Kobe Lilio '20 Recruiting Profile

Aloha!  My name is Kobe Lilio and I am a part of the Class of 2020 at Kamehameha Schools Maui.  Swimming has been a big part of my life since I was 6 years old. I began learning to swim at Maui Swim Club under the late Coach Spencer Shiraishi and the late Coach Tom Matsumoto.  It is through my time there that I also began swimming competitively at the age of 8. In 2013, I moved to Hawaiʻi Swimming Club Maui where I first began swimming under the late Coach Rodney Hayashi and while in the 8th grade I moved into the Senior group where I currently swim with Coach Reid Yamamoto.  

Swimming has taught me how to set goals, to work hard to achieve them, to push myself everyday and to learn how to persevere through challenges so that I can become not only a better swimmer but a better me everyday.  With the lessons that swimming has taught me, I am able to carry them into my academics as I work hard inside and outside with the classes that I am taking.

My collegiate goals and aspirations is to be able to continue swimming competitively at the collegiate level along with pursuing my dream of becoming an engineer.  I want to be a part of a team that will continue to push me to reach my full potential and that will allow me to grow not only as a swimmer but as a person. I am a good candidate for any team as I have a strong work ethic which I not only bring with me to the pool but I bring it into my academics as well.  I am self motivated, have a positive attitude and have the drive to better myself everyday with everything that I do. I will give my 100% effort and will do everything to the best of my ability.