(Pronounced SAW-tah-rock-uh)
• 2010 team captain
• Winner of 2010 Vandal Pride Strength Award
• Idaho’s 2009 Wayne Walker Ironman Award winner
• 2009 team captain
2010: Started all 12 games he played ... had 31 total
tackles (16 solo and 15 assists) ... also had four tackles four loss, one sack
and three quarterback hurries.
2009: Played and started all 13 games at defensive tackle
... established himself as a leader on and off the field ... had 31 total
tackles and tied for the team sack lead with four.
2008: Played in all 12 games and started two ... had 21
total tackles (15 solo and six assists) and one quarterback hurry.
2007: Played in 10 of 12 games and started three in the
rotation at defensive tackle ... finished the season with eight total tackles
(four assists and four solo) and one tackle for loss.
2006: Redshirted.
High school: Earned first-team South Puget Sound League
honors as an offensive lineman and second team honors as a defensive lineman as
a senior … as a junior, was second team all-SPSL on offense and defense …
all-state nominee … had 25 solo tackles, 34 assists, seven tackles-for-loss and
1½ quarterback sacks … three-year starter … team captain ... Ram Tough award
... 2004 Defensive Lineman of the Year at Rogers ... 2005 Tough Award at Rogers
... 2005 Rogers’ Inspirational Award winner ... PrepStar all-region, which also
lists him as “one of the top 25 overall prospects in Washington” ... also
wrestled and competed in the throws for the track team.
Personal: Son of Insuk and Tanielu Sataraka ... born April
28, 1988 ... majoring in General Studies.
Single-game bests
Tackles – 5, twice (vs. Nevada, Nov. 6, 2010, and at Nevada,
Oct. 24, 2009);
Unassisted tackles – 3, three times (vs. San Jose State, Dec.
4, 2010; at Western Michigan, Oct. 2, 2010, and vs. Idaho State, Sept. 6,
2008);
Assists – 5 (vs. Nevada, Nov. 6,
2010);
Tackles for loss – 2, twice (at Colorado State, Sept. 25, 2010, and vs.
San Diego State, Sept. 19, 2009);
Sacks – 1, five times (at Colorado State,
Sept. 25, 2010; vs. Utah State, Nov. 28, 2009; at San Jose State, Oct. 10,
2009; at Northern Illinois, Sept. 26, 2009); vs. San Diego State, Sept. 19,
2009);
Quarterback hurries – 2 (vs. Boise State, Nov. 12, 2010);
Passes
defensed – 1 (vs. San Diego State, Sept. 19, 2009);
Fumble recoveries – 1 (at
Nebraska, Sept. 11, 2010).
