Kocab is a senior from Phelan, Calif.
At the 2023 Frontier Conference Championships hosted by Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont; he won the shot put (16.05 meters) and the discus (53.23 meters) and finished fourth in the hammer (43.54). His winning throws in the discus and shot were NAIA-A standard throws.
Kocab was named the Field Athlete of the Meet.
Also nominated, Braden Tomlin of Rocky Mountain College.