Monday,
June 10, 2002
COLE SIGNS WITH BLUE HOSE BASEBALL
CLINTON,
S.C. — Robert Cole
has signed a national letter of intent to play baseball at
Presbyterian College, announced today by ninth-year head coach
Doug
Kovash.
Cole,
a 6-0, 170-pound left-handed pitcher, is a native of Savannah,
Ga. where he plays for Savannah Christian Preparatory School
and head coach Carl Carter. Cole helped lead his team to the State AAA Final Four
each of the last two seasons. As a junior, he posted a 1.90
ERA with a 9-1 record to go with 113 strikeouts in 77.3
innings. He won Best Pitcher award on his team and was
selected to the All-Coastal Empire second team.
This
past season, he compiled a 9-1 mark on the mound with a 2.12
ERA to go along with 74 strikeouts in 62.2 innings. For his
high school career, Cole has a 26-3 mark on the mound. He also
is a two-year letterwinner in football at quarterback and
two-year letterwinner in basketball while playing point guard.
“He’s
a control pitcher with good velocity and has the ability to
throw three pitches for strikes,” said Kovash. “Robert is
a proven winner at Savannah Christian that has great
confidence on the field. He should make an immediate
impact for us his freshman year. We look for great things from
him.”
During
the summer he plays for the Savannah Chain Baseball team and
head coach Shannon
Snider. The summer prior to his junior year
of high school, Cole won the Best Pitcher Award after
going 11-0 on the mound with a 1.76 ERA. Prior to his senior
year, he posted a 5-3 mark on the mound and a 3.60 ERA while
leading his team to the USSA World Series title in Winter
Park, Florida.
Cole
joins Ryan Ariail, Bryan
Cromer, Remington Ross, and Evan
Sowell who signed with the Blue Hose in April.