Considered among the most successful sports executives to come out of Hawaii, Jarinn Akana carved a unique path to success.

Akana grew up a basketball star on Molokai before becoming a standout point guard with Riley Wallace's Rainbow Warriors in the mid 1990s. Akana later went on to join several NBA franchises as an assistant coach and eventually entered the world of sports management.

Over the course of 16-plus years as a professional sports agent, Akana represented some of the NBA's biggest stars and brokered hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contracts.  In part 1 of this 2-part episode, Akana reflects on growing up in Hawaii and his time at UH.