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Lynn Katoa

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According to the local media (SL Trib) former Cottonwood Star Lynn Katoa has expressed interest in coming back to Utah, as a means of resurrecting his former athletic promise.

Katoa was a big time recruit coming out of Cottonwood high (Weber has their former coach now patrolling the sidelines at Stewart) as a LB. He had Texas, USC, Oklahoma, and others courting him. He decided on attending Colorado. While in Boulder, he got in a fight, assalted another student with a rock, and was severly penalized. He went to a AZ JC, but got in trouble with the law again.

Anyway, is there anyway, that Weber, Coach Mac, would take a chance on this kid, and bring him to Weber State. If he came this fall, he wouldn't have to sit out a year. I don't know if he would be able to play by this fall, he had to return to Boulder, because he broke his probation. I think it could work out. His former coach is at Weber, and his family is close by. Could be two deterents that could hold him in check and keep him out of trouble.
 
Former University of Colorado linebacker Lynn Katoa was sentenced to six months of work release at the Boulder County Jail and three years of probation Thursday, despite a request that he be allowed to move to Utah to attend school and play football.

The once-promising CU Buffs prospect was given the new sentence on charges stemming from a 2008 fight at an off-campus party.

Initially, Katoa was given a three-year deferred sentence after pleading guilty to hitting a man in the head with a rock. That sentence would have allowed Katoa’s record to be cleared if he had stayed out of trouble for three years, but he violated the terms of his sentence by skipping out on substance-abuse monitoring and treatment.
Lynn Katoa, in August 2007. (Al Hartmann/Salt Lake Tribune)
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He faced prison time when he was re-sentenced Thursday, but instead was given probation and a permanent felony on his record.

Katoa told the court he was “young and dumb” when he committed the crime.

“I’ve learned a lot and matured a lot from that incident,” he said. “I want to move on with my life and become a better person after this and be a good member of the community.”

Public defender Matthew Connell argued that having a marred record is punishment enough, adding that Katoa’s former defense attorney, Sonny Flowers, “is greatly concerned that a felony will keep him from entering the NFL.”

Connell said Katoa didn’t comply with substance-abuse monitoring and treatment classes because he couldn’t afford them. He cited Katoa’s tough childhood in a foster homes where he was “exposed to criminal behavior on a daily basis,” and asked that Katoa’s probation be terminated so he can go to Utah and enroll in Weber State University, where he wants to play football.

Prosecutor Debra Welsh argued that Katoa needs to be placed in the Boulder County Jail’s work-release program because he has shown no motivation to get a job, pay court-ordered restitution or get alcohol treatment.

“It seems Katoa does have a substance-abuse issue,” she said, adding that since the Boulder crime he’s twice been arrested elsewhere. “The violence in his life doesn’t seem to have stopped.”

In one case, witnesses saw him punch a woman in the face when she asked him to leave a party, Welsh said. Charges weren’t filed in the other case.

Boulder County District Court Judge Carol Glowinsky said she would consider terminating Katoa’s probation early if he pays money that he owes the court.

“But I want to see a period of you taking responsibility and doing what you’re supposed to do,” Glowinsky said.

Katoa, who was attending a junior college in Arizona when he was arrested in February, was cut from CU’s team last year because he was not academically eligible to play. He came to CU in January 2008 as a five-star recruit and was considered among the most sought-after linebackers in the nation that year.

Two months after arriving on campus, Katoa was arrested on the felony-menacing charge and was unable to get his grades up enough to rejoin the team.


Read more: http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_14755707#ixzz0jO16BdES
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ajwildcat said:
So i don't think he will be playing this year or possibly ever, but who knows.
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He's definately got to make some life altering changes, at this point football is a distant second.
 
wsucatfan said:
ajwildcat said:
So i don't think he will be playing this year or possibly ever, but who knows.
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He's definately got to make some life altering changes, at this point football is a distant second.
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Maybe football should be his fourth priority, behind stopping the violence, stopping the drugs, and making grades.
 
Damn, I wouldn't bet we will see him at WSU anytime soon now. http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_15532201
Some guys just don't seem to learn.
 
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