“Right now, I’m trying to build up to where I can eventually hit the (field goal) record this year,” Halvorsen said in a phone interview last week. “I want to get a college scholarship and continue my love for the game.”

Halvorsen has had a lot of communication with schools and has gotten the “preferred walk-on” talk. Some of the places that interest him if he had to walk on are San Diego State, Oregon State, Colorado, Butler, Virginia Tech and Syracuse.

Rich Miano, the former NFL safety and former University of Hawaii assistant coach who is active running clinics and camps, is in Halvorsen’s corner. Miano is a friend of the Halvorsen family.

“He (Miano) told me that ultimately I’m going to get a lot of offers,” Kyler Halvorsen said. “So take my time to build and get better and don’t focus too much on the political aspect. It really helps. He’s been super supportive.”

Halvorsen also has two role models who are also his friends — former Punahou kickers now playing in the Pac-10, Jet Toner (Stanford) and Tim Horn (Washington)

“They’re kind of like my older brothers, good mentors,” Halvorsen said. “They’ve taught me how they’ve succeeded and I’ve learned off them how to better myself. Tim told me about what it takes to get used to college life and working on your body, lifting, what to practice, and being aware of not (overdoing it) but getting the work done.”

In practice, Halvorsen says he is making field goals of from 60 to 65 yards pretty consistently and that his kickoff average is between 75 and 80 yards.

“A lot of college coaches say it’s really good numbers and that they would like for me to do that for their team,” he said.

His long field goal of 53 came against Pac-Five and he has also hit three field goals in the high 40s. On extra points in two seasons, he’s hit 54 of 55, along with 13 of 18 field goals.