University of Georgia Athletics
2027 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 2
Gio Colasante
- Position:
- INF/P
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 227
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- New York, N.Y.
- Prev School:
- Harvard
2026 (Senior/Harvard): Put together one of the Ivy League’s top offensive seasons in conference play, hitting .386 with a 1.200 OPS over 21 Ivy starts as the Crimson finished 11-26 under coach Bill Decker
*Named a semifinalist for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award
*A unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection at first base and made Second team as a pitcher
*Made 37 starts as a two-way player for the Crimson
*Hit .313 on the year with 28 runs, 45 hits, 31 RBI, seven doubles, one triple, nine home runs and 11 stolen bases
*Led the Ivy League in home runs and ranked second in slugging percentage (.747) and OPS (1.200), third in batting average (.386) and hits (32) and went 6-for-7 on stolen-base attempts in Ivy play
*Made 11 starts on the mound, going 3-5 with a 4.47 ERA over 54.1 innings with 38 strikeouts
*Went 3-1 with a 3.10 ERA over seven Ivy League starts on the mound, striking out 29 batters across 40.2 innings while holding opponents to a .195 batting average with a 0.92 WHIP
*Named Ivy League Player of the Week for the second straight week after hitting .556 (5-for-9) with five RBI, three runs, two stolen bases, a home run, a double and a .692 OBP while posting a 1.12 ERA over 8.0 innings with four strikeouts in Harvard’s 2-1 series win over Cornell
*Earned the win in game one against Cornell, throwing 8.0 innings with one run allowed on four hits, no walks and four strikeouts
*Named the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week after going 6-for-13 (.462) during Harvard’s weekend sweep at Princeton, including two home runs, a double, four RBI and a two-hit pitching start with one run allowed over 4.0 innings
*Went 1-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, three runs, three walks and a stolen base at Tulane
*Homered and drove in two runs at Rice
*Tossed 5.0 innings without allowing an earned run and struck out four at California Baptist
*Earned the win at Columbia after throwing 6.0 innings with two hits, one run and four strikeouts
*Hit home runs in back-to-back games at Columbia
*Went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a stolen base at Cornell
*Went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, three runs, a walk and two hit-by-pitches at Cornell
*Threw 7.0 innings with one run and six strikeouts against Brown
*Went 2-for-3 with two home runs, four RBI, two runs, and a walk at Princeton
2025 (Junior/Harvard): One of four Crimson players to start all 42 contests for coach Bill Decker as the squad finished 14-28
*Tallied 10 home runs, tying for fifth on Harvard’s single-season home runs list
*Led the team in OPS (.947), runs (31), home runs (10), RBI (33), total bases (88), and slugging (.564), while ranking second in average (.314), hits (49), OBP (.383), stolen bases (10) and third in doubles (seven)
*Hit .314 on the year with 31 runs, 49 hits, 33 RBI, seven doubles, one triple, and 10 home runs
*As a pitcher, ranked second on the team in opponents average (.246) and third in strikeouts (36), WHIP (1.58), wins (two) and games started (nine)
*Threw 31.2 innings on the year with a 7.11 ERA, 2-4 record, one save and 36 strikeouts
*During Ivy play, hit .349 with 17 runs, 30 hits, five doubles, six homers and 19 RBI
*Made six appearances – all starts – as a pitcher in Ivy League play
*Totaled 16 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games on the year
*Reached base safely in each of the final 32 games of the season
*Went 3-for-4 with four RBI and a home run at Massachusetts
*Finished 4-for-4 with three RBI, three runs, a double and a home run in game one at Dartmouth
*Blasted two home runs in game two against Columbia
*Tallied two hits and three RBI, while also earning the save as a pitcher in the Ivy League Tournament against Yale
*Threw 5.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts in the start at Dartmouth
*Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts in the start against Stonehill
*Tallied a season-best seven strikeouts in a season high 6.0 innings in the win at Brown
*Earned First Team All-Ivy honors as a utility/pitcher (unanimous) and as a first baseman
*Gained a spot on the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Watch List
*Garnered Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament Team accolades
2024 (Sophomore/Harvard): Missed the season due to injury
2023 (Freshman/Harvard): Saw action in 34 contests with 29 starts for head coach Bill Decker on a Harvard squad that finished 20-24
*Tallied a .260 average with 14 runs, 27 hits, 14 RBI, three doubles, 16 walks and five stolen bases on the year
*Notched a .270 average during conference play with 11 runs, 17 hits and seven RBI over 18 games and 17 starts
*Posted six multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games
*Tallied two hits and two RBI against Holy Cross
*Registered two hits and two runs versus Cornell
*Compiled a pair of two hit-games against Yale (May 13-14)
High School: Earned four letters at Poly Prep Country Day School (New York, N.Y.) for coach Matt Roventini
*Served team as a captain as a junior and senior
*Hit .413 with five home runs as a senior
*Won school’s Scull Plaque – presented to a senior for excellence in scholarship and athletics
*Gained Team MVP honors in 2022
*Helped team win the 2022 NYSAIS State Championship
*Posted a 0.00 ERA over 15.0 innings as a junior
*Participated at East Coast Pro and PG National Showcase
