GH: Is there anything you learned this year that you came back and rectified during a game? Or anything you learned in training camp and you used it on one of your two touchdowns?
AI: Something I learned this year was to run a really good go ball, I would say. Troy (wide receivers coach Walters) understands I’m big, tall, and fast and so he really wants me to just make sure every go ball I have a high percentage of winning. Whether winning at the line or even if you don’t necessarily win at the line, you can always win down the field somehow with hand fighting. Just weight displacement and things like that.
GH: How ironic. Troy is one of the great receivers in Stanford history and you wanted to go there.
AI: I did want to go there. But I’m glad I went to Princeton. I wouldn’t change my path now. Stanford was definitely at the top of my list out of high school.
GH: Your high school, the Punahou School in Honolulu, is well known for producing people from all walks of life. I believe former president Obama went there. What famous athletes went there?
AI: (Colts defensive tackle) DeForest Buckner went there, (former NFL linebacker) Manti Te’o went there. Michelle Wie, the golfer. It’s like the perfect mix of academics and athletics there, that’s why a lot of people are drawn to it.
GH: Did that help get you started?
AI: Going there definitely helped me at Princeton academically. My division was a really high level of sports, so it was going to be competitive regardless. But I think it did help me prepare for the college lifestyle.
GH: Did being a heptathlete help get you ready for this stretch?
AI: You mean the rigor of it?
GH: The rigor of it and maybe some of the moves.
AI: Obviously, being an athlete helps in any way. Jumping, twirling whatever body control. It all helps. And I was blessed to be able to do all that kind of stuff. But going into…
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