Aaron Matteos
Graduating class: 1998
Inducted into Hall of Fame: 2023
Hall of Fame Category: Athlete
During his four years at Fairhaven High School Aaron Matteos was involved in four sports, football, basketball, winter and spring track while accumulating eight varsity letters. Aaron also had the prestigious honor of being named as the captain of the football, winter and spring track teams. As well as his achievements in athletics, he was also committed in the classroom where he received the National Student Athlete Day Award for his excellence in academics, athletics and community service.
Although small in stature, Aaron always showed the aggressiveness and intensity that it takes to play Blue Devil football, playing running back on offense and a shut down corner back on the defensive side. He always seemed to save his best for the Thanksgiving Day game. Aaron put up great numbers: 227 yards and two touchdowns in the 1996 and 1997 games versus arch rival Dartmouth High School. S-T sports writer Buddy Thomas wrote that ”if Fairhaven can be considered explosive then Aaron Matteos should be dubbed the fuse.” At the end of the season Aaron was named to the South Coast Conference All-Star Defensive Team.
As good as Aaron was on the gridiron, it was on the running track that he really excelled. After contributing to the FHS Basketball program for his first three years, he chose to take his athletic abilities to the winter track team. In his one season of winter track in his senior year Aaron broke the school records for the 50-yard dash as well as the 50-meter dash which still stand 25 years later.
As a multi-sport athlete, Aaron’s most significant achievements were during the spring track seasons. In 1998 he was a consistent 20-point getter, meaning that he competed in, and won, all four events in which he was entered. While competing in ten different events over the course of the spring season, his best event was the 110M high hurdles where his 15.4 time was the best in the area. In this same event he finished 5th in the State Class D Meet. During this dominant spring season Aaron was considered to be one the area’s best all round performers. He was a two-time All-Star in the 110M high hurdle event.
After graduation from FHS Aaron enlisted in the United States Air Force, and upon completion of his service duty, he earned his Masters in Business Administration from Salve Regina University, and currently he works at Gold Medal Bakery as a strategic sourcing manager. To this day Aaron remains very active in local youth sports.