Connor Colas

Height:
6-1
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Temecula, Calif.
High School:
Chaparral
Position:
Driver

2014: Played in eight games and had one goal, five assists and a steal.

2013: Played in the final game of the 2013 season, but had no statistics.

2012: Earned a JV letter.

High School: Earned three varsity letters for water polo ... three-year starter and two-time team captain ... registered a team-best 42 assists in senior season ... second-team all-league ... All-Valley honoree ... CIF Male Student-Athlete of the Year for Chaparral High School ... two-time Athlete of Character ... Coach’s Award recipient ... also lettered four years in swimming.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 5 ... son of Kirby and Carrie Colas ... father attended the Air Force Academy ... father was an Air Force pilot and flies commercially ... mother is a support officer in the Air Force ... major is aeronautical engineering ... would like to become a fighter pilot ... hobbies include surfing, wakeboarding, competing in triathlons and cycling ... favorite quote: “Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” -Lance Armstrong ... this past summer, served as the vice personnel recovery flight commander during Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET), in charge of 40 cadet instructors ... also completed the powered flight program ... on the dean’s and superintendent’s list three times each ... plays the guitar ... greatest individual moment in sports was scoring the game-winner in a league playoff game in high school ... greatest team moment was playing in his high school’s first league championship in eight years.