The grassroots movement across the state has empowered many prep programs, but to Nanakuli’s Zion Donnell, the grass is simply greener where you water it.
“Wherever you put your attention, things flourish. Regardless if those things are weeds or flowers, negative or positive,” Donnell said.
Nanakuli basketball is having one of its best seasons in recent years with a core of year-round players that includes Dragon Kekahuna and Blaze Kaululaau. While Donnell, a 5-foot-10 senior guard, attended Kamehameha, he played club basketball with Kekahuna and Kaululaau for five years. He had a 3.44 grade-point average, but joining his club teammates, younger brother Ezekiel, and father Nate Donnell in the Valley was always in his heart.
