Maualuga attended St.

Bonaventure High School in Ventura, California where he pl

ayed on a team with Lorenzo Booker. He moved to Eureka, California before his so
phomore year where he played with future Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Mauric
e Purify.[1] His team, the Eureka High School Loggers completed their perfect 13
-0 season with a North Coast Section championship at the Redwood Bowl during his
junior year. That year, he posted 146 tackles, 43 tackles for loss, 11 sacks an
d one interception. In his senior year he had 96 tackles, 37 tackles for loss, f
our interceptions (two returned for touchdowns), two fumble recoveries, and one
kickoff return for a touchdown. Eureka achieved an impressive 20-2-1 win-loss-ti
e record during his junior and senior seasons. Following his high school senior
season, Maualuga played in the by-invitation 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.