Sieg Named National High School Player of the Year by Maxwell Football Club
January 06, 2026 02:24 PM | Football
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Maxwell Football Club executive director Mark Wolpert announced that West Virginia University football signee Matt Sieg was named the 2025 National High School Player of the Year by the Maxwell Football Club, marking the 19th year that this honor will be presented at the Club's National Awards.
Sieg is the first WVU signee to earn the Maxwell Football Club's High School Player of the Year Award and it marks the first time a Mountaineer football recruit won a national high school player of the year award since Robert
Alexander was named Parade Magazine Back of the Year in 1976.
Sieg also was named a High School All-American by the Maxwell Football Club. He was a three-time Pennsylvania Football Writers' Class 1A All-State First Team honoree, the all-time leading rusher in Fort Cherry High School
history and the WPIAL 1A Player of the Year.
Sieg authored one of the most historic careers in WPIAL history, finishing with a 49–7 record, two WPIAL championships (2023, 2024) and league records in total offense (12,592 yards) and touchdowns (139). A generational dual-threat, he became just the second player in WPIAL history to surpass 4,000 rushing and 4,000 passing yards in a career, while also setting league marks as the first player to reach 5,000 rushing yards and 3,000 passing yards and to rush and pass for 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons.
As a senior, he totaled 2,259 all-purpose yards and 30 touchdowns while adding 45 tackles and four interceptions on defense, leading Fort Cherry to a 12–1 record and a WPIAL 1A semifinal appearance. The four-time Black Hills Conference Offensive MVP ranks No. 2 in WPIAL career rushing (7,941 yards) and stands as Fort Cherry's all-time leading rusher and passer, earning consensus four-star status and national rankings from ESPN, 247Sports\ and Rivals.
The formal presentation of the National High School Player of the Year Award will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2026, at the Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. The Maxwell Football Club will also be presenting its other national awards from college through the professional ranks at the event.
Sieg is the first WVU signee to earn the Maxwell Football Club's High School Player of the Year Award and it marks the first time a Mountaineer football recruit won a national high school player of the year award since Robert
Alexander was named Parade Magazine Back of the Year in 1976.
Sieg also was named a High School All-American by the Maxwell Football Club. He was a three-time Pennsylvania Football Writers' Class 1A All-State First Team honoree, the all-time leading rusher in Fort Cherry High School
history and the WPIAL 1A Player of the Year.
Sieg authored one of the most historic careers in WPIAL history, finishing with a 49–7 record, two WPIAL championships (2023, 2024) and league records in total offense (12,592 yards) and touchdowns (139). A generational dual-threat, he became just the second player in WPIAL history to surpass 4,000 rushing and 4,000 passing yards in a career, while also setting league marks as the first player to reach 5,000 rushing yards and 3,000 passing yards and to rush and pass for 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons.
As a senior, he totaled 2,259 all-purpose yards and 30 touchdowns while adding 45 tackles and four interceptions on defense, leading Fort Cherry to a 12–1 record and a WPIAL 1A semifinal appearance. The four-time Black Hills Conference Offensive MVP ranks No. 2 in WPIAL career rushing (7,941 yards) and stands as Fort Cherry's all-time leading rusher and passer, earning consensus four-star status and national rankings from ESPN, 247Sports\ and Rivals.
The formal presentation of the National High School Player of the Year Award will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2026, at the Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. The Maxwell Football Club will also be presenting its other national awards from college through the professional ranks at the event.
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