Shippensburg University Athletics

At Littlestown High School: Imposing two-way player that thrived as a wide receiver and defensive back for the Thunderbolts under Mike Lippy...is a big target with good hands and the potential to make big plays...impressed during his final season with 52 catches for 1,093 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns, including an eight-reception, 234-yard, two-touchdown performance in the last game of his career against Delone Catholic...compiled 2,481 career receiving yards and 26 touchdowns in high school...hauled in 123 receptions during his career...averaged 21 yards per catch as a senior and 19 yards per catch as a junior...made 55 tackles as a senior, including 40 solo stops...intercepted seven passes in his final season...defensed four passes...punted six times and averaged 37.7 yards per boot...returned 15 punts and seven kickoffs during the season...earned a multitude of awards as a senior, including selections as a Pennsylvania Football Sportswriters Association First Team All-State Wide Receiver and a Pennsylvania Football News Second Team All-State Wide Receiver...also awarded as a YAIAA Division II First Team Wide Receiver, YAIAA Division II Second Team Defensive Back, York Daily Record Division II First Team Offensive Player, The Evening Sun All-Area Player of the Year, The Evening Sun First Team WR, The Evening Sun First Team DB, The Gettysburg Times Co-Offensive Player of the Year, The Gettysburg Times First Team Wide Receiver and The Gettysburg Times First Team Defensive Back.

Personal: Full name is Mathew Jacob Koontz…is the son of Shannon and Tim Koontz…plans to major in business.