Christopher Newport University

2024 -- Junior -- Shifted back to the defense for his third season at CNU and earned second team All-Region honors for his efforts at center back ... Picked as a second team All-State (VaSID) and first team All-Conference selction ... Ranked second among field players in minutes played and logged full time in 10 the 18 games played this year ... Helped register five shutotus while holding 11 opponents to a single goal or less while facing the toughest schedule in Division III ... Started 17 of 18 games with the lone exception being Senior Day, when he stepped aside for Ryan Kiely to start his final home game before Kuzemka immediately subbed back onto the field ...  Earned his second straight Academic All-District certificate from the College Sports Communicators

2023 -- Sophomore -- Saw action in 18 games while making 14 starts during his second year at CNU ... Helped organize the midfield while playing the second most minutes among field players with 1,308 on the season ... Finished out the season with full time in seven games and played a career-high 107 minutes against No. 5 Montclair State in the NCAA Tournament Second Round on November 12 ... Made first collegiate start against Berry on September 1 ... Took 14 shots, putting three on frame ... Took a season-high four shots with two on-target against Roanoke on October 4 ... Collected College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors

2022 -- Freshman -- Appeared in all 19 games during his first season with the Captains ... Made an immediate impact to the offense from the midfield, scoring seven points with three goals and one assist ... Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist for a season-high three points against Moravian on September 3 ... Added tallies against Pfeiffer on September 11 and Salisbury on October 19 ... Among the team leaders in SOG% with eight of his 19 shots on-target for a .421 mark ... Played a season-high 57 minutes against nationally-ranked Mary Washington in a double-overtime game in the C2C Championship on November 6 ... Took a season-high three attempts, with two on-goal, against Wisconsin-Whitewater on November 4 ... Earned Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference All-Academic Team honors

At Robinson -- Team captain for the Rams three years in a row ... Earned first team All-Conference honors twice and honorable mention plaudits once ... Academic Excellence Award ... Also captain of 03-04 BRYC ECNL 2017-22 ... USYSA Virginia State ODP 2014-19 ... Team Captain, USYSA ODP Region Champions, 2017-18 ... Traveled to France with the USYSA State ODP team and started every game overseas as Captain ... Member 2017-2018 USYSA ODP Region Team ... Played for Arlington Developmental Academy ... US Soccer National Training Centers - three time attendee ... 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-2020 qualified for National ENPL Playoffs with BRYC ... Selected first team for the Mid-Atlantic All-Conference in ECNL, 2018-19 ... Invited to the 2019 National ECNL Training Camp in the Bahamas (started and defeated the Bahamas U17 National Team) ... Selected for and played in the 2022 Florida ECNL showcase national selection game

Personal -- Ashton Matthias Kuzemka was born in Encinitas, Calif. ... Son of Aaron and Tracy Kuzemka ... Has one brother, Emerson, and one sister, Adia ... Favorite athlete is Christian Pulisic ... Person in history he'd most like to meet is Michael Jordan ... Dream vacation is a trip to Australia ... Favorite food is tacos ... Favorite movie is "Forrest Gump" and favorite TV show is "New Girl" ... Favorite book is Maze Runner ... Has not yet decided on a major.