Naval Academy Athletics

• 2020 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

• Has started every game in which he has played over his career (27 gms = 13 Fr // 5 So // 9 Jr) ... has made 22 of his 27 starts at attack, starting 5 games in 2021 at midfield (Jacksonville / Bucknell / Loyola 4.3 / Lehigh / Lafayette)
• Has produced points in 25 of the 27 games over his career (Loyola ‘19, Mount St. Mary’s ‘21), including each of the last 8 games of 2021
• Owns an active point-scoring streak of 8-consecutive games that dates back to Feb. 28, 2021 against Jacksonville ... during that streak he has recorded 15 points on 6 goals and 9 assists and has produced 5 multi-point games

2021 // Junior Year
• Finished his junior campaign as the Mids’ fourth-leading scorer with 15 points on 6 goals and 9 assists
• Member of the Mids’ extra-man offense that converted 13 goals on 30 opportunities (43.3) which ranked #13 nationally and #1 in the Patriot League along with Boston U.
• Posted 3 points on a pair of goals and an assist in the Mids’ Patriot League Quarterfinals game at Loyola ... it was his first multi-goal game since his 2-goal effort at Richmond on Feb. 18, 2020 ... punched in his first extra-man goal of the year on an assist from Tyler Perreten
• Dealt out an assist at Lafayette where he pushed to the midfield for Dane Swanson who sat out
• Pitched in a pair of assists, both to Joe deLyra, in the Mids’ Star Game win over Army ... it was just his fourth-career multi-assist game and second this season
• Returned to his starting attack position in Navy’s win at #15 Loyola (4.17) where he scored his 50th collegiate point (24 gms) with a goal that gave the Mids a 6-0 lead in the opening quarter
• Dealt out a season-best 3 assists in the Mids’ loss to Loyola (4.3)
• Produced a pair of points on a goal and an assist in Navy’s league opener against Bucknell
• Made his first-career start at midfield for the Mids in the win over Jacksonville
• Scored a goal and assisted on Bryson Rhee’s extra-man goal to close out the 7-goal win against the Dolphins
• Had his 11-game scoring streak and 10-game goal streak snapped in the opener by Mount St. Mary’s when he was held scoreless ... it was just the third time in his career he has been held without a goal (vs. Loyola 3.16.19 and Lehigh 3.23.19)

2020 // Sophomore Year
• A starter in all five contests, he was Navy’s third-leading scorer with 12 points on 8 goals and 4 assists
• Produced a career-high 5 points against Colgate, scoring a goal and dealing out a career-best 4 assists ... came into the game without an assist in 2020 ... also grabbed a career-best 5 ground balls
• Produced a pair of goals on 4 shots against Manhattan (2.7), including the game and season’s first goal

2019 // Freshman Year
• A starter in all 13 games at attack, he closed his rookie season as the Mids’ fourth-leading scorer with 29 points on 20 goals and 9 assists
• Scored 2 of Navy’s 9 extra-man goals
• Cole and classmate Jack Sweeney scored 29 and 23 points, respectively ... it’s the first freshman tandem to score 20 points each since Tucker Hull and Sam Jones scored 38 points apiece in 2011
• Cole’s 29 points are tied as the 14th most by a Navy freshman, while his 9 assists are tied as the 13th most by a rookie
• Took 70 shots over the course of the seasons, the fifth most by a Navy freshman and the most since Nick Mirabito’s 82 in 2005
• Garnered Patriot League Rookie of the Week recognition following his 2-goal, 2-assist performance against #16 Boston U. in the regular-season finale
• Had his 6-game point-scoring streak snapped by #9 Loyola
• Recorded a then career-best 4 points on his first collegiate hat trick and an assist against #3 Maryland
• Made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ opener against Vermont as a member of Navy’s starting attack ... he produced 3 points on 2 goals (3SOG) and an assist

High School
• 2018 graduate of Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, Va.
• Four-year lacrosse letter winner
• Three-time (2016-17-18) First-Team All-State (Va.) midfielder and garnered All-American honors his senior year
• Named the Virginia State Player of the Year in 2018
• Served as team captain his junior and senior years
• Helped lead Stone Bridge High School to the 2015 Virginia 5A state title
• Member of the National Honor Society

Personal
• Son of Terry and Joy Cole
• His service assignment is Navy Pilot
• Majoring in Quantitative Economics, he owns a 2.89 grade-point average
• Has earned Commandant’s (F2018, S2020, F2020) List accolades
• Also considered Army
• Brother, Dom, is a junior at the Naval Academy and a member of the lacrosse team
• Father, Terry, played lacrosse at RIT ‘91