Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Football - Washington

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FOOTBALL

Kolton Matson

Quarterback
LAKE STEVENS HS
LAKE STEVENS, WASHINGTON
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-2
Press Release

Peak Performance

3388

Passing Yards

49

Touchdown Passes

5

Rushing Yards
“Kolton is a talented player that you watched grow and develop as the season went on. He’s a big reason the Vikings repeated this year. You could tell that Kolton really put the team on his back.”
Mason Siddick
Head Coach - head coach of Jackson High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-2, 180-pound junior quarterback led the Vikings to a 13-1 record and a second straight Class 4A state championship this past season. Matson passed for 3,388 yards and 49 touchdowns, including four scores in Lake Stevens’ 31-6 win over Graham-Kapowsin High in the state final to clinch the program’s second consecutive title. He also rushed for five touchdowns on the season.

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Academic Achievement

Matson has maintained a 3.52 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Matson has volunteered locally as a youth football coach.