PRONUNCIATION: Cole BEV-er-lynn
2024 (Redshirt Senior): Appeared in a career-high 19 games on the season including 17 games in relief with a pair of starts on the mound – the first two of his career … Tossed a career-high 32.2 innings, finishing with an 0-1 record and a 5.52 ERA after allowing 23 runs – 20 of which were earned – on 31 hits with just eight going for extra bases … Surrendered two doubles, a triple, and five home runs … Opponents hit just .248 against him on the on the season and he limited right-handed batters to just .179 (15-of-84) … Struck out his single-season best 24, posting strikeouts in 15 of his 19 appearances … Recorded 35 flyball outs and 35 ground outs with one double-play … Tossed a season-long 4.0 innings twice including four hitless, scoreless innings against ETSU (March 24) with a season-high four strikeouts … Pitched 4.0 innings in a start at The Citadel (March 30), limiting the Bulldogs to two runs on two singles with a pair of walks and two strikeouts … Had three strikeouts in 2.0 innings against Georgia State ...
Named to the Spring 2024 Academic All-Southern Conference team ...Â
Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2023 (Redshirt Junior): Made 14 relief appearances, tossing a 14.2 innings out of the bullpen with no record … Finished the season with a 4.30 ERA with seven of his 18 runs allowed going as earned … Did not allow a run in nine of his 14 appearances on the season … Struck out nine against five walks with four hit batters, striking out a season-best two a combined three times … Walked three over an inning and a third at ETSU (April 29) … Tossed a season-long two innings twice in the home games against Presbyterian (May 9) and The Citadel (May 12).
2022 (Redshirt Sophomore): Made 15 relief appearances, tossing 13.0 innings out of the bullpen … Finished with a team-best 0.69 ERA on the season with an 0-1 overall record … Only allowed four runs on the season with just one earned run … Allowed 12 hits, just three going for extra bases, as opponents were limited to a .250 average against … the 12 hits allowed came in just eight appearances with seven hitless appearances made … Struck out five against eight walks and three hit batters … Was one of just two Catamount pitchers with double-digit appearances not to surrender a home run … Tossed a season-long inning and two-thirds at Gardner-Webb (May 17), suffering his only decision of the year.
2021 (Redshirt Freshman): Made eight relief appearances on the season, tossing 9.1 innings out of the bullpen … Finished with a 11.57 ERA, allowing 13 runs including 12 earned on just nine hits with nine walks and a pair of hit batters against 11 strikeouts … Limited opponents to a .243 batting average against … Recorded 12 fly outs and five ground outs … Struck out three in two innings of scoreless, two-hit relief in his WCU debut against Towson (Feb. 20) … Tossed a season-long 3.0 innings in the road win at Gardner-Webb (April 7), striking out a season-high four.
Prior to Western Carolina: Rated the No. 42 right-handed pitcher in Florida by Perfect Game … Was taken in the 2018 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays (39th round, 1,166th overall pick) … As a senior at Spruce Creek, went 6-4 over 11 starts with a 2.86 earned run average, 71 strikeouts and 19 walks in 56.1 innings pitched … Was a preseason 2018 Rawlings/Perfect Game honorable mention All-American … As a senior, earned second team All-Area honors from the Daytona News Journal …As a sophomore and junior, was a Rawlings / Perfect Game honorable mention All-American.
Personal: Is the son of Heather and Jason Beverlin ... Is a WCU legacy as his father is former Western Carolina standout pitcher and WCU Hall of Famer class of 2008, Jason Beverlin, who is currently an assistant coach / pitching coach at Coastal Carolina.
Career Game Highs:
- Innings Pitched: 4.0, twice - MR: at The Citadel (3/30/24)
- Strikeouts:Â 4, twice - MR: vs. ETSU (3/24/24)
- Walks: 3, twice - MR: UNC Asheville (2/27/24)
