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Jersey Number 27
Cole Larsen
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 175
- Hometown:
- Jamestown, Kan.
- High School:
- Concordia
- Prev School:
- Cowley County CC
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Innings pitched: 9.0, Illinois State, Apr 09, 2022 ; at Omaha, Mar 13, 2021
- Walks allowed: 5, North Dakota State, Apr 30, 2021 ; West Virginia, Apr 30, 2022
- Strikeouts: 10, Creighton, Mar 20, 2021
- Batters faced: 36, at Omaha, Mar 13, 2021
- Field chances: 5, Texas, Apr 02, 2021
- Putouts: 2, at New Orleans, Feb 25, 2022 ; at Omaha, Mar 13, 2021
- Assists: 4, Texas, Apr 02, 2021
- Runners CS: 2, at West Virginia, Mar 27, 2021
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week (3/13/21)
REDSHIRT SENIOR – 2022
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Appeared in 15 games (14 starts; every weekend in 2022)
- 1-9, 8.47 ERA, 79.2 IP, 31 BB, 42 SO
- Led the team and fifth most IP in the Big 12 (79.2)
- W, CG, 9.0 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 6 SO vs. Illinois State 4/9/22
- Third career complete (3/13/21 at Omaha and 2/28/21 at FGCU, 6 inn.)
- Team captain
REDSHIRT JUNIOR – 2021
- Appeared in 15 games with 15 starts with two complete games and a shutout
- Led Kansas with 95.1 innings pitched and 86 strikeouts
- Finished with a 3.87 ERA and a 5-5 record with one save
- Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week after complete-game shutout at Omaha (3/13)
- Opened the season with back-to-back nine strikeout performances against South Dakota State (2/21) and at FGCU (2/28), including his lone save against SDSU
- Pitched five innings or more in all but one of his 14 starts
- Logged a season-best 10 strikeouts in eight innings pitched against Creighton (3/20)
- Earned his first victory of the season at Saint Louis (3/6)
- Pitched eight innings, while allowing only one earned run for his first Big 12 victory at West Virginia (3/27), improving to 4-1 on the year
- Earned his fifth win of the season against Kansas State (5/14), pitching eight innings with no earned runs in a 2-0 victory
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team
JUNIOR – 2020 (SHORTENED SEASON DUE TO CORONAVIRUS)
- Appeared in six games with three starts, finishing with a 0-1 record and a 5.14 ERA
- Finished second on the team in inning pitched (21.0) and strikeouts (24)
- Made Kansas debut at Belmont (2/16), pitching one and 1/3 innings with one strikeout
- Tallied a season-high nine strikeouts in first career start at Charleston Southern (2/22)
- Season-best six innings pitched against Ball State (2/29)
COWLEY COUNTY CC – 2018-19
- Finished second in the nation with a 1.36 ERA
- Helped lead the Tigers to a Conference Championship
- Named First Team All-Conference, First-Team All Region and a JuCo Baseball Blog First-Team All-American
HIGH SCHOOL
- Nine-time letter winner in football, baseball and wrestling
- Posted a 0.43 ERA in 59 innings pitched with 118 strikeouts and seven shutouts his senior year
- Helped lead the Panthers to both League and Regional Championships in 2014, 2015 and 2017
- Was named First Team All-State in 2015, 2016 and 2017 and 4A Pitcher of the Year in 2017
PERSONAL
- Born on May 31, 1999
- Son of Aaron and Stacy Larsen
- Has one sister, Taegen
- His dad, Aaron, ran track at Kansas State University
- His uncle, Mike, played football at KU
- Majoring in business finance
Dan Fitzgerald Preseason Press Conference
Thursday, February 05
Baseball 2026 Preseason Press Conference
Tuesday, February 03
Fitz Fridays: The 2026 Pitching Staff
Friday, January 30
Fitz Fridays: The 2026 Defense
Friday, January 23
