Matthew Harjo – IFPA’s 2022 Rookie of the Year!

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Rookie of the Year for the 2022 season is Matthew Harjo from Seattle, WA. This award is given to the player that earns the most WPPR points in their first year of active play.

Matthew played in 72 events during the 2022 season earning a total of 217.68 WPPR points. Matthew participated in his first IFPA sanctioned tournament on January 21st at the Ice Box Friday Night Live. Since entering the World Pinball Player Rankings at that time, Matthew has seen his rank increase to 625th in the world.

Matthew’s greatest achievement of 2022 was his 23rd place finish in the NW Pinball Championships Classics tournament, out of 115 players, netting himself 12.97 WPPR points. Overall, Matthew placed in the top 4 at 14% of the 2022 events he played in, a truly remarkable achievement.

Congratulations to Matthew, our 2022 IFPA Rookie of the Year!