Biography
UNA 2026: Appeared in 57 games while starting 55 for the Lions --- One of four players to start 55 games or more ... Earned second consecutive All-ASUN Third Team honors -- First Lion to have back-to-back All-ASUN selections ... Batted .278 with 58 hits and 48 RBI's ... Slugged .517 with an on base percentage of .431... Added 12 home runs, 12 doubles and 49 runs ... 369 putouts on 404 chances with a .995 fielding percentage ... Hit three home runs in a single game against Bellarmine on May 1 -- tied the all-time record of HRs set in a game with Eddie Serrano in 1986 ... Led the team in hit by pitches (20) ... Tied the individual game high for doubles (2), hits (4), RBIs (6) and double-plays turned (3) ... Finished second in DP turned (34) fourth in the ASUN for HBP (20) & putouts (369) and sixth in walks (38) & FLD% (.995) ... One of five players to have double-digit home runs on the team ... Had an individual game high of 16 putouts against Central Arkansas on April 3 ... Was named Captain alongside Charlie Cochran and Gavin Oswald, voted on by his teammates.
UNA 2025: Appeared in and started all 55 games for the Lions --- One of three players to do so ... Named to the All-ASUN Third Team and ASUN All-Freshman Team ... Batted .344 with 65 hits and 35 RBI's ... Slugged .550 with an on base percentage of .500... Added seven home runs, 18 doubles and 33 runs ... Led the Lions in B/AVG, OPS, Runs, Hits, Doubles, Total Bases, RBIs, SLG%, OB%, HBP and BB ... 420 putouts on 455 chances with a .996 fielding percentage ... 2025 season high for walks against Bellarmine with four ... 2025 season high for putouts in one game against EKU with 15 ... Two home runs against Central Arkansas in a single game to lead the Lions to the first sweep of the season ... Walk off single against Central Arkansas on March 14 ... Tied Andrew Knight (2023) for the Division I single season record of 18 doubles ... Ranked in the ASUN for: B/AVG (9th), SLG% (8th), OB% (3rd), OPS (5th), Doubles (4th), Walks (5th), FLD% (6th), POs (3rd).
GEORGIA TECH 2024: Transferred to UNA from Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga., ... Coached by Danny Hall ... Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Mars Area high school in Mars, Pa. and Mount Paran Christian in Kennesaw, Ga., under head coaches Jason Thompson, Kyle Reese and Tim Lemmons ... First and third baseman for the Planets and Eagles ... Lettered in basketball ... One-year letterwinner at Mars Area in baseball as well as two seasons in basketball … Hit .260 in 48 PG games in 2022, recording 26 hits and 28 walks … Hit .331 in 67 PG games in 2021 with 55 hits, 15 doubles and 14 RBI for 71 RBI.
PERSONAL: Birthday is July 15 ... Son of Margie and Frank Craska ... has four siblings ... Father, Frank, lettered in baseball at the University of Pittsburgh ... Brother, Frankie, lettered in baseball at Lafayette and Quinnipiac University ... Brother, Joey, lettered in baseball at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Manhattan University ... Sister, Laura, is a Maine University softball commit. BATS LEFT, THROWS RIGHT.
STATS AT NORTH ALABAMA
Year Avg G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HP SO SB
2025 .344 55-55 189 33 65 18 0 7 35 44 16 47 0-0
2026 .278 57-55 209 49 58 12 1 12 48 38 20 40 0-0
Career .309 112-110 398 82 123 30 1 19 83 82 36 87 0-0
