Completed Event: Baseball at McNeese State on February 21, 2026 , Win , 8, to, 2
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Jersey Number 9
James Cosentino
- Position:
- IF
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Hometown:
- Leawood, Kan.
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team
- 2018 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
- 2017 All-Big 12 Second Team
- 2017 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
- 2017 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
- 2017 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (4/17 & 5/8)
- Finished career second all-time in games played at Kansas with 242
2021 (R-SENIOR)
- Appeared in 53 games with 51 starts at second base
- Hit .199 (33-for-166) with five doubles, one triple and six home runs
- Led KU with six home runs in 2021 – vs. South Dakota State (2/19), at Oklahoma (4/10), vs. Air Force (4/14), vs. Baylor (4/17), 2 vs. North Dakota State (5/1)
- 19-game reached base streak was the second longest streak of the 2021 season
- Recorded seven multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games
- Logged a season-high three RBI against North Dakota State (5/1)
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team
2020 (SHORTENED SEASON DUE TO CORONAVIRUS)
- Started all 17 games at second base, finishing with a .179 average (12-for-67)
- Finished tied for the team lead with two home runs, recording his home runs in back-to-back games at Belmont (2/15-16)
- Two multiple-hit games at Belmont (2/15) and vs. Michigan State (2/28)
- Tallied a season-high three RBI performance at Belmont (F2/16)
2020 (SENIOR)
- Made season debut as the starting second baseman on Opening Day at Belmont (2/14)
- Hit a home run in back-to-back games against the Bruins (2/15-16)
- Drove in three runs at Belmont (2/16) for his first multi-RBI game of the season
2019 (JUNIOR)
- Started in all 58 games he played in
- Batted .235 (50-for-213) with 10 doubles, three triples, four home runs and 27 walks
- Opening Day starter at second base for third-straight season (2/15)
- Blasted a solo bomb at USC Upstate (2/18), the 12th of his career
- Career-high four RBIs vs. Texas Southern (2/23)
- Led the team in hit by pitch with 22
- Nabbed a season-high two stolen bases at West Virginia (4/20)
- Tied for second-best on the team with three triples
2018 (SOPHOMORE)
- Started 56 of 56 games he played in
- Batted .269 (56-for-208) with nine doubles, four triples, seven home runs and 24 RBIs
- Led the team in triples (7)
- Started second-consecutive opening day at second base against Murray State (2/16)
- Hit fifth home run of career against the Racers (2/17), a three-run shot, to match his personal-best in RBIs (3)
- Connected for his first-career triple against Texas Southern (3/3)
- Tallied a season-best three hits, including a home run, at then-No. 4 Florida State (3/5)
- Hit another home run at Texas (3/16)
- Tied career-high three runs scored against then-No. 5 Texas Tech (4/8)
- Tallied four hits to tie career best at Creighton (4/11)
- Hit walk-off home run in bottom of 10th inning against Oklahoma (5/17)
- Matched career bests in runs (3) and RBIs (3) against Western Illinois (5/20)
2017 (SOPHOMORE)
- Named All-Big 12 Second Team and All-Freshman Team
- 2017 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
- Started in all 58 games played
- Batted .271 (58-of-214) with 11 doubles and four home runs
- Drove in 31 RBIs
- Second-best slugging percentage on the team (.379)
- Eight-game hitting streak (5/5) against Texas Southern until (5/18) against Texas Tech
- Blasted a three-run home run for his first-career hit at The Citadel (2/17)
- Hit first-career double against Northwestern State (3/3)
- Notched two bunt singles at Oral Roberts (3/15)
- One of three players to start every single game
- Three hits against West Virginia (4/7)
- Career-high three walks against Oklahoma State (4/15)
- Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week (4/17)
- Three hits and two runs scored at then-No. 19 Oklahoma (4/23)
- Set a new career high of four hits at Grand Canyon (4/26) where he finished the game a perfect 4-for-4 with a walk
- Hit second-career home run against Baylor (4/30)
- Hit two home runs in back-to-back days against Texas Southern (5/5 & 5/6)
- Scored a personal-best three runs (5/5) and swiped two bases (5/6) against the Tigers
- Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for a second time (5/8)
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS HS
- Helped St. Thomas Aquinas High School to a 75-19 record over his four seasons
- Played for head coach Lorne Parks and helped the Saints to two Kansas Class 5A state titles
- Slated second in the St. Thomas Aquinas baseball record book for RBI with 67 over his career
- Ranked fourth for runs scored, crossing the plate 61 times
- Notched four triples in 2016
- Earned First Team All-Eastern Kansas League honors as a freshman with a .339 batting average
- Helped the Saints win a state championship as a sophomore and garnered Second Team All-State honors, along with a First Team All-EKL selection
- Only played in four contests as a junior due to injury
- Also was a standout football player holding the school single-season rushing record of 1,298 yards and single-game record of 261 yards
PERSONAL
- Born in Leawood, Kansas
- Son of John and Julie Cosentino
- Has two siblings, John and Danten
- Father, John, brother, Danten and uncle, Mike, all played football at Missouri State
- Majoring in liberal arts and sciences
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