NAOMI MULITAUAOPELE
#34
Seattle, WA
Freshman
6-3
Center
A large (231K) photo of Naomi
Honors
1993-94 AAU All-American
1993-94 Parade Third Team H.S. All-American
1992-93 Seattle Star Times Female Athlete of the Year
1992-93 BCI All-American
At Stanford
"Naomi has a lot of enthusiasm and is a very motivated player,"
said VanDerveer. "She is a very physical player and has proven already to be a
very good rebounder. I think she really wants to improve all facets of her
game. No doubt, she has the kind of size we need inside. We'll welcome her
physical style of play."...Naomi Mulitauaopele (pronounced nah-OH-mee
moo-lee-ta-wa-oh-PELL-eh) became the sixth player VanDerveer recruited in
November of '93, and the fifth player whose height was listed at least as tall
as 6-2...Naomi is listed at 6-3.
In High School
Following her senior year, Naomi was named a Third Team Parade
All-American...Naomi is the fourth AAU All-American of the six incoming
recruits (joining Benton, Freuen, and Owen)...As a junior at Chief Sealth High
School, Naomi averaged 22 points, 16 rebounds, and 4 blocks per game...As a
senior, she averaged 21.4 ppg...She was an AAU All-American as early as her
sophomore year...She was a BCI All-American as a junior...She was the 1993
Seattle Star Times Female Athlete of the Year, the 1993 Metro League Player of
the Year (as a junior), and made the Seattle Times All-Metro All-Star Team her
last two years...In volleyball, she was the MVP of the Metro League her senior
season...She was also a three-time First Team All-Metro League performer, and a
four-year starter on the varsity level...Mulitauaopele's GPA at Chief Sealth
was 3.80...She was named the Top Female Athlete at Chief Sealth in both her
junior and senior years...She was also actively involved in several school
service programs (she was a student representative)...Chose Stanford over
Washington and UCLA.
Personal Information
Born March 6, 1976...Naomi is a full-blooded
Samoan...Actively involved in several community service programs while in
Seattle, including the Sky Club, which helped the elderly and disabled twice a
week...May want to major in Human Biology, and be involved in physical
therapy...Her father's name is Toa'ale...Mother, Aperila, is deceased...The
youngest of five, she and her two sisters have been singing at their church and
at school assemblies...In fact, all five children, including her two brothers,
sing...Has an uncle, Manu Tuiasosopo, who played professional football for the
San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks.
Mulitauaopele in the News
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