Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS

2021-22 (Graduate Student)

BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (May 9)

BIG EAST All-Academic Team

Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)

2020-21 (Graduate Student)

BIG EAST All-Academic Team

Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)

2019-20 (Senior) (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL)

D3baseball.com Preseason First Team All-American

2018-19 (Junior) FRANKLIN & MARSHALL)

D3baseball.com Second Team All-American

D3baseball.com Mid-Atlantic Pitcher of the Year

D3baseball.com First Team All-Mid-Atlantic

ABCA All-Region First Team

Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Year

First Team All-Centennial

Villanova Career: Joined the Wildcats as a graduate transfer for the 2021 season and returns to Villanova in 2022 after missing last year with an injury … During his first year with the Wildcats was named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team… In 2022 he played in 21 games starting three of them and pitched 36.0 innings…  He was a consistent relief pitcher for the Wildcats with 25 strikeouts and holding opponents to a .310 batting average… He was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (May 9), the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and was a four-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
 
Previous to Villanova (Franklin and Marshall): Had a highly successful run at Franklin & Marshall as an undergraduate … While pitching for the Diplomats was a Division III second team All-American and conference Pitcher of the Year who ranked third in the country with a 1.02 ERA his junior season … Over four seasons, including the shortened 2020 campaign, was 15-9 with a 2.64 ERA in 33 games, including 31 starts … Pitched 194 1/3 innings and allowed 170 hits while walking 52 and striking out 181 … Averaged 8.4 strikeouts and just 2.4 walks per nine innings … Held opponents to a .229 batting average against him and allowed just five home runs to 841 batters faced, including no homers to 367 opposing batters over his junior and senior seasons … Earned first team All-Coastal Plain League honors during the 2019 summer season.
 
2022: Mainly used as a relief pitcher playing in 21 games and starting three…Went 0-3 with an ERA of 5.00 across 36.0 innings… Gave up 44 hits while striking out 25, held opponents to a .310 batting average against him… Yielded 23 runs (20 earned) while issuing seven walks, one intentional walk, two wild pitched, three sacrifice flies, five sacrifice hits, and eight HBP… Allowed three home runs and nine doubles to 165 batters faced… Had three assists at Seton Hall on May 15… Had one putout at Xavier on April 14.
 
2021: Injured and did not appear in any games.
 
2020 (Franklin & Marshall): Was a D3baseball.com preseason first team All-American … Made three starts during the abbreviated season and was 1-0 with a 1.89 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP over 19.0 innings pitched … Gave up 16 hits and struck out 21 while allowing six runs (four earned) and walking five … Opponents batted just .222 against him … Had seven strikeouts in all three of his appearances … Scattered two hits and an earned run over seven innings to earn a win over Elmira in his final start.
 
2019 (Franklin & Marshall): Emerged as the staff ace and one of the top pitchers nationwide in Division III during his junior season … Earned top honors from D3baseball.com, which named him a second team All-American, the Mid-Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year and a first team All-Mid-Atlantic honoree … Also named an ABCA All-Region first team selection, the Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Year and an All-Centennial first team pick … Finished the year ranked third in the country in ERA with a 1.02 mark over a team-high 70 1/3 innings pitched … Also ranked fourth nationally in WHIP (0.81) and 20^th in fewest hits allowed per nine innings (5.76) … Topped the Centennial Conference in ERA and WHIP … Went 7-2 with two complete games in 11 outings (10 starts) … Gave up just 45 hits and held opponents to a .174 average against him … Gave up just 13 extra-base hits and no home runs to 286 batters faced … Allowed only eight earned runs (17 total) on the season and had a 76:12 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Pitched 29 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run over his final four starts of the year … Logged a three-hit shutout in a 1-0 win over Swarthmore, had a career-high 14 strikeouts over eight innings and gave up just an unearned run in a 3-1 win against Haverford, pitched four hitless innings and struck out six against Ursinus and struck out eight over eight scoreless innings in a 2-0 win over Haverford.
 
2018 (Franklin & Marshall): Made nine starts and went 3-4 with a 4.91 ERA over 51 1/3 innings pitched … Tied for second on the pitching staff in strikeouts and was also second in innings … Averaged 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings … Allowed 61 hits and 35 runs (28 earned) on the year, walking 16 and striking out 48 … Pitched two complete games … The first was a seven-inning shutout against William Paterson in which he allowed just four hits, walked one and had a career-high nine strikeouts in a 4-0 win … Pitched a nine-inning complete game in a 3-1 win over Johns Hopkins, scattering seven hits and an earned run while walking none and striking out four …
 
2017 (Franklin & Marshall): Pitched in 10 games, including nine starts, in his freshman season … Posted a team-best 2.85 ERA and ranked second on the pitching staff in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts and games started … Went 4-3 on the year while pitching 53 2/3 innings … Allowed 48 hits and 29 runs (17 earned), walked 19 and struck out 36 … Held opponents to a .234 average against him … Pitched a season-high eight innings to earn a win over Muhlenberg in his final start of the year … Recorded a season-high seven strikeouts against McDaniel.
 
Bishop Eustace Prep: Earned four varsity letters in baseball as a pitcher and a shortstop, as well as four letters in soccer as a center midfielder.
 
Personal: Born 2/11/98 in Cherry Hill, N.J. … Youngest of three children of George and Lisa Cole … Has an older brother, Matthew (33), and an older sister, Krystina (29) … Brother was a college wrestler at Johns Hopkins … Enjoys playing golf in his spare time … Graduated from Franklin & Marshall … Pursuing a Master of Science in Human Resource Development from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences … Chose to attend Villanova for its prestigious academic reputation.