John Cable

Height:
6-2
Weight:
230
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Roswell, Ga.
High School:
River Ridge HS
Shop:
L/R

UGA Career (2019): Hit .314-8-47 as the starting DH in 47 games and played in 59 games in his lone season with the Bulldogs
*Signed a free agent contract with the Lake Erie Crushers of the Frontier League in June

2019 (Graduate): Spent final collegiate season playing for the University of Georgia where he appeared in 59 games with 47 starts, all at DH
*Batted .314 with 15 doubles, eight home runs and 47 RBI in 59 games including hitting .287-5-30 in SEC action
*Hit .600 (9-for-15) with seven RBI in a series sweep of Alabama including a 5-for-5 performance in one game
*Smashed a grand slam in a series-clinching win over No. 10 LSU and had a grand slam in a win over UMASS Lowell at Foley Field
*Went 4-for-5 with three RBI at Jacksonville State
*The Bulldogs went 46-17 overall (a school record 21-9 in the SEC ), earned a national No. 4 seed in the NCAA Championship, advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional Final and finished with a consensus top 20 ranking including as high as No. 15 (USA Today/ESPN)
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll

2018 (Senior): Graduated from UNO with a degree in Business Administration and accepted to the University of Georgia for graduate school
*Missed the 2018 season due to a hamstring injury as team went 29-32 overall and 14-16 in the Southland Conference under coach Blake Dean
*A preseason First Team All-Southland Conference selection

2017 (Junior): Appeared and played in 57 games with the majority of the starts coming from behind the plate
*Named 2nd Team All Southland Conference Team
*Led team with a .349 batting average overall, a .364 average in Southland Conference play
*Posted 33 RBI and scored 37 runs
*Belted three home runs on the year and had 97 total bases with a .464 slugging percentage
*Tied for the team lead in walks with 30
*Went 2 for 4 on Feb. 2nd against LSU in a Privateer victory
*Went 3 for 4 with 4 RBI in the March 31 tilt against A&M- Corpus Christi
*Tallied 22 total multi-hit games and longest hitting streak was seven games

2015-2016 (Freshman and Sophomore): A two-year letterman at Darton State in Albany, Ga., under head coach Scot Hemmings
*Helped lead team to 83-40 overall record and 44-16 mark in conference play with back-to-back Georgia College Athletics Association conference championships with a NJCAA World Series berth in 2016
*For his career, batted .373 with 149 hits in 399 at bats with 110 RBI and 12 home runs
*Named NJCAA All-American, Georgia College Athletic Association Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, First-Team All-Conference, and Gold Glove Team as a sophomore and second-team All-GCAA as a freshman
*Led the GCAA in runs (64) and RBI (67), while finishing second in the league in hits (86), total bases (133) and third in slugging percentage (.610), on base percentage (.487) and walks (34) as a sophomore
*Led Darton in doubles (17) and triples (3) and second on team with a .394 batting average in 2016
*Led his team in home runs (4), finished second in RBIs (43), third in hits (63), hitting percentage (.348) and slugging percentage (.464) as a freshman in 2015

High School: A graduate of River Ridge where he played for Scott Bradley
*A three year letterman and helped guide the Knights to a combined 24 wins while going 16-6 in region and qualifying for the GHSA AAAA State Baseball Tournament
*Placed on the “Follow List” by Perfect Game and Preseason All-American by Under Armour as a senior and selected for HS Senior All-State All Star game and named All-Region and All-County as a senior
*Played summer baseball for 6-4-3 DP, selected to play for Team Georgia
*Named to the 18U Perfect Game East Cobb Invitational All-Tournament team as a senior and named 16U WWBA All-Tournament Team as a sophomore and U16 team’s MVP as a sophomore

Personal: Born July 18, 1996
*Son of Mark and Roberta Cable
*Grandfather played football at the University of Dayton
*Graduate Major: KInesiology (Sport Management and Policy)