Today was national signing day in college football, the first day that high school and junior college recruits could put their collegiate commitments in writing.
The University of Hawaii and new head coach Norm Chow received 18 letters of intent today.
Chow proclaimed that the true evaluation of this class of recruits won't come until a few years down the road, but did express pleasure in the group he and his coaching staff put together in about a month's time since taking over the program.
This morning, The Pacific Island Athletic Alliance held its annual signing event.
Thirty-six prep standouts in a variety of sports put the "ink" on their respective letters..
As for the gridiron guys, The University of Hawaii came away with two signatures from this group, both among the top-10 in local prospects according to www.rivals.com.
Liha Sai, offensive lineman out of Kamehameha-Kapalama, was the first to give his verbal committment to new University of Hawaii head coach Norm Chow.
And Punahou running back Steven Lakalaka signed with UH after initially leaning toward UCLA.
Kamehameha safety Taylor Taliulu signed with Washington State.
He verbally committed to Wazzu previously but de-committed this past weekend to declare he was headed to UH.
This morning though, he went back to the Cougars.
