2008 - Junior Year - Named first team all-USA South in the outfield after hitting .331 with three home runs and 38 RBIs...Also first team all-Virginia Division II-III...Put together a 23-game hitting streak, the third longest in CNU history, by starting the season with 18 straight games...During that span he hit .423 with 21 RBIs...Had 15 multi-hit games including three hits ecah against Bridgewater and Castleton St. twice... Also had four RBIs versus Eastern Mennonite and three in games with Randolph-Macon, N.C. Wesleyan, Castleton St. and Eastern Mennonite...His home runs came against Randolph-Macon, Eastern Mennonite and Ferrum...Also stole 13 bases in 15 tries
2007 - Sophomore Year - After appearing in just one game in his freshman year, he was inserted as the starting right fielder on opening day and did an outstanding job...Had ten multi-hit games, paced by three against Virginia Wesleyan...Hit two home runs, against Shenandoah and Randolph-Macon.
2006 - Freshman Year - Saw action in one
game, against Greensboro, where he scored a run...Named to the USA South all-academic team and made Dean's List in the Spring semester.
AT GREAT BRIDGE - A first team all-state
selection in his senior year when he was also first team all-region, all-Southeastern District and all- Tidewater...Hit .429 as a senior with 30 RBIs and 27 stolen bases...Played for coach Wiley Lee...A National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL - Eric Thomas Cole was born March 22, 1987 in Richmond, Va...He is the son of Frank and Melody Cole and is majoring in Management...Has a brother Philip, 26.
