Honors:
Baseball Co-Most Valuable Player (2016)
Baseball Co-Most Valuable Player (2014)
2016 (Junior): Complete game-by-game stats for Nick Cole ... Named one of the team’s Co-Most Valuable Players (Trevor Pence) … Made 26 starts and played in 27 games as a junior … Finished the year batting .279 (24-of-86) with four doubles, eight RBIs and six runs scored … Recorded seven multi-hit games … Went 3-for-4 with an RBI against Roanoke (Feb. 20) … Combined to go 5-for-8 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored in a doubleheader sweep against Wabash (Feb. 27) … Notched two hits in three straight games against Covenant (Mar. 26) and twice against Averett (Apr. 2) … Went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored in a game one, 11-9, win over Averett (Apr. 2) … Threw out 16 base stealers from behind the plate
2015 (Sophomore): Complete game-by-game stats for Nick Cole ... Played in 23 games and made 22 starts as a sophomore … Batted .167 (11-for-66) with five RBIs and three runs scored … Went 3-for-4 with a run scored at Guilford (Apr. 18) … Recorded a hit and drove in three against Maryville (Mar. 7)
2014 (Freshman): Complete game-by-game stats for Nick Cole ... Named one of the Team’s Co-Most Valuable Players along with Dalton Dye … Started all 20 games he played in … Batted .263 (15-for-57) with 10 RBIs and six runs scored … Drew nine walks and was hit by a pitch twice posting a .382 OBP … Registered a pair of multi-hit and multi-RBI games … Went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs against Methodist’s JV team (Apr. 9) … Went 3-for-3, drove in a run, and scored a run against Greensboro (Apr. 3)
Prep, Personal: Attended Bunn High School where he played under head coach Leonard Allen… All-Conference selection as a junior and senior … Majoring in Criminal Justice … Born October 14, 1995 … Chose WPU for the quality education, the opportunity to play baseball, and because the small campus size feels like home … He also likes to cook
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Hits: 3 [t-7th], 5 times
Doubles: 2 [t-1st], at Methodist JV, Apr 09, 2014 ; Wabash, Feb 27, 2016
Total bases: 5 [t-3rd], at Methodist JV, Apr 09, 2014 ; Wabash, Feb 27, 2016
RBI: 3 [t-2nd], Maryville, Mar 07, 2015
Runs scored: 2 [t-4th], at Guilford, Apr 12, 2014 ; Wabash, Feb 27, 2016
Walks: 2 [t-3rd], at Guilford, Apr 12, 2014 ; at N.C. Wesleyan, Mar 04, 2016 ; Ferrum, Mar 11, 2016
Hit by pitch: 1 [t-3rd], 6 times
Struck out: 2 [t-10th], 7 times
Sac bunts: 1 [t-5th], 6 times
At bats: 5 [t-3rd], Averett, Apr 02, 2016 ; at Methodist JV, Apr 09, 2014
Stolen bases: 1 [t-9th], Averett, Apr 02, 2016 ; Craven CC, Feb 08, 2014
Caught stealing: 1 [t-1st], New River CC, Feb 16, 2014 ; N.C. Wesleyan, Feb 21, 2015 ; at Covenant, Mar 26, 2016
Field chances: 17 [1st], Piedmont, Apr 10, 2015
Putouts: 17 [1st], Piedmont, Apr 10, 2015
Assists: 4, Averett, Apr 03, 2016
Runners CS: 2 [t-1st], 6 times
CAREER ALL-TIME RANKINGS:
Most games started: 1st (68)
Most at bats: 1st (209)
Most times struck out looking: 1st (13)
Most fly outs: 1st (67)
Most chances: 1st (497)
Most putouts: 1st (437)
Most caught stealing by: 1st (32)
Most stolen bases against: 1st (118)
Most catchers interference by: 1st (1)
Most games played: t-1st (70)
Most runs batted in: t-1st (23)
Most walks: t-1st (20)
Most intentional walks: t-1st (1)
Most times caught stealing: t-1st (3)
Most hits: 2nd (50)
Most total bases: 2nd (57)
Most times struck out: 2nd (35)
Most passed balls: 2nd (10)
Most sacrifice hits: 3rd (6)
Most doubles: t-3rd (7)
Most times hit by pitch: t-3rd (6)
Most times reached base on error: t-3rd (6)
Most ground outs: t-3rd (57)
Most runners picked off: t-3rd (1)
Lowest stolen base against pct.: 4th (.787)
Most stolen base attempts: t-4th (5)
Most errors: t-4th (12)
Most runs scored: t-5th (15)
SINGLE-SEASON RANKINGS:
Most chances: 1st (241 in 2016)
Most putouts: 1st (208 in 2016)
Most caught stealing by: 1st (16 in 2016)
Most stolen bases against: 1st (56 in 2016)
Most catchers interference by: 1st (1 in 2015)
Most intentional walks: t-1st (1 in 2015)
Most caught stealing by: 2nd (9 in 2014)
Most stolen bases against: 2nd (34 in 2014)
Most caught stealing by: 3rd (7 in 2015)
Most stolen bases against: 3rd (28 in 2015)
Most times hit by pitch: t-3rd (4 in 2016)
Most sacrifice hits: t-3rd (4 in 2015)
Most runners picked off: t-3rd (1 in 2016)
Most passed balls: t-3rd (4 in 2016)
Most chances: 4th (133 in 2015)
Most putouts: 4th (121 in 2015)
Most games started: t-4th (26 in 2016)
Most times struck out looking: t-4th (5 in 2016)
Most times struck out looking: t-4th (5 in 2015)
Most times reached base on error: t-4th (4 in 2014)
Most putouts: 5th (108 in 2014)
Most runs batted in: t-5th (10 in 2014)
Most times reached on FC: t-5th (5 in 2015)