*Competed on the travel level for MVP BEAST
*Also played basketball
Personal: Born Feb. 11, 2004
*Son of Gifty and Lorenzo Colasante
*Major: Earned an Economics degree from Harvard; Now in Graduate Studies
*Named a semifinalist for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award
*A unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection at first base and made Second team as a pitcher
*Made 37 starts as a two-way player for the Crimson
*Hit .313 on the year with 28 runs, 45 hits, 31 RBI, seven doubles, one triple, nine home runs and 11 stolen bases
*Led the Ivy League in home runs and ranked second in slugging percentage (.747) and OPS (1.200), third in batting average (.386) and hits (32) and went 6-for-7 on stolen-base attempts in Ivy play
*Made 11 starts on the mound, going 3-5 with a 4.47 ERA over 54.1 innings with 38 strikeouts
*Went 3-1 with a 3.10 ERA over seven Ivy League starts on the mound, striking out 29 batters across 40.2 innings while holding opponents to a .195 batting average with a 0.92 WHIP
*Named Ivy League Player of the Week for the second straight week after hitting .556 (5-for-9) with five RBI, three runs, two stolen bases, a home run, a double and a .692 OBP while posting a 1.12 ERA over 8.0 innings with four strikeouts in Harvard’s 2-1 series win over Cornell
*Earned the win in game one against Cornell, throwing 8.0 innings with one run allowed on four hits, no walks and four strikeouts
*Named the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week after going 6-for-13 (.462) during Harvard’s weekend sweep at Princeton, including two home runs, a double, four RBI and a two-hit pitching start with one run allowed over 4.0 innings
*Went 1-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, three runs, three walks and a stolen base at Tulane
*Homered and drove in two runs at Rice
*Tossed 5.0 innings without allowing an earned run and struck out four at California Baptist
*Earned the win at Columbia after throwing 6.0 innings with two hits, one run and four strikeouts
*Hit home runs in back-to-back games at Columbia
*Went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a stolen base at Cornell
*Went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, three runs, a walk and two hit-by-pitches at Cornell
*Threw 7.0 innings with one run and six strikeouts against Brown
*Went 2-for-3 with two home runs, four RBI, two runs, and a walk at Princeton
2025 (Junior/Harvard): One of four Crimson players to start all 42 contests for coach Bill Decker as the squad finished 14-28
*Tallied 10 home runs, tying for fifth on Harvard’s single-season home runs list
*Led the team in OPS (.947), runs (31), home runs (10), RBI (33), total bases (88), and slugging (.564), while ranking second in average (.314), hits (49), OBP (.383), stolen bases (10) and third in doubles (seven)
*Hit .314 on the year with 31 runs, 49 hits, 33 RBI, seven doubles, one triple, and 10 home runs
*As a pitcher, ranked second on the team in opponents average (.246) and third in strikeouts (36), WHIP (1.58), wins (two) and games started (nine)
*Threw 31.2 innings on the year with a 7.11 ERA, 2-4 record, one save and 36 strikeouts
*During Ivy play, hit .349 with 17 runs, 30 hits, five doubles, six homers and 19 RBI
*Made six appearances – all starts – as a pitcher in Ivy League play
*Totaled 16 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games on the year
*Reached base safely in each of the final 32 games of the season
*Went 3-for-4 with four RBI and a home run at Massachusetts
*Finished 4-for-4 with three RBI, three runs, a double and a home run in game one at Dartmouth
*Blasted two home runs in game two against Columbia
*Tallied two hits and three RBI, while also earning the save as a pitcher in the Ivy League Tournament against Yale
*Threw 5.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts in the start at Dartmouth
*Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts in the start against Stonehill
*Tallied a season-best seven strikeouts in a season high 6.0 innings in the win at Brown
*Earned First Team All-Ivy honors as a utility/pitcher (unanimous) and as a first baseman
*Gained a spot on the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Watch List
*Garnered Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament Team accolades
2024 (Sophomore/Harvard): Missed the season due to injury
2023 (Freshman/Harvard): Saw action in 34 contests with 29 starts for head coach Bill Decker on a Harvard squad that finished 20-24
*Tallied a .260 average with 14 runs, 27 hits, 14 RBI, three doubles, 16 walks and five stolen bases on the year
*Notched a .270 average during conference play with 11 runs, 17 hits and seven RBI over 18 games and 17 starts
*Posted six multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games
*Tallied two hits and two RBI against Holy Cross
*Registered two hits and two runs versus Cornell
*Compiled a pair of two hit-games against Yale (May 13-14)
High School: Earned four letters at Poly Prep Country Day School (New York, N.Y.) for coach Matt Roventini
*Served team as a captain as a junior and senior
*Hit .413 with five home runs as a senior
*Won school’s Scull Plaque – presented to a senior for excellence in scholarship and athletics
*Gained Team MVP honors in 2022
*Helped team win the 2022 NYSAIS State Championship
*Posted a 0.00 ERA over 15.0 innings as a junior
*Participated at East Coast Pro and PG National Showcase
*Competed on the travel level for MVP BEAST
*Also played basketball
Personal: Born Feb. 11, 2004
*Son of Gifty and Lorenzo Colasante
*Major: Earned an Economics degree from Harvard; Now in Graduate Studies
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