2019-20 (Junior): Named an associate captain ... Led North Dakota in scoring, finishing second in the nation with 45 points ... Has helped boost team from NCHC 5th-place finisher in 2018-19 to No. 1 national ranking and conference championship this year ... Key figure on an NCHC regular-season championship squad ... Tallied 5 game-winning goals to give him 8 in his career ... Sets up his teammates -- second in NCAA in primary assists (23) ... Excels in clutch situations with 13-game-winning points ... Finished tops in the country in game-winning points (13), and second in the NCAA in multi-point games (15) and 3+-point games (6) ... had an eight-game point streak that saw him pile up 15 points from Dec. 7 - Jan. 24 ... Had six multi-point games in the that stretch ... Had three multi-goal games (Nov. 28 at Minnesota, Jan. 3 vs. UAH and Feb. 1 vs. Colorado College) .... November and January NCHC Player of the Month ... Three-time NCHC Player of the Week ... HCA National Division I Men’s Player of the Month (November) ... Scored a between the legs, behind-the-back goal from an impossible angle that garnered national attention on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 ... Recorded 15 goals, and 30 assists on the season ... Earned third varsity letter.
2018-19 (Sophomore): Led North Dakota in goals, assists and points, playing in all 37 games ... One of just three UND players to skate in all 37 games ... Scored half of his goal total in a 10-game stretch in the middle of the season that saw him pot the overtime game-winner against Colorado College Jan. 12 and followed with goals in three of the next six road games ... That OT goal was one of two overtime game-winners on the season and he netted the extra-frame winner in the regular-season finale as well ... Recorded a pair of two-goal games (Nov. 10 at Miami and Mar. 9 vs. Omaha ... Charted two assists vs. Minnesota State (Oct. 19) and vs. Alaska Anchorage ... UND was 5-2 when he tallied at least two points in a game ... Earned second varsity letter.
2017-18 (Freshman): Co-recipient of UND’s Most Improved Player Award (w/ Cole Smith) … Tallied five goals and led UND freshmen with 14 assists in 38 games … Collected 14 points in his last 19 games after notching only five in his first 19 … Reached the scoresheet in each of UND’s final three games of the season … Tied for 10th in the overall NCHC rookie scoring race and tied for seventh in assists ... Set up Nick Jones’ series clincher against Omaha in Game 2 of the NCHC Quarterfinals ... Had four multi-point games this season, including a goal and an assist in a 4-3 loss to top-ranked St. Cloud State (March 2) in the penultimate game of the regular season ... Also had a goal and an assist in a 6-3 loss at No. 13 Omaha (Feb. 16) ... Had a pair of 2-assist games, Jan. 6 vs. Omaha and Dec. 1 vs. Western Michigan ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 6-4 win at Colorado College (Oct. 28) ... Collected his first collegiate goal in a 6-1 win vs. St. Lawrence (Oct. 14) … Earned first letter.
Before UND: Spent the past four seasons with the BCHL’s Chilliwack Chiefs and amassed 120 goals and 242 points in 213 career games … Eclipsed 80 points in each of his last two seasons ... A two-time BCHL All-Star, earning first-team honors last year and second-team accolades in 2015-16 … Served as team captain in both of those seasons … Led the Chiefs and ranked second in the BCHL in 2016-17 with 85 points in 55 games … Added a league-best 43 points in 23 playoff games … Also led Chilliwack in scoring in 2015-16 when he had 45 goals and 83 points in 56 games ... A 2015 graduate of Yale High School.
Personal: Majoring in marketing ... Son of Todd and Brandy Kawaguchi ... Cousin of former NHL player Devin Setoguchi.
