2019 Baseball Roster

41 Nick Cottone

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Toms River, NJ
  • Highschool Toms River East

Biography

2019 Season
Was the ace of Elmira's pitching staff as a senior, going 3-3 with a career-low 3.96 ERA, tied for the best on the team and for the third-lowest in program single-season history...Set a program record with 70 strikeouts, a .223 opposing batting average, and 10.27 strikeouts per nine...Earned the win in the season-opener at Greensboro (2/18), as he allowed just two hits and one run in 6.0 innings in an 8-5 victory...Set an Elmira single-game record with 11 strikeouts in a no-decision at No. 20-ranked Johns Hopkins...Earned the win over Houghton (3/29) with eight strikeouts and two earned runs allowed in 7.0 innings...Fanned 10 in a 7.0 innings while allowing three runs (two earned) in his final start, a 10-4 win vs. Utica (5/5).

2018 Season
Transitioned from the bullpen to a starting role as a junior...Went 0-6 with a 6.08 earned-run average...Ranked second on the team with eight starts and third with 40.0 innings pitched...Struck out a career-high 38 batsmen, while opponents hit just .269 against him...Opened the year with a scoreless frame and one strikeout against Huntingdon (2/20) in one of his two relief appearances on the season...Went a career-high 7.2 innings in a no-decision against Frostburg State (3/11), allowing four runs (one earned) with five strikeouts...Gave up just two runs on four hits and five strikeouts in 6.0 innings against St. John Fisher (3/25)...Tied a single-game season-high with six punch outs in back-to-back starts against Houghton (4/21) and RIT (4/27)...Logged his first complete-game against the Highlanders with 6.0 innings of four-run ball in a 4-1 loss.

2017 Season
Appeared in 11 games out of Elmira’s bullpen during his sophomore season…Tallied a 6.75 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 10.2 innings pitched…Struck out all three batters that he faced in a non-conference contest against Mitchell (2/26)…Pitched a season-high 2.0 innings and struck out two batters in a bout against Hilbert (4/4)…Tossed a scoreless inning and posted two strikeouts in a 21-14 win over Alfred State (4/18)…Earned his lone save of the year with zero runs allowed in 2.0 innings pitched in a 4-2 defeat of Alfred State (4/27).   

2016 Season
Made 14 appearances, which included one start, on the mound…Had seven scoreless outings out of the bullpen...Posted a 5.85 earned-run average over 20.0 innings of work…Amassed a 1-2 record and recorded one save…Struck out 16 batters on the year…Earned his first collegiate win against Hilbert College (3/31) with 2.1 innings of relief…Notched his first collegiate save with a scoreless inning and two strikeouts against Keuka College (4/21).

Before Elmira
A 2015 graduate of Toms River High School East in Toms River, New Jersey, where he lettered in baseball and cross country.
 
Personal
Nick is a Business Administration major with concentrations in Marketing and Management...He is the baseball team's representative on the EC Student-Athlete Advisory Board (SAAB).

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Historical Player Information

  • 41

    2016Freshman

    RHP
    6'4" 200 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2017Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 225 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2018Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 215 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2019Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 215 lbs
    41