The Citadel Athletics

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2017): Started 47 games and appeared in 50 during sophomore season…Third on the team with a .260 average in 200 at-bats…one of two Bulldogs to get 200 ABs…Finished the season with 52 hits and nine doubles, along with seven home runs…Second on the team with 13 multi-hit games, including a 9-for-13 weekend against Mercer in April with four runs scored and two doubles…Added a 3-for-6 game with four RBI in a 10-9 loss to ETSU (5/7)…Went 4-for-7 and scored six runs in the Bulldogs’ 34-8 win over Winthrop (3/14)…Had three hits and three RBI in an 8-7 win against Dartmouth (3/18) including a double in the 10^th to set up the game-winning walk…Scored the lone run in a 1-0 win over Wofford (5/18)…Homered twice in series at ETSU including a solo shot in Saturday’s (5/6) 4-1 win…Finished the season with a .970 fielding % in the outfield with three assists.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2016): Appeared in 30 games with seven starts … first saw action against Virginia Tech on February 21 … recorded first hit of the season at USC Upstate, hitting a leadoff single and eventually coming around to score the only run in the game for the Bulldogs … tallied second hit of the season in the ninth inning at Stetson on April 3 and eventually came around to score … made first start of the year on April 5 at Charleston Southern … second start came May 5 at Mercer ... went two-for-two with one run scored and first-career double at Mercer on May 6 … had two more hits in the following game and scored twice … beginning on May 6, held a four-game hitting streak that lasted until May 13 … went one-for-three with one run scored at ETSU on May 20 … concluded the season with .250 batting average, nine hits and .386 on-base percentage.

FRESHMAN (2015): Redshirted season. 

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2014 graduate of T.L. Hanna High School … led team in hits and batted .350 his senior season while serving as a team captain … posted a batting average of .333 his junior campaign … honor graduate who received a four-year engineering award.

PERSONAL: Taylor Spann Cothran ... born April 7, 1996 ... son of Brian and Roberta Cothran … majoring in civil engineering.