*** 2018 Academic Honors Candidate ***

Career: Has started 14 of the 24 games he’s played in his career, with 80 career tackles.

2018: Listed as a starter at rover on the preseason depth chart.

2017: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Started nine games as rover and played in all 11 EWU games. He finished with 31 tackles, with a high of six versus North Dakota State (9/9/17) and Montana State (10/14/17). He also had a pass broken up versus NDSU.

2016: Karstetter had seven tackles and was the team’s starting rover in the first two games before a torn Achilles versus North Dakota State (10/10/16) sidelined him for the rest of the season. Five of his tackles came in EWU’s thrilling 45-42 win versus Washington State (9/3/16), the school his older brother Jared played receiver for. He had six tackles and a pass broken up in three spring scrimmages.

2015: Karstetter played in all 11 games and finished with 42 tackles. He started three games at rover as an injury replacement for Todd Raynes. He made the first start of his career against Montana State (9/19/15) and had seven tackles. He followed that with performances of seven versus Sacramento State (9/26/15) and a season-high eight against Cal Poly (10/10/15).

2014: Redshirted. He was the team’s defensive scout team player of the week once and earned the same honor once on special teams.

HS: Graduated from Ferris HS in 2014. He was chosen to play in the 4A/3A East-West All-State Game on June 27, 2014, in Moses Lake, Wash. He was selected to the Seattle Times All-State team as a defensive back and one of only 11 players selected to the defense. Was also named to the Tacoma News Tribune’s All-State team for all classifications as a first team defensive back. In addition, he was selected to the Associated Press 4A All-State team as a second team defensive back. Named by the Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. He was the Greater Spokane League Defensive MVP as a senior, and earned first team All-GSL honors as a running back. He set a league record for rushing yards in a season with 1,442 and scored 20 touchdowns. He also had 14 catches for 171 receiving yards and three TDs on the season. He helped lead Ferris to an 8-2 record as a senior, but the Saxons came up a victory shy of advancing to the State 4A Playoffs. In the summer of 2013, Karstetter was selected to the Max Preps preseason All-State team (all-levels) as a first team defensive back. Karstetter also earned All-GSL honors as a junior in 2012 as a first team defensive back , and was a second team All-GSL selection as a DB as a sophomore. Also played basketball for the Saxons, and was a team captain in both sports. He also competed in track and field through his junior season. Former Eagles Jordan Tonani (’11), McKenzie Murphy (’08) and Jeff Minnerly (’08) also attended Ferris.

Personal: Professional accounting major with a 3.56 grade point average. Born 12/15/95 in Spokane, Wash. His parents are Jerry and Perrianne Karstetter. Cole’s oldest brother, Jared, played as a wide receiver at Washington State and his other brother, Kurt, was a linebacker at Idaho State. Both of his parents attended Eastern, and his father played basketball for the Eagles in 1981. Jerry’s sister, Sue, played in 123 games as a standout basketball player for the Eagles from 1978-83. Perrianne’s brother, Scott Dahlquist, was a tight end at Idaho.

 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2015	11	42	8	0	3-6	0-0	1	0-0
2016	2	7	5	0	1-2	0-0	0	0-0
2017	11	31	6	0	1-2	0-0	1	0-0
Totals	24	80	8	0	5-10	0-0	2	0-0