Valparaiso University

2025 Preseason All-PFL 
2025 Phil Steele Preseason All-PFL Second Team
2024 All-PFL Second Team
2024 Phil Steele All-PFL Third Team
2024 Team Offensive Player of the Year

2024: Played in all 11 games and made nine starts… Earned All-PFL Second Team honors and Phil Steele All-PFL Third Team status… Tabbed the team’s Offensive Player of the Year… Ranked second in the PFL with 58.36 rushing yards per game… Ranked sixth in the league at 4.52 yards per rush… Had nine rushing touchdowns, tied for fourth in the PFL… Ran for 642 total yards, seventh in the league… Was one rushing score away from becoming just the eighth player in program history with double-figure rushing touchdowns in a single season… Had a season-best 135 rushing yards on Oct. 26 at Marist, narrowly ahead of his 132 on Sept. 21 vs. Roosevelt.

2020-2023 (South Dakota): Competed in 10 games during the 2023 season… Was the starting fullback in the season opener at Missouri and served as a lead blocker for much of the season… Was the first Coyote to reach the end zone in 2023 after hauling in a 6-yard touchdown pass against the Tigers (Aug. 31, 2023)… Had a 23-yard touchdown run in the regular season finale at Western Illinois (Nov. 18, 2023)… Ran 21 times for 74 yards on the season… Also had three kick returns for 57 yards… Sustained a season-ending injury in game two of the 2022 season… Carried three times for 14 yards and had a six-yard reception in 2022… Competed in 10 games and earned two starts at running back in 2021… Team’s third-leading rusher with 53 carries for 242 yards and three touchdowns during the 2021 campaign… Ran 21 times for a season-high 141 yards and two touchdowns in earning his first collegiate start in a road win at Cal Poly (Sept. 18, 2021)… Became the first Coyote running back to surpass 100 yards rushing in a game since 2019… Ran seven times for 39 yards and a score in a road win at Western Illinois (Nov. 6, 2021)… Was one of 10 true freshmen who competed for the Coyotes during the Spring 2021 season, which was reduced to four games due to COVID-19… Played in each of the first three games of that season… Returned a kickoff 22 yards in the home game against Missouri State… MVFC Honor Roll member throughout his time at South Dakota.

Prep: First-team all-league, all-district and all-state honoree who was also named district Offensive Player of the Year... Started two seasons as a slot back and safety before earning the feature back role as a senior... Rushed for 1,378 yards and tallied 22 touchdowns this past season... Earned second-team all-metro awards... Honored as the Rotary Club Student of the Month... Also ran track for the Wildcats... Is a class officer and a member of the honor roll.
 
Personal: Son of Kadi Kawa… Studied sport marketing and media at South Dakota.