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Gatorade 2015 - 2016: Player of the Year

Boys Track & Field - Nebraska

Gatorade Player of the year

K.J. Cotton

SPR
PAPILLION-LA VISTA HS
PAPILLION, NEBRASKA
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

10.55 seconds

100-meter dash

21.55 seconds

200-meter dash
“K.J. Cotton is an extremely talented athlete. Going into a track meet, it felt you were competing for second because you knew he was at another level. The interactions I had with him as an opposing coach were always very positive.”
Brent Litz
Head Coach

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10, 170-pound junior sprinter captured a pair of individual championships this spring and led the Monarchs to a second-place finish as a team at the Class A state meet. Cotton won the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.55 seconds and the 200-mete

Academic Achievement

Cotton has maintained a 3.94 GPA in the classroom.

Exemplary Character

He has volunteered on behalf of an area food pantry and an annual school carnival fundraiser in addition to donating his time as both a youth football and track & field coach.