Cole Irby (Buda/Hays) is a senior first-baseman for Texas Lutheran.
2020: Irby was named to the SCAC Spring Academic Honor Roll for the first time as a Bulldog...Saw action as the designated-hitter and split time at first base...Made ten starts and played in 11 total games...Hit .464 in 28 at-bats...Had two doubles, scored eight runs and had five RBI...Led the team with a .579 OBP...Had five multi-hit games for the year and had three-straight multi-hit games at one point...Was perfect defensively at first base as he made zero errors in 46 total chances.
2019: Part of a Bulldog squad that won the SCAC regular-season title, played for an SCAC Championship in the SCAC Tournament and hosted the NCAA Division III Baseball Seguin Regional...Was named SCAC Honorable Mention as a first-baseman...Saw action as the designated-hitter and became the everyday first baseman in the middle of SCAC play...Made 22 starts and played in 29 total games as a sophomore for the Bulldogs...Batted .239 over 92 at-bats...Scored 17 runs, had 26 RBI, six doubles and hit one home run...Hit his first collegiate home run in an 18-1 TLU victory over The University of Dallas...Produced a .985 fielding percentage in 202 chances and only made three errors in his first year at first base.
2018: Was on the roster for the Bulldogs run to the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Series, won the NCAA Division III Baseball Spokane Regional and won the SCAC Championship at The Depot at Cleburne Station...Irby played in nine total games and had five starts as the designated-hitter...Batted .273 in 22 at-bats while scoring two runs and recording two RBI...In his only at-bat in Appleton, Wisconsin at the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship, Irby was used as a pinch-hitter in the 13th inning against Swarthmore and he got hit by a pitch which kept the inning alive as TLU eventually won in the next half-inning, 3-2...Against Southwestern on April 22, 2018, Irby had three hits, including one double and also recorded one RBI.
Irby is a graduate of Hays High School...He played for David Null and James Howard.
Personal: His parents are Bill ad Alison Irby...His major is criminal justice and his minor is political science.
