2006 All Star West
Heath Sutherland
Defensive Back
6’2″ 175 lbs.
High School Coach: Dave Mariage
High School: St. Johns, A
College: Hillsdale College
Heath was a three year starter for St. Johns High School. In 2003, he started at tailback and strong safety where he racked up 103 tackles to go along with 3 interceptions. In 2004, he played tailback and moved to free safety making 126 tackles and 7 interceptions. He earned All State Honorable Mention honors and was selected First Team All Area as a defensive back. In the 2005 season, as a senior captain of the team and still at tailback and free safety, Heath had 87 tackles and 2 interceptions and earned honors as the team MVP. He was First Team All State, Lansing State Journal Dream Team, and First Team All CAAC-2 as a defensive back. During Heath’s varsity football career, he set new records for career tackles (316), interceptions (12), and pass break-ups (15).
In addition to football, Heath participated in varsity track for four years, captain for two; and basketball for three years. Heath will attend Hillsdale College to play football.
Awards
All Area 1st Team, Lansing State Journal, 2004
All State Honorable Mention, Detroit Free Press, 2004
Dream Team, Lansing State Journal, 2005
All Conference 1st Team, Capital Area Activities Conference-2, 2005
All State, Detroit Free Press, 2005