Navy has five Hawaii natives on its football roster and all will travel with the team to Hawaii. That is notable since slotback and special teams performer Aaron Santiago is the only one that is usually on the travel roster. The other four are scout team members who would not normally make a road trip.

   This is a good thing that head coach Ken Niumatalolo does to lift the spirits of those guys on the scout team. When Navy played Rice, Niumatalolo traveled every player from the greater Houston area. When Navy played SMU the following week, he brought every player in the program that hailed from the Dallas-Forth Worth region.   

    Here is a list of Navy's players that are getting a chance to go back to Hawaii.

Matt Shibata, Fr., WR, 6-0, 194, Honolulu, Hawai’i/Mid-Pacific Institute
Bruce Andrews, So., WR, 6-0, 195, Kailua, Hawai’i/Kalaheo    
Aaron Santiago, So., SB, 5-8, 167, Kapolei, Hawai’i/Kapolei
Cyril Ontai, Fr., FB, 5-10, 205, Kapolei, Hawai’i/Kapolei
Kahikolu Pescaia, Fr., C, 6-0, 255, Kailua, Hawai’i/Kamehameha