Matthew Schmidt '16 Recruiting Profile

I am focused, dedicated player and give 110% to the team.  All my coaches find my hard working attitude exceptional and sometimes call me "the beast".  Although I may not be the biggest, I am one of the fastest, quickest, and most productive players.  I am best known for my explosive speed, ball handling, winning headers, and tenacity against larger opponents.  My effective experience playing defensive positions as a starter for entire games all season has provided me a keen advantage being move up to forward now.  I scored 4 goals the first time in varsity forward position the last game of the 2015 KIF season and enjoyed the only hat trick (+1) as compared to all other team forwards playing all season.

I attend Hawaii Technology Academy but play for Kapaa High School...the most winning State of Hawaii Division II championship program.

Challenging academics is also my strength.  Instead of taking AP and Honor classes in high school, I attend University of Hawaii college classes as a high school junior satisfying high school requirement and earning college credit.  My ACT Compass college placement test scores ranked very high according to the local community college counselor.

I look forward to attending a western region university that will benefit from my skills on the field and to focus on my challenging career path of Computers Science and Mathematics.