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{{Short description|Canadian baseball player (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox person
|birth_place=[[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1976|11|1}}
|occupation= Phys Ed teacher 
|nationality=[[Canadians|Canadian]]
|alma_mater=[[University of Ottawa]]
}}
'''Michael Edward Kusiewicz''' (born November 1, 1976) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[baseball]] coach and former [[professional baseball]] [[pitcher]].

==Baseball career==
A graduate of [[University of Ottawa]], Kusiewicz played with Team Ontario 1994. He was drafted in the 8th round by the [[Colorado Rockies]] in 1994, and was named their Minor League Player of the Year in 1998. A nine-time member of Team Canada, he was part of [[Canada national baseball team|Team Canada]] in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] who finished in fourth place. He played for the [[Edmonton Cracker-Cats]] of the [[Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)|Northern League]] in 2005–06, and was named the Ottawa Baseball Player of the Year in the latter season. He moved on to the Northern League's [[Winnipeg Goldeyes]] in 2007, and finally the [[Ottawa Rapidz]] in 2008 before retiring. Overall, Mike played with six different major league organizations in his 14-year professional career.

==Post-baseball career==
Mike graduated from the University of Ottawa and he currently resides in Ottawa. Currently, Mike runs "Mike's Baseball Camps" in [[Nepean, Ontario]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mikesbaseballcamps.com/camps.htm |title=Baseball Camps & Training |accessdate=2007-03-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706070925/http://www.mikesbaseballcamps.com/camps.htm |archivedate=2007-07-06 }}</ref> year round.

== References ==
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== External links ==
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