Fala Suiaunoa
	Assistant Women's Basketball Coach suiaunoa_falaileato@colstate.edu 706-562-1588

Fala Suiaunoa is entering her second year at Columbus State University as Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) and assistant women's basketball coach.  As SWA at Columbus State, Suiaunoa will be the primary point of contact and liaison for women's athletics among the department's 14 sports and oversee the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).  As an assistant coach, she will be involved in all aspects of the program including on-court coaching, scouting opponents, video breakdown and recruiting.

Before arriving in Columbus, Suiaunoa worked two years as assistant coach at Midwestern State University.  She coached four All-Conference players during her tenure with the Mustangs.  She also had a one-year stint as assistant coach at Northeastern A&M College in Oklahoma.

Suiaunoa earned her B.S. in Health and Human Performance and her M.Ed. in Teaching from Northeastern State University. She was a standout player at NSU, earning All-Lone Star Conference honors in 2003 as a senior and was the team captain. The ’03 season was a banner year for NSU as it captured it’s first-ever NCAA postseason berth and LSC Championship. 

The California native was an All-Orange Empire Conference player at Irvine Valley College before transferring at NSU.  There she also served as the team captain and was selected IVC Defensive Player of the Year honors her freshman season. Suiaunoa prepped at University High School in Irvine, CA, being chosen as the Irvine World News Player of the Year in 1999.  She was a two-time First Team All-Pacific Coast League honoree and team MVP. 

A self-described "military brat," Suiaunoa spent most of her growing up between Marine bases in Orange County, San Clemente, and El Toro, California. She also spent two years living in Keflavik, Iceland. She is the daughter of Tusi and Lokelani Suiaunoa and has two brothers, one sister, and a stepbrother. She enjoys traveling and sightseeing, shopping, and spending time with family and friends.  Suiaunoa is engaged to Dermayne Bullock.