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8 Cole Weiss

  • Position IF
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-4 / 215
  • Hometown Winston-Salem, N.C.
  • High School Mount Tabor

Biography

Honors/Awards
  • 2021 CAA First-team
  • 2021 CAA All-tournament
  • 2019 Brooks/Scalf Coaches Award
  • 2019 First-team All-CAA
  • 2019 Second-team ABCA All-East
  • 2019 CAA All-Tournament
  • 2019 Named CAA Player-of-the-Week on Mar. 12
  • 2019 Second-Team All-State
  • 2018 Second-Team All-CAA
  • 2018 CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
  • 2018 CAA All-Tournament
2021 (Red-shirt Senior): Started 52-of-53 games at third base for the Seahawks ... Hit career-high six home runs and knocked in 40 runs for a second time in his career ... Finished with career-high eight stolen bases ... Concluded career ranked among the program's all-time leaders in games (227), starts (209), at-bats (818), assists (436), hits (230), RBI's (133) and total bases (322) ... Closed out season with five-game hitting streak, hitting .444 (11-25) over that stretch ... Drove in five runs on three hits in a CAA Tournament win over Northeastern (5/28) ... Had 14 multiple-hit games, including seven three-hit outings ... Concluded as UNCW's career-leader in CAA tournament history with 26 hits and 17 RBI's ... Ranks second in doubles (6) and total bases (41) ... Tied for third with 15 games played.

2020 (Senior): Started all 16 games at third base ... Finished the shortened season with team-high .305 batting average ... Homered against Dayton (2/16) and at Kentucky (2/28) ... Had season-high three hits, scored twice and drove in two in a win at Kentucky (2/28) ... Had five multi-hit games.

2019 (Junior): Selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 37th round of the MLB draft ... Started all 63 games, tying a school-record ... Second on team with .305 batting average ... Also drove in career-high 49 runs ... Finished with 13 doubles, four triples and four home runs ... Had three hits and drove in two runs in CAA Championship game win against Elon (5/26) ... Had a 14-game hitting streak late in the season.

2018 (Sophomore): Started all 62 games at third base for the Seahawks, his first season playing position ... Drove in winning/go-ahead runs in UNCW's final at bat on three occasions, Hofstra (3/24, 8th inning single), at Northeastern (5/11, squeeze bunt in the 10th inning) and versus Delaware (5/23) with a bottom of the ninth RBI-double ... Had 16 multiple-hit games, including four with three hits ... Homered twice at William & Mary (4/1) ... Led Seahawks with .417 (15-36) batting average in the postseason and fielded 33 chances flawlessly over those nine games.

2017 (Freshman): Saw action in 33 games, making 16 starts ... Drove in first career run against Ole Miss (2/26) and collected first career hit against Longwood (3/11) ... Lifted UNCW to win over William & Mary (3/25) with game-winning RBI in the bottom of the ninth ... Committed two errors in 71 total chances.

High School/Summer: Three-year letterwinner for Coach Mike Lovelace and Spartans ... Hit .489 his senior season ... Named All-Central Piedmont Conference and was team's Offensive MVP ... Also earned Iron Spartan Award ... From same prep program as former Seahawk standout Mat Batts ... Played for Region 5 In North Carolina State Powerade Games ... Also participated in North Carolina vs. South Carolina All-Star game ... Played for Carolina Rockies Black.

Personal: Full name: William Cole Weiss ... Born in Winston-Salem, N.C. ... Son of Cathy and Ed Weiss ... Mother played volleyball at West Virginia and father played baseball for the Mountaineers ... Sister, Maggie, played volleyball at Brevard.

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2017Freshman

    IF
    6'2" 190 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2018Sophomore

    IF
    6'4" 190 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2019Junior

    Infield
    6'4" 200 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2020Senior

    Infield
    6'4" 208 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Infield
    6'4" 215 lbs
    8