Wofford College Athletics

Is returning to campus for his final season as a Terrier . . . Missed the 2006 season due to shoulder and elbow injuries . . . If healthy, will be counted on to be a weekend starter . . . A legitimate weekend starter in the Southern Conference . . . A hard thrower with excellent command . . . An outstanding competitor and a very good two-way player . . . The 2004 Most Valuable Player in the Cranberry League . . . Played for the Danbury Westerners in the New England Collegiate Baseball League each of the last two summers. . . Named to the 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll . . . Earned a Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal for maintaining a grade point average in excess of 3.5 . . . 2006: Missed the season with shoulder and elbow injuries . . . Was 1-0 with a 0.63 ERA as a reliever with the Danbury Westerners in the summer of 2006 . . . Fanned 20 in 14 innings of work and yielded just one earned run while collecting three saves . . . 2005: Was a key contributor as a weekend starter . . . Posted wins over North Carolina A&T and The Citadel as a junior . . . Had the longest stint of the season by a Terrier when he tossed 9.2 innings at Davidson . . . No-hit #2 South Carolina for 4.2 innings on March 15 . . . Named the TIAA-CREF SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week after fanning five against USC . . . Stuck out a season-high six against A&T and Davidson . . . Made 12 starts as a junior, the second-highest total on the staff . . . Fanned 43 in 66.1 IP . . . Also hit .245 with two homers and 11 RBIs in role as DH . . . Went five for nine with a homer and five RBIs in a weekend series against East Tennessee State (April 15-16) . . . Was four for seven with a home run in a series against Davidson . . . Earned a place on the Academic All-SoCon team as well . . . 2004: Named to the All-Southern Conference Academic team as a sophomore . . . Led the staff with 13 starts and 65 innings . . . Tied for the team lead with five wins . . . Four of his victories came on the road . . . Began the year with a 2-1 win at North Carolina A&T (Feb. 8) . . . Also earned a win with a season-high six strikeouts in five innings against Niagara (March 1) . . . It was the second game of the doubleheader sweep that opened Russell C. King Field . . . Had an RBI double at the plate in the first game of the twinbill to help lead Wofford to a 16-9 win . . . Surrendered two earned runs or less in four straight starts and in five out of six outings during a midseason stretch (March 28-May 1) . . . Earned a 10-2 win at Davidson (April 3) . . . Also won 9-5 at Furman (April 17) with six innings of work . . . Earned a 3-2 victory at UNC Greensboro (May 1) as he gave up two runs on five hits in five innings . . . Was 2-for-3 with an RBI against Charleston Southern (March 17) . . . Also had two hits and an RBI vs. East Tennessee State (April 11) . . . Contributed a two-run double in a 12-4 win vs. Charleston Southern (May 4) . . . Had two hits, including a double, at College of Charleston (March 21) . . . Went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles in the three-game series with Elon (May 7-9) . . . 2003: Ranked among the team leaders in nearly all pitching and offensive categories . . . Led Wofford in starts (15), complete games (2), innings (90.1), and strikeouts (62) . . . Tossed a nine-inning complete game with 10 strikeouts and no walks while contributing two doubles at the plate in a 3-2 win over Niagara (Feb. 21) . . . That performance earned him SoCon Player of the Week honors . . . Tossed eight solid innings, yielding just two earned runs on four hits while striking out six and walking one as the Terriers posted a 6-5 10-inning win over Davidson (Mar. 22) . . . Fanned seven in six innings at The Citadel (Mar. 15) . . . His first collegiate start saw him surrender two earned runs and five hits with six strikeouts and two walks over five innings against North Carolina A&T (Feb. 1) . . . Placed fourth on the team with a .300 average while ranking fifth in home runs (3) and RBI (17) . . . Went 4-for-4, including two doubles, with six RBI to key a 15-7 victory at North Carolina A&T (Feb. 2) . . . Batted safely in his first seven games, going 9-of-16 (.562) with seven RBIs . . . Included in that stretch was his first collegiate homer in a game against UNC Asheville (Feb. 9) . . . High School: One of Baseball America’s Top Prospects at the Perfect Game World Wood Bat Championships in Jupiter, Fla . . . Also received Blue-Gray All-Tournament honors at Wake Forest . . . Had an 8-2 record, including a no-hitter, with a 0.94 ERA his senior year . . . Totaled 100 strikeouts in 67 innings . . . Also batted .400 with three home runs and 12 RBI as a shortstop and second baseman . . . Had 20 wins in his prep career . . . Was 6-2 with a 1.12 ERA as a junior . . . Also led the league in hitting that year with a .500 average to go with two home runs and 15 RBIs . . . Selected to the Eastern Massachusetts All-Star team . . . Personal: Born March 13, 1984 . . . Son of Kerry and Diane Cole.