UNLV: A big presence up front who can play guard or center ... A returning starter who played both positions as a junior and is listed No. 2 at both center and right guard heading into the season ... A member of the 2007 Academic All-MWC team who also made the Dean[apos]s List last fall ... Name is pronounced 'C-fa mo-AH-lah.'
2007: Earned his first letter as a Rebel by playing in all 12 games, including starting the final seven at the right guard spot ... Signed with the Rebels in April and joined the team in time for preseason camp.
EL CAMINO COLLEGE: Originally recruited by Oregon, he instead grayshirted the 2004 season before enrolling at the junior college located in Torrance, CA ... Played two seasons for coach John Featherstone... An All-Mission Conference selection and JC Gridwire Honorable Mention All-America as a sophomore center ... Helped the Warriors to the 2006 state championship ... Downed San Francisco City College 49-35 in the title game played in Fresno.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2004 graduate of Morningside HS ... Played both sides of the ball for coach Mike McCarthy at DT, C and OG ... Named All-CIF as both a center and DT for the Monarchs.
PERSONAL: Siosifa F. Moala was born on Sept. 9, 1986, in Inglewood ... The son of Seifoni Moala and Saipalesi Lotaki ... Has a younger brother, David ... Cousin Haloti Ngata is a lineman for the NFL[apos]s Baltimore Ravens while another cousin, Fili Moala, will be a senior starting DT at USC this season ... Majoring in university studies.
