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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
Kansas Baseball vs. North Dakota State Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, May 31
Kansas Baseball vs. Creighton Postgame Press Conference
Friday, May 30
Kansas Baseball Game Week Press Conference vs. Creighton
Thursday, May 29
Kansas Baseball Pre-NCAA Media Availability
Tuesday, May 27
