivals.com and Scout.com. He is ranked as the No. 42 offensive tackle in the nation by Rivals.com, where he is rated the No. 10 player from Hawai'i, the No. 64 offensive tackle by Scout.com and No. 76 offensive tackle by ESPN. He was a member of the 100th annual Interscholastic League of Honolulu All-Star first team, as selected by the league's coaches. He was named to the Honolulu Advertiser Hot 11 list. He participated in an All Star game featuring Hawaiian players against players from the main land. As a senior, he earned first-team All-ILH honors and was second-team All-State. He estimates he had about 30 pancake blocks and 10 touchdown blocks and allowed just two sacks all season. Punahou averaged 225 yards per game passing and over 100 yards per game rushing on the season. He lists his best games that season against St. Louis, when they defeated their rival twice. As a junior, he was named first-team All-State by the Honolulu Advertiser and first-team All-ILH, helping Punahou to a10-1 season and state championship. After losing to St. Louis in the regular season match-up, he lists a top game that season the second match-up when they defeated St. Louis 41-28 for the first time since 2005. That win advanced them to the state championship final, where they defeated Lahaina to win the school's first state championship. The offensive line in that game was named the players of the game. As a sophomore, he earned honorable mention All-ILH helping Punahou to a 9-2 record. He also lettered in basketball for two years and averaged 8.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. He also lettered in volleyball his sophomore year and track & field his junior year. In track, he won state in the discus with a throw of 152 feet.
ACADEMICS - He is undecided on a major at Colorado and he is interested in sociology and early childhood development. He also plans to get his teaching certificate.
PERSONAL - He was born June 14, 1991 in Honolulu. His brother, Kaione, is part of the track & field team at UCLA and participates in the throwing events. He has two cousins who play volleyball at Long Beach State, Trevor and Taylor Crabb. Trevor is on the team now and Taylor will be a freshman on the team next season. He enjoys going to the beach, body surfing and photography. He is active in the community and has helped with a local head start program for families that couldn't afford to send their kids to pre-school and kindergarten, where he assisted teachers serving breakfast and was another set of eyes and ears when the kids were playing. (Name is pronounced kah-E-vee).