Player Bio: Tupo Tuupo :: Football
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 | Hometown:
Menlo Park, Calif.
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| High School:
Menlo-Atherton High '97
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| Height / Weight:
6-3 / 263
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| Position:
Defensive End
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| Birthdate:
12/17/1978
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| Experience:
2V
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TUUPO'S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Attended Menlo-Atherton High, where he was coached by Henry Ford...earned two varsity letters each in football and basketball...as a JUNIOR team finished 7-3...named to the first team All-Pennisula Athletic League as a linebacker ... second team All-PAL forward on basketball team ... SENIOR year repeated honors by being named to the All-PAL first team...team finished 8-2 and placed third in the PAL...named to the All-Far West team by Super Prep Magazine.
TUUPO'S WSU CAREER
FRESHMAN (1997-98): Redshirt season.
RS-Freshman (1998-99): V-letter...did not see action until the last three games of the season due to a broken shoulder blade suffered in fall camp...had been ticketed for a starting spot before the injury...made four tackles in the last three games.
RS-Sophomore (1999-00): V-letter...saw action in all 12 games, with most of his 11 tackles coming on special team duty...also a backup middle linebacker...had four tackles against both Louisiana and Arizona State in back-to-back mid-season games.
RS-Junior (2000-2001): Made the move to defensive end during spring drills prior to junior year.
PERSONAL
Tupo Mataimoana Tuupo ... born 12-17-78 in American Samoa...parents Monty and Sisifo Tuupo ... three brothers, Stan, William and Mathew ... member of the WSU freshman all-academic team ... senior year in high school was senate representative at M-AHS...also a member and representative of the school's diversity program...pursuing a humanities degree with an emphasis in communications and business.
| DEFENSE | G/GS | TT | PT | AT | TFL | SACKS | PI |
| 1998 | 3/0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| 1999 | 12/0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| CAREER: | 15/0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
