2013: Team captain.... Earned NEFW Div. II/III All-New England recognition.... Captured First Team All-NESCAC honors.... Garnered D3football.com Third Team All-East Region plaudits.... Started all eight games.... Led the team in tackles (81), solo stops (60), and interceptions (three).... Ranked third in the NESCAC in tackles per game (10.0).... Tied for the team lead in tackles for loss (7.5).... Made at least eight tackles in each game.... Totaled a season-high 15 stops (13 solo, 2.0 for loss) vs. Trinity (Sept. 21).... Posted 10 tackles (nine solo, 2.0 for loss) at Colby (Oct. 26).... Notched 11 tackles (seven solo) and two interceptions at Hamilton (Nov. 9).... Earned Lindy's Preseason First Team All-America honors.... Gained D3football.com Preseason Second Team All-America accolades.... Collected the Garnet Gridder Defensive MVP and Alan C. Goddard '53 Award (career improvement) from the team. 2012: Garnered All-NESCAC First Team honors.... Collected D3football.com All-East Region Second Team laurels.... Ranked third on the team with 55 total tackles; tied for the team lead with 43 solo stops.... Recorded six interceptions, 4.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery on the year.... Registered 13 tackles and an interception at Middlebury (Oct. 20).... Made eight tackles (three for loss), an interception, and a forced fumble against Hamilton (Nov. 10).... Earned the Stephen B. Ritter Academic Award for maintaining one of the top 10 cumulative grade point averages on the squad. 2011: Started all eight games.... Totaled 56 tackles (33 solo), two interceptions, and a forced fumble on the year ... made 13 tackles and forced a fumle against Amherst (Sept. 24). 2010: Named to NESCAC All-Conference Second Team Defense, the only rookie to be named to the all-conference team.... Played in all eight games and started the final six at free safety for Bates.... Kukesh's six interceptions were second most in the NESCAC, and his interceptions-per-game average of 0.75 placed him 13th in all of Division III... Tied for eighth in the conference in passes defended, with eight.... Kukesh's 37 tackles (23 solo) tied him for 47th in the conference. High School: Two-time First Team All-State selection.... Team captain in senior year.... Member of the 2009 New Hampshire Maple Sugar Bowl Shrine team.... Recipient of the Joe Yukica Football Award.... Three-year varsity hockey player (captain senior year).... Three-year varsity baseball player (captain senior year). | 
