Former Gardena Serra standout Kai Honda is the latest Southland star set to begin his Ivy League days at Princeton.
When Kai Honda was running a 10.73-second 100 meters last spring at an elite prep school in New Hampshire, Phillips Exeter Academy, many were impressed with his speed. He had to remind them he was from Southern California and his classmate during his high school days at Gardena Serra was Rodrick Pleasant, one of the fastest teenagers in America. “I’m average back home,” he told them. “My friend runs 10.09.
” Honda wanted an Ivy League education and was told prep school was the way Ivy League schools recruit. He played football and ran track, worked on his grades and convinced Princeton to welcome him. He adjusted on the fly. “I was never set on any school,” he said. “I knew I wanted to play Division I football from a little kid, but I wasn’t sure how I'd get there. I never expected to take a post-graduate year at some school in New Hampshire.
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