Jan 6, 2026 2 min read

Fort Cherry High School quarterback and West Virginia University signee Matt Sieg has been named the 2025 National High School Player of the Year by the Maxwell Football Club.

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 A All-State First Team honoree, the all-time leading rusher in Fort Cherry High School history and the WPIAL Class A 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 dual-threat quarterback, 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 semifinal appearance. The four-time Black Hills Conference Offensive MVP ranks No. 2 in WPIAL career rushing (7,941 yards) and is Fort Cherry’s all-time leading rusher and passer.

The formal presentation of the National High School Player of the Year Award will be held March 14 at the Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre in Atlanta. The Maxwell Football Club will also be presenting its other national awards from college through the professional ranks at the event.