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Baseball
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2009): Recruited walk-on who gained immeasurable experience last season and was nearly unhittable this fall ... first impressed the Irish coaches at the 2006 ND baseball fall camp, due to his prototypical pitcher's body (6-3, 200) and arm movement ... a very competitive and confident pitcher who has made quick transition to staff 's philosophy of "willing" outs and challenging hitters ... throws a low-90s fastball and a tight slider, with deceptive quickness and movement ... made one start for the victorious Blue in the 2008 Blue-Gold World Series ... did not render in the decision, but tossed 6.0 innings and was charged with one earned run on five hits ... struck out four and did not issue a walk ... spent the summer of 2008 with the Stark County Terriers of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League ... went a perfect 5-0 with a 2.87 ERA in eight games (seven starts) ... opponents batted just .217 against him ... struck out 40 and walked eight in 37.2 innings of work ... tossed the squad's only complete game and shutout of the season ... surrendered only five extra-base hits (one home run) over the entire summer ... led pitching staff in ERA, opposing batting average, victories, innings, strikeouts, starts, fewest runs allowed, fewest earned runs allowed and fewest walks allowed ... out dueled the league's top pitching prospect Burny Mitchem to earn his fourth win of the season after throwing six innings of five-hit ball ... awarded Terriers' Cy Young award. FRESHMAN SEASON (2008): Rewarded for his strong fall showing by earning game-2 start (for Blue) in 2007 Blue-Gold World Series ... was out-dueled by classmate Brian Dupra in that game, 3-1, but still had a solid outing (5 IP, 3R, 2 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 2 Ks, 7 groundouts) ... made 12 appearances on the mound in the spring, including two starts ... went 2-2 with a 5.30 earned run average in 35.2 innings of work ... allowed 46 hits as his opponents batted .322 against him ... struck out 28 and walked eight ... did surrender six home runs against 157 batters faced ... averaged 7.07 strikeouts per nine innings ... ranked third on the team in games finished (four) and fifth in relief appearances (10) ... went 1-1 with a 4.70 ERA in six appearances (one start) in BIG EAST action ... Notre Dame posted a 1-1 record when Johnson started ... as a starter, went 1-0 with a 5.59 ERA in 9.2 innings of work (two starts) ... struck out nine and walked two ... surrendered 12 hits in 9.2 innings as a starter (good for a .286 opponents batting average) ... as a reliever, went 1-2 with a 5.19 ERA ... struck out 19 and walked six in 26.0 innings out of the Irish bullpen ... made season debut on Mar. 4 against Maine and was rocked ... charged with six earned runs on eight hits ... surrendered two doubles, a triple and two home runs, including a long ball on his first career pitch in an Irish uniform (same fate as sophomore teammate Todd Miller) ... rebounded with a dominant inning of relief against Buffalo on Mar. 14 ... tossed a scoreless and hitless inning of relief ... struck out the side ... was charged with the loss against Texas Pan-American on Mar. 16 ... was roughed up for three earned runs on four hits (although three of the hits never left the infield) ... struck out a pair ... did not allow a run, earned or unearned, over his next two relief outings (Ball State on Mar. 25 and Cincinnati on Mar. 30) ... held the Cardinals scoreless in 2.0 innings of work (surrendered one hit and struck out one) ... entered the game against the Bearcats with the Irish trailing 4-0 and proceeded to throw 5.1 scoreless innings of relief to keep Notre Dame in the game ... scattered six hits, walked two and struck out one ... made another quality relief appearance against Rutgers on Apr. 5 to register his first career victory ... went 4.1 innings and limited the Scarlet Knights to just an earned run on five hits ... fanned three and walked three ... recorded his first career start against Toledo on Apr. 15 ... earned the victory after throwing 5.0 innings without allowing an earned run (one unearned) ... limited the Rockets to just three hits ... struck out three and did not issue a walk ... following first career outing against Maine, made six appearances, five out of the Irish bullpen and recorded a 1.93 earned-run average over 18.2 innings (13 strikeouts, five walks) ... allowed just one earned run over 17.0 innings of work from Mar. 16 through Apr. 19 ... stellar stretch ended with a disappointing effort against West Virginia on Apr. 19 ... was knocked around for four earned runs on seven hits in 4.0 innings ... once again, rebounded from a poor outing with three solid relief appearances against Mississippi Valley State (Apr. 29), Connecticut (May 2) and Pittsburgh (May 10) ... tossed 2.0 scoreless innings against MVSU with three punch outs ... limited the Huskies to one hit and one earned run in 2.0 innings of relief, but was charged with the loss ... worked 2.2 scoreless innings of relief against Pittsburgh on May 10 ... did not issue a walk in any of the three appearances over the stretch ... picked up second career start of his career in the season finale against USF on May 17 ... retired 12 of the first 15 Bulls to keep them off the scoreboard before running into trouble in the fifth inning (USF exploded for six runs) ... did not factor in the decision, but still managed to strikeout a career-high six in 4.2 innings of work. PREP & PERSONAL: Logged only 75 career innings at Hudson High School due to serving as team's starting catcher as a junior and senior (also saw time at first base and outfield) ... his career pitching stats at Hudson included nine inning averages of 11 strikeouts and only three walks ... served as staff ace in his senior season ... struck out 10 batters in 6.0 innings vs. powerhouse St. Ignatius ... his senior-year offensive stats included a .329 batting average (second on team with 27 RBI, 3 HR) ... helped 2007 team win conference title before disappointing loss in district round ... named second team all-conference as a senior (also first team all-academic) and honorable mention all-conference as a junior ... played two years (`06-'07) for Ohio Yankees summer team that turned out six D-I players from the 2007 team ... posted junior-year wins with the Yankees vs. the Indiana Bulls Red and Indiana Bulls Black ... helped Yankees finish second out of 64 teams at Buckeye Elite Tournament ... could face his former Hudson High School classmates Jeff Cindar (Stark Country Terriers) and Ryan France (Stark County Terriers) when the Irish play Toledo in the 2009 season ... could also face summer league teammate Matt Aboro (Western Michigan) ... the Irish baseball program's 64 all-time monogram winners from Ohio include recent Academic All- America shortstop Greg Lopez (Upper Arlington) and five starters from the 2002 College World Series team ... inherits #37 jersey worn most recently by RHPs Dan Kapala and Matt Laird ... also a two-year letterwinner in football (as a wide receiver), earning conference first team all-academic honors ... graduated sixth in a class of 430 (4.48 GPA) ... was Hudson's 2007 recipient of Principal's Leadership Award ... also received Marion Albee Character Award ... member of National Honor Society ... current ND sophomore soccer player Rose Augustin hails from same home area while former Irish soccer player Mary Boland also attended Hudson HS ... his grandfather Dick Ralph played football at BYU while his father Doug Johnson was a football player at Sacramento State ... his younger brother Forrest is a junior football/baseball player at Hudson HS ... born Oct. 16, 1988, in Appleton, Wis. ... son of Doug and Suzy Johnson ... full name is Cole Richard Johnson ... enrolled in the College of Science as a pre-professional studies major ... turned in a 3.85 GPA during the 2007 fall semester and recorded a 3.590 GPA in the 2008 spring term ... one of 40 Notre Dame student-athletes in the Academic Honors program. Johnson's Career Statistics
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