2023 Baseball Roster

Georgia first baseman Cole Wagner (19) during Georgia’s game against Tennessee at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, May 6, 2023. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)
Photo by: Tony Walsh/UGAAA
during Georgia’s game against Arkansas at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Friday, April 21, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges/UGAAA
Georgia during Georgia’s game against South Carolina at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Sunday, Mar. 19, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges
Georgia first baseman Cole Wagner (19) during Georgia’s game against Presbyterian College at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges
Georgia first baseman Cole Wagner (19) during Georgia’s game against Presbyterian College at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
Photo by: Kari Hodges
Georgia first baseman Cole Wagner (19) during Georgia’s game against Princeton at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)
Photo by: Tony Walsh/UGAAA
Georgia first baseman and pitcher Cole Wagner (19)Georgia during a game against Jacksonville State at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)
Photo by: Tony Walsh/UGAAA
Georgia during Georgia’s game against Presbyterian College at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (Kari Hodges/UGAAA)
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Georgia first baseman Cole Wagner (19) during a game against Akron at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (Photo by Tony Walsh)
Photo by: Tony Walsh/UGAAA
Cole Wagner Run
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Cole Wagner Home Run
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Cole Wagner Scores
Photo by: Chris Rice
Cole Wagner homer
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Cole Wagner home run at UA
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Wagner, Cole BSB 2023 Headshot
Jersey Number 19

Cole Wagner

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    214
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Lewisberry, Penn.
  • High School:
    Red Land HS
  • Shop:
    L/L
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 46 games with 39 starts (27-DH, 6-RF, 6-1B) as team went 29-27 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Batted .200 with seven doubles, six home runs and 23 RBI 
*Hit .625 (5-for-8) with two runs scored and two RBI in a pair of wins over No. 5 Arkansas including a career-best four-hit game
*Batted .375 (3-for-8) with three RBI including a pinch-hit home run in the series at No. 2 Florida
*Fielded a perfect 1.000 with 42 putouts and two assists in 44 total chances
*Named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll

2022 (Freshman): Appeared in 43 games with 32 starts (18-DH, 14-RF) on a team that went 36-23 and advanced to the NCAA Chapel Hill (N.C.) Regional
*Batted .276 with 23 runs scored, one double, six home runs and 21 RBI
*Hit .428 (3-for-7) with two runs scored including a solo home run in season-opening series sweep of Albany
*Set career-highs with three hit games against Lipscomb and Texas A&M
*Smashed three-run home runs in regular season wins versus USC-Upstate, Ga. Southern and at Alabama plus a two-run shot against Hofstra in an NCAA Regional win
*Posted a perfect 1.000 FLDG% in 32 total chances, all putouts
*Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

High School: The 2021 valedictorian of Red Land where he played for Nate Ebbert
Batted .353 with eight doubles, four triple, four home runs and 32 RBI as a senior in leading the Patriots back to the state finals in PIAA 5A and a 25-5 record
*Blasted a walk-off home run to clinch Red Land’s first District 3 Class 5A title in 31 years, beating Northern 7-6
*Only saw action at first base as a senior after undergoing Tommy John surgery
*No baseball action as a junior in 2020 after the season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
*Batted .375 with three home runs, 22 RBI and six stolen bases as a sophomore in helping team to a state title and 25-3 mark
*Ranked first academically in his class and earned a National Merit Scholarship Letter of Commendation
*Also lettered in football 
*Played summer baseball with Team Elite and won the 16u WWBA Championship
 
Personal: Born Oct. 8, 2002
*Son of Colleen and Bret Wagner
*Cole’s father Bret pitched for Wake Forest and was a first round draft pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1994
*Cole was a key part of Red Land’s Little League World Series team that won the 2015 United States Championship
*Cole’s cousin Luke is a LHP/OF for the Georgia Bulldogs
*Major: Finance
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Sunday, June 01
Georgia Baseball - NCAA Regional vs Duke - Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, May 31
Georgia Baseball - NCAA Regional vs Binghamton - TV Highlights
Friday, May 30
Georgia Baseball - NCAA Regional vs Binghamton - Postgame Press Conference
Friday, May 30