Northern State Athletics Hall of Fame
Eric Cuka earned a Bachelor of Arts in international business in 2001 for NSU. While at Northern, Cuka was an offensive lineman for the Wolves football team. As a freshman, he was named the team's most valuable newcomer. From 1998-2000 he was honored as the team's offensive big MVP. Cuka was a four-time NSIC First Team selection, three-time NSIC All-Academic Team member, two-time Midwest Regional All-American, two-time NCAA Division II All-American, and a 2000 Football Gazette All-American. In his junior campaign, Cuka helped lead the 1999 Wolves to the NSIC Conference Championship. Following graduation, he went on to earn his Master of Business Administration from Saint Cloud State University.
Cuka is a volunteer and donor for St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Feed My Starving Children, and the Wounded Warrior Project. He is currently the senior account sales executive of higher education for Maverick, a Division of GP Strategies Corporation. Cuka is married to Mandy (Martin), who graduated from Northern in 2002, and they have one daughter, Mya.
