The foundation, whose name means “family” in Samoan and stands for “All Islands Getting Along,” was co-created by George Malau’ulu. With her cousins, Malau’ulu participates in the AIGA Foundation – a nonprofit organization that aids student-athletes from the contiguous United States, Hawaii and American Samoa in their quest to compete collegiately. Her father George Malau’ulu played quarterback at Arizona, her aunt Miya played volleyball at Oregon State and her uncle Arnold donned the blue and gold as a football player.
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Together with Tautalafua, Malau’ulu comes from a family full of athletes. And I was like, ‘I wish I could go to UCLA,’ and she’s like, ‘You can.’ So she would give me her old UCLA gloves. “One of my cousins was actually here – Brianna Tautalafua. “I didn’t realize how much I looked up to my older cousins’ playing until now,” Malau’ulu said. Similarly to Faraimo, Malau’ulu said the interactions take her back to her childhood.
“You can see the kids’ eyes light up when they see us. “It means the world to me,” Faraimo said. Two Bruins caught in the crowd are redshirt junior pitcher Megan Faraimo and sophomore infielder Thessa Malau’ulu. Win or lose, members of the UCLA softball team file through the blue barricades in an orderly fashion, signing autographs and snapping pictures.
A line of young girls waits for the Bruins to emerge from the clubhouse after every home game.
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