2026 Third Team All-Big Ten
2026 CSC Academic All-District
2024 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2026: Finished the season tied for second on the team in batting average (.295), doubles (13) and RBI (39)... Led the Wildcats in walks (27) and stolen bases (11)... Became the first Wildcat to record double-digit home runs in consecutive seasons since Stephen Hrustich did so in 2021-22 after homering 10 times this year... Increased his career home run total to 28, which is tied for fifth on the NU all-time home run leaderboard... Opened the season with hits in four consecutive games (5-for-16, 3 RBI, 2 BB)... Logged his first multi-hit game and stolen base of the season against Cornell (2/20)... Went 2-for-4 with a homer, a double and three RBI against No. 5 Georgia Tech (2/27)... Roped a double and posted his second consecutive game with multiple hits in a 2-for-4 outing against No. 5 Georgia Tech (2/28)... Extended his hitting streak to five games with a 1-for-4 showing against South Dakota State (3/6)... Matched a career high in hits and RBI when he went 4-for-4 with two walks, two runs and a three-run homer at No. 21 Oregon (3/22)... Logged a 2-for-4 showing with two runs against Washington (3/28)... Led the Wildcats with four RBI after a 3-for-5 day against Valparaiso (3/31) in which he homered and doubled... Homered in three consecutive games against Michigan State (4/4, 4/5) and UIC (4/8) in which he went 7-for-13 with three home runs, six RBI and a double... Hit safely in five consecutive games from 4/4 to 4/11 in which he went 9-for-21 with four homers... Homered in a 1-for-4 day against Michigan (4/17)... Went 1-for-3 with a home run in a win over Bradley (4/21)... Logged a 2-for-5 day with a pair of runs and three RBI in a win over St. Thomas (4/22)... Homered in two of three games at Minnesota (4/24, 4/26)... Launched a home run for the second consecutive game in a 2-for-3 day against Milwaukee (4/28)... Logged a seven-game hitting streak from 4/28 to 5/9 in which he went 9-for-24 with four doubles, five RBI and a home run... Drove in four runs on two hits in a 7-4 win over Indiana (5/2)... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI against Rutgers (5/14).
2025: Started all 52 games at shortstop for the Wildcats… Set the program single-season home run record with 18… Led the Big Ten with 15 home runs in conference play… Finished with a .639 SLG, leading the team and finishing 10th in the Big Ten… Also led the team in RBI (41), XBH (31), and OPS (1.018, 19th in Big Ten)... Finished second on the team in batting average (.289) and runs (41) and third in OBP (.379)... Mashed his first career homer as part of a two-hit day in a 4-3 win at Long Beach State (2/16)... Notched his first career multi-RBI day against Duke (3/2)... Homered and drove in three runs in a win over Penn State (3/16)... Hit a walk off double to give Northwestern a win over Illinois (3/21)... Launched three homers in the second half of a doubleheader against Illinois (3/21)... Hit a home run and drove in two RBI in a win over Maryland (3/29)... Walked off Iowa with a two-out hit (4/6)... Launched a game-tying ninth inning solo blast and scored the winning run in the 10th in a win over Michigan State (4/11)... Mashed two home runs in a win over Nebraska (4/18)... Hit his 10th homer of the year along with a double and three runs scored in a win over UIC (4/22)... Homered in consecutive games with a blast against Washington (4/25)... Finished a triple short of the cycle and added two runs and two RBI in a win over Washington (4/27)... Homered for the fourth time in five games with a blast in a win over Butler (4/29)... Hit a two-run walkoff single and reached four times in a run-rule win over Ohio State (5/9)... Delivered his third multi-HR game of the season with two long balls in a win over Ohio State (5/11)... Secured his fourth multi-HR game with two long balls in a win over UCLA, adding a double, three runs and three RBI (5/15)... Homered for the program-leading 18th time of the season to wrap up the year at UCLA (5/17).
2024 (at LSU): Appeared in 16 games, making one start batting .250 (3-for-12) with two RBI, four runs and one stolen base…started at shortstop on April 9 versus McNeese…Drove in a run and scored a run versus Grambling State (April 30)...Provided an RBI and scored three runs versus VMI (Feb. 18).
High School: No. 2 ranked shortstop in Arizona by Perfect Game for the Class of 2023…Ranked in 2023 as the state of Arizona’s No. 15 overall prospect by Perfect Game…A product of Hamilton High School Chandler, Ariz., where he was limited in his senior year due to injury…posted a .325 career high school batting average, a .588 slugging percentage and a .478 on-base percentage with 58 RBI and 57 runs scored…Hamilton High earned Class 6A state titles in 2022 and 2023.
Personal: Full name is Ryan Anthony Kucherak…Dad, Tony, played baseball at the College of Central Florida; Mom, Cathy, played golf at Florida International University…has one older sister, Tracy…Born August 24, 2004, in Salt Lake City, Utah.