SUNY Cortland Athletics

2024: Mike was a first team D3football.com All-Region II honoree...Chosen as the Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Year...A first team All-Empire 8 selection as a kicker and third team All-Empire 8 selection as a punter...Named to the Div. III Football Academic All-District team...Extended career school records for points by a kicker (298) and PAT kicks made (217)...Played in all 12 games for the Red Dragons...Made 67-of-69 PAT kicks and went 8-of-10 on field goals, with a long of 43 yards...Averaged 60.3 yards on 86 kickoffs with 32 touchbacks...Punted 26 times for an average of 40.3 yards with eight punts downed inside the 20-yard line...Made three field goals, including the game-winning 38-yarder with 27 seconds remaining, in a road win at Brockport...Tied the school single-game record with 10 PAT kicks in a home victory over Lycoming...Made a season-long 43-yarder and drilled all six of his PAT kicks in a road win at Utica...Went 2-for-2 on field goal attempts and 5-for-5 on PAT kicks in a win over Morrisville...Was 1-for-1 with a 27-yard field goal and eight PAT kicks in a win at Alfred...Made a 33-yard field goal against Endicott in the second round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Was chosen as the Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week three times during the season, on Oct. 8, Oct. 15, and Nov. 13.

2023: Named second team All-Empire 8...Made 91-of-92 PAT kicks and 13-of-19 field goals, with a long of 39 yards...Set school single-season records for PAT kicks made and points by a kicker (130) and school career marks for PAT kicks made (150), points scored by a kicker (207) and consecutive PAT kicks made (91, spanning the 2022 and 2023 seasons)...Tied school single-game record with 10 PAT kicks at Hartwick and earned Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week honor...D3football.com National Team of the Week after making two field goals (38 and 31 yards) and 8-of-8 PATs at Lycoming...Made all three of his field goal attempts, including a 37-yarder, in NCAA first round at Endicott...Made 31-yard field goal in NCAA championship game versus North Central...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District...Empire 8 President’s List for fall season.

2022: Appeared in all 11 games...Second on the team in scoring with 77 points...Made 6-of-9 field goals and converted a then school-record 59 extra points on 62 attempts...Went 9-for-9 on PATs and converted a 29-yard field goal in a victory at Buffalo State...Booted a season-long 38-yard field goal and made five extra points in a home victory versus The College of New Jersey... Kicked a 29-yard field goal against Ithaca at Yankee Stadium.

Prior to Cortland: Attended Bloomsburg University...Member of the football program.

High School: Graduated from Marian Catholic (Pa.) in 2021...Two-year member of the football team at Cornwall High...Team won two sectional and state titles...Played one year of football at Marian.

Parents: Katie and Barry Baloga...Both competed in cross country and track at Delaware...Siblings: Karrie, Jack.