2021
Did not see any game action as a sophomore linebacker … Contributed to the scout team … Began preseason as a quarterback but was moved to linebacker.
2020
Spent the 2020-21 academic year attending Columbia virtually … Was on Columbia Baseball roster.
HIGH SCHOOL
A May 2020 graduate of La Jolla High School … Named team Most Valuable Player in baseball following his junior year … Four-year letterwinner in baseball and two-year letterman in football for the Torreys … Baseball team captain as both a junior and senior … Best baseball performance was a complete game shutout on a one-hitter with 10 strikeouts and a two run home run … Also starred as the Torreys’ quarterback for two seasons … Earned CalHi All-State honors … Named the San Diego Offensive Player of the Year … Earned CIF All-San Diego honors … Named the Pacific League Offensive Player of the Year … Named 2019-20 Athlete of the Year at La Jolla Country Day … 2020 winner of the Grover Fang Jr. Award … His 5,081 passing yards during his senior season ranks No. 37 in the history of high school football, surpassing both current NFL star quarterbacks Kyler Murray and Patrick Mahomes … All-time CIF season recordholder in completions, passing yards, passing touchdowns, and game recordholder for touchdowns, passing yards in a game, and completions … Played in Makasi Bowl 4 which featured the region’s top players from San Diego vs the Inland Empire … Earned the Rashaan Salam Player of the Year award in 2019 … As a senior, completed 67 percent of his passes (342 of 509) for 5,083 passing yards (391 yards per game) and 57 touchdowns, with only 10 interceptions, rushed for 595 yards and 12 touchdowns in 13 games of action … Also totaled 5678 total yards and 69 total touchdowns … Threw for over 300 yards 10 times, over 400 yards seven times and four or more touchdowns eight times and six or more touchdowns four times during senior season … Owns La Jolla Country Day single season records for passing yards, passing touchdowns, completions, and completion percentage, single game records for passing touchdowns, passing yards, completions, passing attempts and the career record for completions percentage … In career, threw for 7,052 yards and 76 touchdowns, completed 495 of 784 passes with only 18 interceptions … Concluded his career ranked No. 2 in passing yards, completions, and touchdown passes … Threw for 663 yards and seven touchdowns, including the game-winner as time expired while completing 45 of 52 passes vs. Cardenas Federal Prep … Rushed for 126 yards and one touchdown and threw for six touchdowns and 403 yards vs. Francis Parker … Missed his junior football season due to injury … Threw for 1,920 yards and 19 touchdowns as a sophomore … Played in several tournaments for Quakes Baseball Academy … Four-year Honor Roll student.
PERSONAL
Born Ethan John Kreutzmann on August 12, 2001 in Bakersfield, Calif. … Son of Dan and Amber Kreutzmann … Hobbies and interest include weight lifting, fishing, hunting, smoking barbecue, going to the beach, and hanging out with friends … Goes by his nickname EJ … Mother is his role model because everything she does is at 100 percent effort … Favorite sports memory was winning a game on a touchdown pass with one second left on the clock … Attended same high school as 1994 Heisman Award winner Rashaan Salaam and WNBA star Candace Wiggins … Attended high school with three Columbia student-athletes including Austin Mowery and football players Casey Mariucci and Drew Schmid … Chose Columbia because of the opportunity to play for the Ivy League’s best baseball program and chance to earn one of the best degrees in the world … Selected Columbia over baseball offers from Cornell, San Diego, UCSD, San Diego State, Fordham, Harvard, UC Irvine, Washington State, Oregon, UC Davis, Santa Clara, and Penn, and football offers from Riverside City College, the nation’s No. 1 JUCO, Redlands, and Cal Poly … Enrolled at Columbia College … Intends to major in Political Science.
ARTICLES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmYrfwfw-A4
https://www.kusi.com/week-7-5-star-recruit-in-studio-interview-ej-kreutzmann-la-jolla-country-day/
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/high-school-preps/story/2019-10-10/quarterbacks-winning-at-numbers-game
