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Jersey Number 35
Cole O'Brien
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Decatur, Ala.
- High School:
- Decatur Heritage Christian Academy
- Previous School:
- Columbia State CC
- Major:
- Business
CAREER ACCOLADES
2026 (SENIOR AT LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY)
2025 (JUNIOR AT LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY)
2024 (SOPHOMORE AT COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
2023 (FRESHMAN AT COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- All-ASUN Third Team (2025)
- TCCAA All-Conference First Team (2024) – at Columbia State CC
2026 (SENIOR AT LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY)
- Made three appearances, all starts, before a season-ending injury halted things in early March.
- Logged 11 innings and finished with 11 strikeouts, allowing five hits, four runs (three earned) for a 2.45 ERA.
- Worked a season-high six innings in his season debut vs Dayton (2/14), striking out four with two walks and no hits allowed.
- Struck out a season-high five vs Villanova (2/21).
2025 (JUNIOR AT LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY)
- Moved from weekend relief/midweek starter early in the season to Friday starter in late March for the Bisons in his first season in Nashville
- Making 17 total appearances, including 12 starts, he posted a 3.14 ERA in 63 innings, going 4-3
- Allowed 22 earned runs and struck out 51 batters
- Shut down right-handed bats with a .216 opposing batting average (28-of-121)
- As a starter, he posted a 2.62 ERA with a 3-3 record, held opponents to a .252 average with 43 strikeouts in 55 innings
- In ASUN play, he posted a 2.39 ERA in nine appearances (seven starts), allowing 10 earned runs in 37.2 innings with a 3-2 record to help him land a spot on the All-ASUN Third Team
2024 (SOPHOMORE AT COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- TCCAA First Team All-Conference selection
- Made 12 appearances with the Chargers in his second year
- 9-2 record with four complete games, totaling 55.2 innings
- ERA of 3.88, batting average against of .227 and WHIP of 1.29
- Struck out 66 batters with 24 walks
2023 (FRESHMAN AT COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- Made 12 appearances with seven starts in his first season
- Produced a record of 5-3
- Threw 45.1 innings, totaling 32 earned runs, with 45 strikeouts
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played baseball at Decatur Heritage Christian Academy under head coach Steve Meek
- Member of four area championship teams and finished as a state runner-up once
- All-State and All-Region selection in 2022
PERSONAL
- Son of Patrick and Janie O’Brien
- Plans to major in Business at Lipscomb
- Favorite TV Show is Criminal Minds
- Favorite Movie is Star Wars (all films)
- Favorite Professional Athlete is Mike Trout
- Favorite Professional Teams are the Atlanta Braves, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Green Bay Packers
- Hidden Talent: solid golfer
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