2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 4
Cole Friese
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Shippensburg, Pa.
- High School:
- Shippensburg
Career Highlights
- All-PSAC East First Team (2019, 2021)
- ABCA/D2CCA/NCBWA All-Atlantic Region First Team (2019)
- Millersville's career home runs leader (29)
- Led the PSAC in runs scored (2019)
- Millersville single-season record for runs scored (66, 2019)
2021 (Fifth-Year Senior)
- Capped an incredibly productive career as Millersville's all-time leader in home runs with 29
- Ranked in third in career runs, fifth in hits, third in triples, seventh in walks, ninth in RBIs, fifth in steals and fifth in total bases
- Led the team with 10 home runs, becoming only player in program history with two seasons of 10 or more home runs
- Tied for the team lead with 17 stolen bases
- Ranked fifth in the PSAC in runs and hits, sixth in steals and eighth in home runs
- Posted second-highest batting average of his career (.335) and finished hitting .324 over 215 games played
- Played outstanding center field defense, recording 79 putouts and an assist with just one error
- Slashed .354/.438/.606 with eight homers and 26 RBIs (second on the team) against PSAC East opponents
- Started the season with 10 hits and seven runs in the first five games
- Drove in a season-high five runs with three hits against West Chester on April 17
- Drove in eight runs and recorded seven hits with three homers in the April 23-24 Bloomsburg series
- Hit home runs (including the career record breaker) in back-to-back games at Kutztown on May 8, totaling six RBIs in the doubleheader
- Totaled five hits and five runs scored in the team's four PSAC Tournament games
2020 (Senior)
- Played and started in all 18 games in center field
- Scored 17 runs (seventh-highest total in the PSAC and third-most on the team)
- Hit .291 with 16 hits and 11 RBIs (both totals were fifth-most on the Marauders)
- Stole six bases in eight attempts
- Walked fifteen times (fifth-highest amount in the PSAC)
- Hit two home runs (one on Feb. 2 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas vs. Arkansas-Monticello and the other on March 7 vs. Le Moyne)
- Had a season-high four RBIs in that March 7 game vs. Le Moyne
- Ended the season on the five-game hitting streak
- Season ended early due to coronavirus pandemic
2019 (Junior)
- Ultra-productive offensive performer, ranking sixth in the PSAC in hitting (.368) and fifth in slugging (.653)
- Led the PSAC with 75 hits
- Ranked 10th in RBIs (44), 10th in doubles (14), fourth in home runs (12) and fourth in steals (27)
- Joined division player of the year Jared Melone as the only players in the PSAC to rank in the top 10 in doubles and home runs
- One of only two players in the league to rank in the top 10 in homers and stolen bases
- Posted 10th-best slugging percentage in Millersville history
- 75 hits tied for 10th most
- Four triples tied for fifth
- Tied for fourth in single-season home runs and total bases (133)
- Posted seventh-best single-season steals total
- Hit .390 with a .700 slugging percentage and .456 OBP against the PSAC East
- Led the team with 24 multi-hit games
- One of only three players with a four-hit game
- Led the team with 14 multi-RBI games
- Drove in three runs four times
- Named PSAC East Athlete of the Week on April 8
- Opened the season by reaching base in the first 32 games
- Logged a 15-game hitting streak
- Hit .440 (33-for-75) as the leadoff hitter in an inning
- Hit .362 with runners in scoring position
- Ranked second on the team with 21 two-out RBIs
- Hit two home runs and drove in three vs. Goldey-Beacom on March 8
- Went 7-for-15 in the four-game series
- Hit five home runs in an eight-game stretch between March 16-March 24
- Swiped four bases and had four hits against Le Moyne on March 15
- Totaled nine multi-hit games in a 15-game hitting streak from March 17-April 12
- Scored at least one run in all but 17 games
- Team went 7-10 when he did not score
- Hit a solo home run in game one of the NCAA Super Regional against Bloomsburg
2018 (Sophomore)
- One of three players to start all 57 and started every game in center field
- Team went 27-11 with him as the leadoff hitter
- Had just one error in 89 chances
- Hit .294 and ranked third in the PSAC in stolen bases with 21
- Led the PSAC in at-bats
- Second on the team and sixth in the league in hits (62)
- Third on the team with four home runs
- Tied Millersville's single-season record for triples with five
- Ranked second on the team in slugging percentage (.445)
- Reached 34 times in 85 chances (.400) as the leadoff hitter in an inning
- Started the season on a tear, reaching base in each of the first 18 games
- Had at least one hit in 17 of the first 18 games
- Turned in nine multi-hit games in that stretch
- Scored 23 runs in the first 17 games
- Boasted a .408 average through the first 18 games
- Stole a season-high two bases three times
- Had a career-high four hits an a career-high four runs scored against Lock Haven on April 27
- Came up a homer shy of the cycle in the PSAC Tournament win over Gannon
- Triple was a walk-off in the 10th inning
- Recorded at least one hit in every game of PSAC Tournament
- Hit a three-run home run in the win over Bloomsburg
- Scored six runs in the NCAA regional including two in three consecutive games
2017 (Freshman)
- Part of the left field platoon and a go-to pinch runner
- Totaled 41 games played and 16 starts
- Hit .273 with a .403 OBP in 55 at bats
- Went 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts
- Drove in 14 runs
- Hit a home run and stole a base against Mansfield on April 3
- Opened the season with a hit, walk and two RBIs in game one
- Had two hits four times
- Hit .476 with runners in scoring position
- With a runner on third and less than two outs, he plated a run six times in seven chances
High School
- Named All-Mid-Penn Colonial Division First Team
- Named All-Public Opinion First Team
- Hit .423 with three homers and 14 doubles
- Named Public Opinion Athlete of the Week once
- Hit walk-off home run to help American Legion team to Franklin County title
- Also lettered in football
About the Marauder
- Why Millersville: To get an education and play baseball.
- Favorite class or professor at Millersville: Shop classes
- Off-the-field hobbies: Hunting and fishing
- Interesting summer job or internship: Landscaping
- Hidden talent: Fishing
- Favorite pro athlete: Mookie Betts, Mike Trout
- Favorite show to binge watch: Ozarks
- Pregame ritual: It's a secret
Personal
- Son of Merle and Donna Friese
- Majoring in construction management
Highlights: Millersville Baseball NCAA Atlantic Regional vs. Seton Hill [DH] (May 17, 2025)
Saturday, May 17
Highlights: Millersville Baseball NCAA Atlantic Regional vs. Seton Hill (May 16, 2025)
Friday, May 16
Highlights: Millersville Baseball NCAA Atlantic Regional vs. California (Pa.) (May 15, 2025)
Thursday, May 15
Highlights: Millersville Baseball PSAC Tournament Championship vs. Cal U(May 10, 2025)
Sunday, May 11
