2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2020 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2023 Season:
• Started all 54 games he appeared in -- all in right field.
• tied for third on the team in home runs (7) and ranked fourth with 38 RBIs.
• led NSU with 13 multi-RBI games and was tied for second with 15 multi-hit games.
• put the Demons up with a two-run single in an eventual loss at Southeastern on May 19.
• homered for the second straight game -- drilling a go-ahead, three-run home run in the fourth inning of a May 18 loss at Southeastern.
• drilled a home run to deliver a key insurance run late in a May 14 win against McNeese.
• matched a season high with three hits, driving in two runs, in a May 7 win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
• had two hits, including a two-run single in the ninth inning, in an April 30 loss to Nicholls.
• homered in the first two games of the series with Lamar and finished the weekend 5-for-13 with seven RBIs, including the game-winner in the second game of an April 8 doubleheader.
• finished a single shy of the cycle, hitting a two-run home run and a game-tying triple in a 13-inning win against Louisiana Tech on April 4.
• matched his career high with three walks in the series finale at New Orleans on April 2.
• went 6-for-16 with three RBIs in the Demons' four-game series at Oregon from March 24-26.
• connected on a three-run home run in a March 14 win against ULM.
• homered for the first time this season in a March 10 win against Alabama A&M.
• went 2-for-5 with his second triple in three games against UT Arlington on March 3.
• had a season-high three hits and drove in two runs in a Feb. 24 win against Seton Hall.
2022 Season:
• Appeared in 52 games, starting 46 in right field, in his sophomore season.
• ranked second on the team with 10 doubles and tied for fifth with 27 RBIs.
• capped his year with the first four-hit game of his career, going 4-for-6 with two doubles and three RBIs in an SLC Tournament loss to UIW on May 20.
• cranked his third home run of the season, a two-run blast, to jump-start a comeback win against New Orleans on May 13.
• scored a run in six straight games from May 1-10, topped by a three-run day at McNeese on May 6.
• connected on his second home run of the season -- a two-run shot -- in a May 7 win at McNeese
• went 2-for-4 with his first home run of the season in an April 29 loss to Southeastern.
• posted his third three-hit game of the season, going 3-for-4, in the Demons' April 16 win at Nicholls.
• hit safely in a career-best seven straight games from March 19-April 2, batting .435 (10 for 23) in that span.
• went 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs in an April 1 win against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
• extended his hit streak to five games with a two-hit, one-RBI game at New Orleans on March 27.
• notched his first career triple and a pair of RBIs in a March 15 win against Lamar.
• enjoyed his first three-hit day, tying a career high with three RBIs, in a March 12 Game 2 win against Alcorn.
• drew a career-high three walks against Alcorn in Game 1 of a March 12 doubleheader.
2021 Season:
• Appeared in seven games, starting five, in his freshman season.
• drove in a pair of runs with a double in a win against Austin Peay on March 5.
• made the most of his first career home run, a three-run, walk-off shot to cap the Demons' doubleheader sweep of Tarleton on Feb. 27.
Summer 2020:
• Named a Sunflower League All-Star while playing for the Mulvane Patriots.
2020 Season:
• Appeared in one game, the March 10 season finale at Grambling.
• Tripled on the first pitch he saw as a collegiate hitter and scored the tying run in an eventual 4-1 NSU victory and finished the game 1-for-3 with a walk.
High School:
• Four-year letterman for Clinton Welch’s Panthers.
• named first-team all-district as a senior, helping lead Ridge Point to the Class 6A state championship game,
• participated in the Houston Senior All-Star Game.
• first-team all-district selection as a junior and was named Ridge Point’s Outstanding Hitter.
• started every game as a sophomore.
• helped Ridge Point advance to the state playoffs in each of his four seasons.
• earned the academic excellence award as a freshman.
• graduated with a 3.5 grade point average.
Personal:
• Born Aug. 10, 2000.
• son of Mary and Greg Colaianni.
• has one brother, Lucas.
• majoring in business administration .
• plans to play baseball at the next level or work in the oilfield.
• life’s ambition is to “be successful in whatever I do.”