2017 - 2018 NORTH CAROLINA
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
JOHN
TATTER
DISTANCE RUNNER
R.J. REYNOLDS HS
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
SENIOR
HEIGHT: 6-FOOT
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HIGHLIGHTED STATS
4TH - 15:27.90
FOOT LOCKER CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
1ST - 14:55.00
FOOT LOCKER SOUTH REGIONAL
1ST - 15:20.11
NCHSAA CLASS 4 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
“John is one of the most outstanding young men I’ve had the opportunity to coach. He is incredibly disciplined and an excellent leader of the team. More than that, John is a young man of character, which will keep him rooted in the right things as he becomes successful. I have never met a high school athlete so impressive, and yet so humble.”
David Wainwright
Demons’ Head Coach

Athletic Excellence


The 6-foot 130-pound senior broke the tape at the Foot Locker South Regional championships with a career-best time of 14:55 and followed up with a fourth-place finish at Foot Locker nationals, earning All-American honors and crossing the line in 15:27.90, just 8.2 seconds off the winning pace. Tatter also captured the NCHSAA Class 4A State Championship individual title in 15:20.11, leading the Demons to a sixth-place finish as a team. A three-time All-State selection, he won nine of 12 races in 2017, clocked the fastest 5K among North Carolina prep boys and was the state’s top finisher at either Foot Locker nationals or the Nike Cross Nationals.

Academic Achievement


Tatter has maintained a 4.65 weighted GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run cross country on scholarship at the University of Michigan this fall.

Exemplary Character


A member of his school’s Chinese club and Crosby Scholars, he has volunteered as a YMCA youth coach for the past three years.