Mike was born and raised in Ottawa, played Little League in our District, attended the University of Ottawa, played for Team Ontario in 1994 and was drafted in the 8th round by the Colorado Rookies that same year. He was named their Minor League Player of the Year in 1998. Mike is a nine time member of Team Canada, and was named the Ottawa Baseball Player of the Year in 2006. After his professional playing career, he ran instructional youth baseball camps in Ottawa. He is presently a teacher at St Pius.
The Mike Kusiewicz Top Pitcher Award is given in recognition of outstanding pitching performance.
2025
Minor Girls 1: Violet Younghusband
Minor Girls 2: Beatrix Schoorl
Minor Girls 3: Shiuli Doshi
Minor B1: Gavin Compton
Minor B2: Benson Gray
Minor A1: Niki Lang
Minor A2: Weston Baltare
Minor All Star: Finn Richardson
Major Girls 1: Tahlia Nihmey
Major Girls Allstar: Audrey Hafez
Major B1: Liam Gu
Major B2: Noah Martinez
Major A1: Audrey Hafez
Major A2: Rigby MacDonald
Major All Star: Zayn Alsousi
Junior Girls 1: Vi Shaub
Junior B1: Lewis Ozon-Wells
Junior B2: Harrison Mercer
Intermediate All Star: Nico Milks
Junior All Star: Edward Jeong
Senior Girls 1: Olivia Harrod
Senior B1: Jessie Legassie
GOBL: Thomas Furlong
2024
Minor All Star: John Trainor / Aaron Aquino
Minor Can: Finn Richardson
Minor Girls 1: Tessa Rip
Minor Girls 2: Jane Wyse
U11 1: Cora Cumming
U11 2: Connor O'Rourke
U11 3: Kaylee Molot
Major All Star: Nico Milks
Major Can 1: Jaden Molot
Major Can 2: Patrick Trainor
Major Girls 1: Audrey Hafez
Major Girls 2: Erika Fudge
Major Nat 1: Hudson Nielsen
Major Nat 2: Stuart Dalley
Junior Can: Kaden Brokop
Junior Nat 1: Khang Huynh
Junior Nat 2: Thomas Zachau
Junior Girls 1: Olivia Harrod
Junior Girls 2: Carlie Wyse
Senior: Nicholas Majeed-Temple
GOBL: Thomas Furlong
2023
Minor All-Star: Nick Florakas
Minor A: Nico Penna
Minor B1: Julian Muysson
Minor B2: Ethan Li
Major All-Star: Brady Grubb
Major A: Jaden Molot
Major B1: Sacha Lemieux
Major B2: Noah Stotts-Potelle
Junior A1: Noah Poirier
Junior A2: Jack Smaglinskie
Junior B: Gavin Hopkins
Senior: Thomas Furlong
GOBL: Stanley Resmer
2019
Minor All-Star: Xavier Garrow
Minor A: Ben Howes
Minor B: Jack Sutcliffe
Major All-Star: Carson Colvin
Major A: Ben Hatcher
Major B: David Reed
Junior A: Dylan Bond
Junior B: Trevor Hendrick
Senior: Corey Tom
2018
Minor All-Star: Havyn Brown
Minor A: Benji McLeod
Minor B1: Mason Smith
Major All-Star: Carson Colvin
Major A: Stanley Resmer
Major B1: Joel Mastrangelo
Major B2: Ethan Lingrell
Junior A: Ryan Symes
Senior A: Cole Clusky