Kocab is a senior from Phelan, Calif.
Kocab was also named the NAIA men's outdoor field athlete of the week.
At the 2022 Frontier Conference Championship in Great Falls, Mont., he finished first in the discus with an NAIA-A standard throw of 54.42 meters and first in the shot put with an NAIA-B standard toss of 15.72 meters.
His discus throw was a Carroll school record. Kocab was named the field athlete of the meet as Carroll won the men’s team title.
Also nominated; Elijah Barkell of Rocky Mountain College.