Cole Larsen

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