AWARDS:
- All-Mountain West First Team (2024)
- Preseason All-Mountain West (2024)
- Phil Steele Preseason Mountain West First-Team Defense (2024)
- Athlon Sports Preseason Mountain West First-Team Defense (2024)
- All-Mountain West Second Team (2023)
- First-Team Phil Steele's Postseason Mountain West Team (2023)
- Fourth-Team Phil Steele's Preseason Mountain West Team (2023)
2023:
- Had career-highs with 37 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss and five sacks
- Had career-high two sacks, 2.0 TFL's and four tackles against SDSU (11/18)
- Four tackles, 1.0 sacks and 1.5 TFL's against No. 25 Fresno St. (11/11)
- Career-high 1.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL's, plus three tackles at Hawai'i (10/28)
- 1.5 TFL's and four tackles vs. Utah State (10/21)
- Three tackles including 0.5 sacks and 0.5 TFL's at Toledo (9/16)
2022:
- Finished season with a career-high with 5.5 tackles for loss and a career-high 2.5 sacks
- Two tackles vs. EMU in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (12/20)
- Three tackles at Utah State (11/19)
- Three tackles at San Diego State (11/12)
- Five tackles with 2.0 for loss and a sack vs. CSU (11/05)
- Four tackles with 1.0 for loss vs. Nevada (10/29)
- Had a sack, 1.5 tackles for loss and four tackles at Fresno State (10/15)
- Had 1.0 tackles for loss vs. WMU (9/24)
- Had two tackles at Auburn (9/10)
2021:
- Started 3-of-12 games played
- Had a season-high of six tackles against Wyoming (10/30)
- Tallied three tackles and 0.5 sacks which contributed to a win at Hawai'i (9/18)
- Credited five tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss at Nevada (11/6)
- Finished the season with 25 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss
2020:
- Appeared in seven games with one start
- Made first-career start against New Mexico (10/31)
- Credited with seven tackles on the season
- Made a tackle for loss at San Diego State (11/6)
- Season-high four tackles in the season-opener vs. Air Force (10/24)
HIGH SCHOOL:
- The 2019 Camino League "Defensive Player of the Year"
- Accumulated 36.0 tackles for loss in three varsity seasons, 35.5 of them coming in 27 games during his junior and senior seasons
- All-Ventura County and All-C.I.F. Southern Section Division 3 honoree was in on 18.0 tackles for loss and 9.5 quarterback sacks and 43 total tackles as a senior
- Played fullback and rushed for five touchdowns in 2019
- Credited with 85 tackles 17.5 tackles for loss, 11.0 quarterback sacks his junior season
- A California Interscholastic Federation (C.I.F.) Division 4 award winner and a first-team all-league player
- A shot put specialist on the track and field team.at Grace Brethren High in Simi Valley, Calif. (Coach John Henderson) and track and field Lettered in football
PERSONAL: Arrived in the United States in 2016 ... A rugby player since he was 10-years old ... Oldest brother Abitoni Toia is a rugby player in New Zealand ... Older brother Siaki Ika played for the 2019 College Football Playoff national champion LSU Tigers and also played at Baylor ... Brother Jay Toia plays football at UCLA ... Cousin Stanley Ta’ufo’ou plays football at USC ... A youth group counselor at the Knollwood Methodist Church in Granada Hills, Calif., since 2017 ... Favorite movies are "Forever Strong" and "Remember the Titans" ... Name is pronounced So-ah-knee Toe-ee-ah ... He is a native of Nuku'alofa, Tonga.