Valparaiso University

2026: Played in 45 games and made 41 starts… Ranked second on the team with a .327 batting average and tied for the team lead with 49 hits… Drove in 21 runs and scored 24… Ranked 11^th in the Missouri Valley Conference in batting average… Was one of six players in the MVC with a perfect fielding percentage… Ranked 11^th in the league and led the team with a .416 on-base percentage… Recorded a season-high four hits on Feb. 22 at Presbyterian while also scoring a season-high four runs in that game and turning in six RBIs… Had two triples in his big game against the Blue Hose, becoming the first Valpo player with two triples in a game since Angel DiFederico on Feb. 25, 2021 at Alabama A&M… Finished the season with multiple hits in six of his last seven games including each game in the final series of the season at Southern Illinois.

2025: Played in 11 games and made one start… Went 2-for-8 with two runs scored, a walk and a stolen base… Made his collegiate debut on Feb. 22 at Memphis… Notched his first collegiate hit on April 5 at Illinois State… Picked up another base knock on April 18 vs. Murray State… Made his first collegiate start on May 3 vs. UIC.

Prep: Earned all-conference honorable mention as a freshman before going on to garner all-conference first team accolades each of the next two seasons… Four-year letterwinner… Also played four years of golf and four of basketball… Played for the Chicago Elite summer travel team… Member of National Honor Society and honor roll.
 
Personal: Majoring in exercise science… Son of Karen and Jeff Kuska… Enjoys golfing and watching the Chicago Blackhawks… Favorite food is pizza, movie is Interstellar, pro baseball team is the Chicago Cubs, MLB player is Bobby Witt Jr., musical group is Lil Tecca and TV show is The Office.