Football: Alta QB Ammon Olsen is Gatorade Player of the Year
Congratulations to Alta High quarterback Ammon Olsen, who today was named the 2008-09 Utah Football Player of the Year by Gatorade.
Olsen has not made his college choice yet, but he has an offer from Southern Utah University.
By the way, Gatorade's Idaho Player of the Year is quarterback Taysom Hill of Pocatello's Highland High. Hill was recruited by BYU, but has committed to Stanford.
Olsen and Hill are now finalists for the prestigious Gatorade National Football Player of the Year award to be announced in December.
Olsen, 6-foot-4, 195, completed 193-of-306 passes for 3,201 yards and 35 touchdowns this season, leading the Hawks (12-1) to the Class 5A state championship. In the 21-17 state-final win over Bingham, Olsen accounted for all three touchdowns, including the game-winning score on a 2-yard run with 34 seconds remaining. He also rushed for 801 yards and 11 touchdowns on 117 carries this fall.
He has a 3.9 GPA and is an Eagle Scout.
BYU kicker Justin Sorensen, set to leave on an LDS Church mission to Macon, Georgia early next year, was last year's Utah Player of the Year.
Olsen has not made his college choice yet, but he has an offer from Southern Utah University.
By the way, Gatorade's Idaho Player of the Year is quarterback Taysom Hill of Pocatello's Highland High. Hill was recruited by BYU, but has committed to Stanford.
Olsen and Hill are now finalists for the prestigious Gatorade National Football Player of the Year award to be announced in December.
Olsen, 6-foot-4, 195, completed 193-of-306 passes for 3,201 yards and 35 touchdowns this season, leading the Hawks (12-1) to the Class 5A state championship. In the 21-17 state-final win over Bingham, Olsen accounted for all three touchdowns, including the game-winning score on a 2-yard run with 34 seconds remaining. He also rushed for 801 yards and 11 touchdowns on 117 carries this fall.
He has a 3.9 GPA and is an Eagle Scout.
BYU kicker Justin Sorensen, set to leave on an LDS Church mission to Macon, Georgia early next year, was last year's Utah Player of the Year.
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