Pepperdine University Athletics

CAREER: Averaged 1.8 digs per set and amassed 449 total digs after his first three seasons ... Has played in 70 matches and 250 sets.
 
PEPPERDINE 2023: Saw action in 25 matches and 96 sets as a libero … Recorded 199 digs, the most on the team, with 2.07 per set … Had 70 assists, with six against Cal Lutheran (4/01) ... Saw seven matches with double-figure digs, with a season-high 16 against BYU (3/24) ... MPSF Defensive Player of the Week (3/27) … MPSF All-Academic …  A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2022: Appeared in 25 matches and 86 sets, mostly as the starting libero ... Averaged 1.62 digs per set, best on the team and seventh in the MPSF ... Recorded .972 in serve reception, best among the regular passers ... Had six matches with double-figure digs, including a season-high 13 vs. Stanford (4/16) ... A two-time MPSF Defensive Player of the Week, getting it on February 21 after the Grand Canyon series (2.00 digs/set), and again on April 18 after two wins against Stanford (2.62 digs/set) ... MPSF All-Academic ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2021: Earned Freshman All-American honors from Off the Block ... Also made the MPSF All-Freshman team ... Started at libero for nearly every match, and appeared in 19 matches and 68 sets ... Averaged 1.63 digs, second on the team and eighth in the MPSF ... Had a season-high 18 digs in the season opener vs. Concordia (1/25), one shy of the school single-match record in the rally-scoring era ... Received the MPSF Defensive Player of the Week award (2/1) after the two wins over Concordia in which he averaged 2.88 digs ... Had nine digs in back-to-back matches vs. Grand Canyon (3/26 and 3/27) ... Had at least five digs 12 times ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
USA VOLLEYBALL: Part of the 2021 U.S. Men’s U21 National Training team ... Was a two-time USA Volleyball A1 Red team selection.
 
CLUB: Played for Academy Volleyball for nine years.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Connetquot High School, located in Bohemia, N.Y., in 2020 ... Played five years of varsity volleyball, playing up as an eighth grader ... Named a 2020 Volleyball Magazine Boys Fab 50 selection ... Made the 2019 Volleyball Magazine 25 Underclassmen to Watch List ... Was Newsday’s Long Island Player of the Year as a senior ... Was the State Section Player of the Year as a senior ... Named to Newsday’s Long Island All-Decade Top 50 Athletes list ... Holds Connetquot’s career kills and digs records ... Earned high honor roll status.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in liberal arts ... Born in Stony Brook, N.Y. ... Son of Brooke and Rick Cole ... Has two siblings, Taylor and Mackenzie ... Father is the Vice President and Director of Athletics at Hofstra ... Taylor plays volleyball at Iona ... Mackenzie plays volleyball at Duke ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because of the “great athletic, academic and religious opportunities.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys going to the beach ... Favorites include LeBron James (pro athlete), Los Angeles Lakers (pro team), Legacy (book), The Dark Knight (movie), The Office (TV show), Drake (musical artist), chicken tenders (food) and basketball (sport other than volleyball) ... Favorite things about volleyball are “the friendships and competition.”