Jakub Petras is in his first year at Hawaii Preparatory Academy, arriving from Zilina, Slovakia, where ice hockey and football are prominent sports.
The 5-foot-8 junior also brought his tennis racket because that’s his sport of choice — not football, which is called soccer in the United States.
Before he got here, Petras probably didn’t know that HPA is the three-time defending BIIF champion.
But the fan favorite of Novak Djokovic already has a stated mindset that needs no interpretation.
“I would like the team to win the BIIF title and for me to have some good play in the finals,” he said.