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Gatorade 2022 - 2023: Player of the Year

Boys Soccer - Idaho

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BOYS SOCCER

Kai Hatten

Midfielder
TIMBERLINE HS
BOISE, IDAHO
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-2
Press Release

Peak Performance

14

Goals

11

Assists
“Kai was the one we worried about the most as his movement off the ball was very dynamic. He had a great sense of how to control the flow of the game. We had to specifically try to mark him out of the game as much as possible, but it was very difficult.”
Bill Taylor
Head Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-2, 165-pound senior midfielder led the Wolves to a 20-0-2 record and the Class 5A state championship this past season. Hatten scored 14 goals and passed for 11 assists. The Class 5A State Player of the Year and the Southern Idaho Conference Player of the Year, he missed the first six games of the season with an injury.

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Academic Achievement

Hatten has maintained a weighted 4.31 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play soccer on scholarship at Santa Clara University (Calif.) this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the Boise City Honors Orchestra, Hatten plays both the piano and violin. He has volunteered locally at a food bank and women’s shelter, and he has donated his time as a youth soccer coach and referee.