Kealia Ohai: Personal and Family Life
Kealia Ohai was born on January 31, 1992, (age-26) in Draper, Utah, US, to Cindy Ohai and Ben Ohai. She was named Kealia by her father after he was fond of Kealia beach which is on the island of Kauai. She was destined to be a soccer player as she grew up in the environment where her sister Megan had the same career goal.
Ohai attended Alta High School from where she graduated in 2010. Ohai is blind and cannot see with her right eye. At the age of 8, she wore an eye patch in her left eye which caused her right eye stopped working. Despite the limitations, she has overcome her difficulties and gained what she aimed for. Kealia Ohai stands at the height of 5 feet and 5 inches.
Kealia Ohai is currently dating boyfriend J.J. Watt. Watt is an American football player for Houston Texans. The 25-year-old soccer star openly expressed her love for Watt and confirmed with 2 Up Front podcast that they are seeing each other. Apart from that, she and Watt shared a common person and that is Brian Cushing. Cushing is NCCA champion and Kealia’s brother-in-law as he is married to her sister Megan.
Kealia Ohai: Career and Professional Life
Ohai was deeply interested in soccer since her time in high school and was a 4-year varsity soccer player there. Her professional career formally started from 2010, when she joined Tar Heels. In 2012, she emerged as a fabulous offensive player during NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship. The team ended up winning the 2012 champions trophy and all credit goes to Ohai’s winning goal in the semi-final and first goal of the final.
Ohai was titled to the ACC All-Freshman Team and First-Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference, following her freshman year. In 2014 NWSL College Draft, Ohai was picked by Houston Dash under head coach Randy Waldrum. They were overwhelmed to have Ohai on their side after all she was the nation’s best forwards. In the mid-way of 2016 season, Ohai was named as captain of the club.
A part of US youth national program, she has played with U-15, U-17, U-18, U-20 and U-23 teams. After a successful year ahead, she earned her place in 2012 US U-20 Women’s National Team and it was her winning goal in the 44th minute that the team landed in winning the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup trophy after the splendid victory over Germany.
On October 23, 2016, Ohai played her debut international match, which was against Switzerland in Minneapolis. She definitely couldn’t have skipped the team as her earlier performance was something that couldn’t have been ignored. She made her debut match extra special and a moment of her life by setting a new record for the fastest goal in US women’s national team debut.
Kealia Ohai: Net Worth and Salary
Kealia Ohai net worth and salary is yet to be calculated. She is an emerging player who is on her way to success. Looking to her number of matches and the team for whom she is playing, we can expect that her net worth is over or so of five digit figures. She is a youth soccer icon who has been improving every day passing by and we are sure that in the coming days her net worth will be revealed in a whopping number of figures.
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Kealia Ohai: Social Media
Kealia Ohai is all over the social networking sites. She has a massive 109k Instagram fans and 27.4k Twitter followers which are a proof of her popularity. She is a youth soccer icon with a perfect combination of beauty with talent.
Her Instagram account is full of her stunning pictures which she has clicked with close friends and family members. Her pictures speak that she has a great bond with her sister Megan. She uses her twitter account to make a wish for her closest ones and to update her fans with the progress in her game. Kealia Ohai fans expect to have her own bio in the wiki page soon.
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