*** 2017 Academic Honors Candidate ***

Career: His 22 career starts equals the most on the defense and overall entering the 2017 season.

2017: Listed as a starter at defensive tackle on the preseason depth chart.

2016: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He started all 14 games at defensive tackle, finishing with 32 tackles and a sack. He equaled his career high with seven tackles against Portland State (11/18/16) to help EWU clinch the Big Sky title with a 35-28 win. His sack came one game earlier against Idaho State (11/12/16) when he had five tackles.

2015: Was selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) to the Academic All-District VIII squad. Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team for the second-straight season. Lino finished his sophomore season with 20 tackles. He made his starting debut and had a pair of tackles in EWU’s opener against Oregon (9/5/15) versus the FBS runner-up from the year before. Lino started at defensive tackle in all eight of the games he played in the 2015 season. He had a career-high seven tackles and was involved in the turning point of the 42-41 overtime victory against Cal Poly (10/10/15). On a third-and-6 play with EWU trailing by six, Lino and fellow sophomore Conner Baumann combined on a key stop that led to a shanked 22-yard Cal Poly punt late in the game. Eastern followed with a seven-play, 55-yard drive that helped send the game into overtime. He missed three games from Oct. 31 to Nov. 14 with an ankle injury.

2014: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Played in 13 Eastern games, and had a season-high five tackles versus North Dakota (11/1/14). He had a sack in that game, as well as in the FCS Playoffs versus Montana (12/6/14).

2013: Redshirted. Was the team’s scout team defensive player of the week once.

HS: Graduated from Blanchet HS in 2013. Lino was selected to play in the 4A/3A East-West All-State Game on June 21, 2013. Named by the Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. Also selected among “others to watch” on Ron Siegel’s pre-season All-State team (seniors only). A three-year starter at Blanchet, Lino was the Metro League Mountain Division co-Defensive Lineman of the Year in 2012. He also earned first team All-Metro League Mountain Division honors as both an offensive and defensive lineman. He led the Braves to a 6-4 record overall. In addition, he was a first team all-league defensive lineman as a junior when he helped his team to a 5-5 record. He earned second team honors as a sophomore when Blanchet was 3-7. Also competed in track and field, with personal bests of 46-5 1/2 in the shot put and 132-0 in the discus. His Eagle teammate Jack Sendelbach (’15) also attended Blanchet.

Personal: Mechanical engineering major with a 3.66 grade point average thus far at EWU. Born 4/20/95 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. His parents are Viliami and Alisi Lino. Name is pronounced “lee-know.”
 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2014	13	19	5	2	3-13	0-0	0	0-0
2015	8	20	7	0	0-0	0-0	0	0-0
2016	14	32	7	1	3-10	0-0	0	0-0
Totals	35	71	7	3	6-23	0-0	0	0-0