Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

2017: Captain ... Started all 14 games played ... Three goals and one assist ... Five shots with three on goal ... Team-high 54 ground balls with three caused turnovers ... Won 143 of 273 (52.4%) of faceoffs ... Six penalties for four minutes ... Double-digit faceoff wins in five games and four others with nine ... Multiple ground balls in 10 games, including season-high 11 once ... Liberty League All-Academic ...

2016: Played all 17 games, starting 11 ... Two goals ... Three shots with two on goal ... Won 143 of 284 faceoffs (50.4%) ... Team-high 68 ground balls ... One caused turnover ... Liberty League All-Academic ... 

2015: Eight games ... Four ground balls ... Won 12 of 33 faceoffs (36.4%) ... 

High School: Four-year starter in football ... Captain for one ... Division 3 Honorable Mention in 2012 ... 2012 Woodstock Defensive Player of the Year ... Division 3 First Team for two positions in 2013 ... All-State Second Team in 2013 ... 2013 Woodstock Defensive Player of the Year ... Team was Division III Champions in 2011, 2012 and 2013 ... Two-year captain in lacrosse ... Marble Valley League Second Team in 2012 ... First Team in 2013 and 2014 ... All-State First Team in 2014 ... Team MVP as senior ...

Personal: Environmental Engineering major ... Dean's List ... Plays on Rensselaer's football team (linebacker) ... Team's Player of the Year as senior ... Worked as Stream Crossing Survey Technician for Saratoga-Capital Regional Office of State Parks ... Son of Lisa and Kevin Kaija ...

On attending Rensselaer: "I knew I wanted engineering but coming from such a small rural town in Vermont, I couldn't see myself at a big state university so the draw of RPI was the size. Not too big, not too small. Then once I talked to some of the coaches here I began to entertain the notion that I might be able to play sports here." - October 2016

Benefits of undergraduate community at Rensselaer: "Being a part of athletics here at RPI is extremely rewarding because we match success on the field with success in a very tough classroom environment. The great part about being an undergrad here is that down on campus, athletes are really no different than their classmates. Some of my best friends are non-athletes that I've been lucky enough to meet through classes and clubs. " - October 2016