Austin Peay State University Athletics

Awards and Honors

• AD's Honor Roll: Fall 2017, Spring 2018

As a sophomore in 2018-19: Earned first career start against USF to kick off the Jamaica Classic, playing a career-high 28 minutes and blocking two shots... made a second straight starting appearance and responded with eight points and five boards against Central Connecticut... career-bests in scoring (10 points), field goals (five), rebounds (five) and assists (three) to close out Jamaica stay against Campbell... eclipsed most of those previous highs with 14 points, six rebounds, six field goals and the first multi-three game of his career against Calvary... missed the Purdue Fort Wayne contest with a lower-body injury... did not dress for Tennessee Tech or Jacksonville State due to lower-body injury... five-minute appearance against SIU Edwardsville equaled his court time in league play to that point.

As a freshman in 2017-18: First seven-footer for the Govs since Tomas Janusauskas (2004-08); tied with Janusauskas as second-tallest Governor in the program’s history… After injury held him out of exhibition, got his first live action against Vanderbilt and picked up a bucket in 12 minutes of play… Had a pair of buckets against both Oakland City and Bethel… On his 20th birthday, in front of family, played career-high 13 minutes against Belmont, scoring six points on 2-of-3 from the floor… Was in a boot for the duration of the OVC Tournament after a twisted ankle.

Prior to Austin Peay: Spent a postgrad year at Don Bosco (Ind.) Prep after graduating from Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy.. at Hargrave, was a first-team all-Virginia Independent Conference and second-team All-Metro honoree, helping the Tigers advance to the VIC Division II finals in 2016... scored eight points in the championship game and averaged 9.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game for the season... prior to his time in the states, Cucak played for Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute in his hometown, where he was a two-time Waterloo County Secondary School Athletics Association All-Star.

Personal: Son of Sinisa and Snjezana Cucak... has one brother, Stefan... born Jan. 20... plans to major in management.