CAREER: Played in seven matches and 16 sets over his four seasons ... Averaged 1.19 kills and 0.81 blocks while hitting .400.
PEPPERDINE 2019: Appeared briefly in two matches as a senior ... Played against Princeton (12/30) and Concordia (4/6).
PEPPERDINE 2018: Played in five matches and started in four for the Waves as a junior ... In 14 sets played, amassed 19 kills on a .400 success rate, along with two aces, five digs and 13 block assists for 27.5 points ... Averaged 1.36 kills, 0.93 blocks, 0.36 digs and 1.96 points ... Posted a season-best seven kills twice with the last against UC Irvine (1/14) ... Recorded a season-high seven blocks vs. UC Santa Barbara (1/20).
PEPPERDINE 2017: Did not see any action as a sophomore.
PEPPERDINE 2016: Did not see any action as a freshman.
USA VOLLEYBALL: In the summer of 2016, was a member of the U.S. Men’s Junior National Team ... Helped the team, along with fellow Wave Michael Wexter, to the Men’s U21 NORCECA Continental Championship title with a four-set win over Cuba in Gastineau, Quebec, Canada ... Played with USAV HP A-1 Stars in 2015 ... Helped the team earn third place in the USAV HP tournament ... Selected to play with the USAV HP A-1 Boys Youth Camp and Championships in Tulsa in 2014 (white team) ... In 2013, earned a spot on the USAV HP A-1 Boys Select Camp and Competition in Fort Lauderdale (white team) and a bid to the USAV HP Holiday Camp in Poway, Calif. ... Selected to HP A-1 Boys Select Beach Camp in Hermosa Beach and at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista in 2012.
CLUB: Played for Diablo Valley Volleyball Club from 2010-15 with a brief stint with Pacific Rim Volleyball Academy in the 2012-13 season ... In 2013-14, helped the team to a second-place finish at NCVA Far Western Regional Qualifier (17s), fifth at SCVA Boys Invitational (17s), which earned a bid to BJNCs in the open division, fifth at SCVA Boys Classic and 13th at the BJNC Tournament ... In 2011-12, led team to second-place finish at the Far Western Regional Qualifier, third at the SCVA Invitational and fifth at the BJNC Club Division ... While playing with Pacific Rim in 2012-13, led the team to an undefeated season in the NCVA, a first-place finish at the Far Western Regional Qualifier, third place at the SCVA Invitational, fifth at the SCVA Junior Boys’ Classic and fifth at the BJNC’s Open Division in Reno.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Campolindo High School, located in Moraga, Calif., in 2015 ... Lettered four seasons, one at Campolindo and three at Bentley High School in Lafayette, Calif. ... Named to 2015 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 list ... In his junior campaign, named BLC-East League MVP and BCL-East Tournament MVP ... In 2014, let the team to the BCL-East Tournament championship … Holds the Bentley school records for most kills in a single season, most aces in a season and most aces in a single match … In 2013, led Bentley to the school’s first-ever BCL-East Championship title, and was named to the BCL-East first team.
PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology ... Son of Brett and Darcy Cole ... Has one sibling, Josie ... Said his most thrilling moment in sports was “medaling at the USA Tournament” ... Said the most interesting thing about himself is that he had “written two books by the age of 16, one fiction and one scientific theory.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys writing, reading and hiking ... Favorites include Clay Stanley (pro athlete), Arsenal FC (pro team), Half a King (book), The Shawshank Redemption (movie), Gotham (TV show), The Black Keys (musical artist), shrimp (food) and soccer (sport other than volleyball) ... Favorite thing about volleyball is “the moment where you press hard over on the block and roof your opponent.”
