University of Maryland, Baltimore County

2014: Started and played in 21 games for theRetrievers as a sophomore… 15 of the starts came at catcher,while serving as the team’s designated hitter in sixcontests… Hit .214 for the year with two home runs and 11runs batted in… Also connected for six doubles…Started the season hot, going 4-for-10 with a double, a home run,and five RBI in his first three games played at William and Maryand Elon… Collected three 2-hit games during theseason… Went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in the seriesopener at East Carolina… Also laced a double in the contestagainst the Pirates… Again connected for two hits in fourat-bats in UMBC’s loss at Delaware State on April 1…Drove in a run with an RBI double in game two on April 12 at Albanyas the Retrievers swept the twin bill and the series against thehome standing Great Danes.

2013: Made 33 starts and played in 35 games,primarily behind the plate, for UMBC as a freshman… Hit hisfirst career homerun at Albany on Apr. 27… Collected hisfirst RBI with a run-scoring ground out against Georgetown on March13… Recorded his first two multi-hit games on back-to-backdays (March 16-17), going 2-for-4 in each contest against leaguerival Binghamton… Made just two errors behind the platewhile recording a .984 fielding percentage… Helped guide theUMBC pitching staff to lower its ERA (4.78) over four points from2012 (9.01).

Background: Served as captain ofhis high school team during his junior and senior year... Two-timeCarpenter Cup member... First Team All-Conference selection hissophomore and junior season... Also named First Team All-SouthJersey his junior season... Named to the 2011 and 2012 BaseballFactory Pre-Season All-American team.

Personal: Son of Jose and BonnieColon... Has two siblings, Gabrielle and Matthew... Undecided inhis major but plans to study criminal justice...Born Sept. 30,1993.

CAREER STATISTICS

*As of 5/20/14