2017 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 12
Cole Bellair
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 230
- Position:
- RHP
- Hometown:
- Lockport, Ill.
- High School:
- Lockport Township
Career Highs
Updated following the 2017 season
- Innings pitched: 8.0, Penn State, Mar 26, 2016
- Strikeouts: 9, at Coastal Carolina, Mar 10, 2017
- Batters faced: 29, vs Northern Illinois, Mar 19, 2016 ; Penn State, Mar 26, 2016
Sophomore - 2017
- 15 appearances with nine starts
- 3-2, 6.97 ERA in 51.2 IP
Freshman - 2016
- All-Big Ten Freshman Team
- 2-3, 3.34 ERA, 16 appearances, 9 starts, 59.1 IP, 54 H, 13 BB, 35 SO
- 1-3, 5.13 ERA in Big Ten games (8 appearances, 6 starts)
- First Illini true freshman starting pitcher since 2013
- Third on the team in ERA (3.34)
- Fourth on the team in strikeouts (35)
- Fourth on the team in batting average against (.241)
- Fourth on the team in innings pitched (59.1)
- Fourth on the team in starts on the mound (9)
- Wins against Saint Louis and Ohio State
- Did not allow a run in seven appearances out of the bullpen
- Started his career with 17.0 straight scoreless innings
High School
- Two-year letterwinner at Lockport Township
- Captained the baseball team as a senior
- 5-3, 2.60 ERA, 57 SO, 49.1 IP as a senior
- 3-4, 1.50 ERA, 59 SO, 51.2 IP as a junior
- Pitched in conference title clinching game in 2014 and 2015
- 2015 All-Southwest Suburban Conference Blue
- 2014 Underclass High Honorable Mention honors by Perfect Game
- No. 17 prospect in Illinois by Prep Baseball Report
- Played with fellow Illini Jack Yalowitz for Gravel Baseball in the summer
Personal
- Born April 8, 1997
- Parents are Dan and Carrie Bellair
- Started considering Illinois towards the end of the recruiting process
- Chose Illinois because, "It is such a great school academically, so I knew I would be receiving a great education. Also, I really liked what Coach Dickinson had been doing with the pitchers. It just felt like home when I walked onto campus."
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