Pronounced muh-HALL-skee

2020 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2022 First Team Academic All-Big 12

Has developed throughout his career from a special teams performer into an important role-player on the offense ... Saw his first starting action at the end of 2021 enters 2023 with nine career starts.

2022 (Junior): A first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Played in 12 games, missing only the Kansas State game ... Started five times, including each of the last four games of the season ... Started at center against Texas, Iowa State and Wisconsin and started at right guard against Oklahoma and West Virginia ... Served as a game captain vs. Iowa State.

2021 (Sophomore): A first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Played in all 14 games and earned the first four starts of his career in the final four games of the season ... Mostly played special teams and rotated in at center until he took over at center when starter Danny Godlevske went down to injury ... OSU’s coaches credited him with four pancake blocks and six knockdowns.

2020 (Freshman): Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Played in seven games during the year, mainly blocking for place kicks.

2019: Redshirted.

High School: Played for coach Randy Dreiling at St. Thomas Aquinas … Anchored an offensive line that helped Aquinas score at least 30 points on 11 occasions in 2018, with nine of those outings surpassing 40 points … Named all-state, first-team all-metro and the lineman of the year … Excelled as a run blocker and helped Aquinas log 4,584 rushing yards and score 61 rushing touchdowns on 570 carries in 2018 … Aquinas’ yards-per-carry average jumped from 5.9 during his sophomore season to 6.6 as a junior and 8.0 during his final high school campaign … Guided St. Thomas Aquinas to 23 wins over his final two seasons, including an unbeaten 12-0 title-winning season in 2018 … The Kansas Football Coaches Association named him an All-Senior Kansas Top 11 Player ... Also on the Wichita Eagle Top 11 players in Kansas and a first-team selection on the Topeka Capitol Journal All-State team ... Earned his second straight team award as the Outstanding Offensive Lineman as a senior ... A two-time all-league player and back-to-back KPreps 5A offensive line all-state player ... Sports in Kansas named him all-non-senior as a sophomore and junior, as well as Top 11 among all classes in 2017 ... Helped the Saints finish as the Kansas Class 5A runner-up in 2017 … Also a baseball and track and field athlete … An honor roll student who completed 30 hours of volunteer service every year in high school … Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Slotted as the No. 7 player in the state of Kansas and the No. 62 offensive guard nationally by ESPN … 247Sports listed him as the 11th-best player out of Kansas. ... Chose Oklahoma State over Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State and others.

Personal: Born April 6, 2001, in Kansas City, Kan. … Son of James and Carolee Michalski … Majoring in Agribusiness.

Joe Michalski