2023 Demon Baseball Roster

Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Gary Hardamon
Gary Hardamon
Chris Brown, NSU Athletics
Chris Brown, NSU Athletics
Chris Brown, NSU Athletics
Gary Hardamon
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services

12 Cole Horton

12 Cole Horton

  • Position:
    Outfielder
  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-9 / 190
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Bossier City, La.
  • Highschool:
    Benton HS

Summary

Biography

2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2021 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2020 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll

2023 Season:
• Appeared in 14 games, starting two.
• had his third double of the season in a May 6 loss at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi..
• recorded a pinch-hit double in an April 26 loss at UL Lafayette.
• delivered his first hit of the season and first RBI in a March 21 win against LSU-Alexandria.
• entered as a pinch hitter and drew two walks against Alabama A&M on March 11.

2022 Season: 
• Appeared in a career-high 19 games, starting six, during his sophomore season.
• doubled and drove in a career-high three runs in a March 27 win at New Orleans.
• reached base in six straight plate appearances (5 walks, 1 HBP) coming off the bench from March 12-25).
• had his first career multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with an RBI in a March 20 win against Stephen F. Austin.

2021 Season:
• Started nine games and appeared in 16 in his second season at NSU.
• delivered a pinch-hit, RBI single in an April 2 win at Abilene Christian.
• drew a pair of walks, singled and scored a run in a win against LSUA on March 30.
• scored on his brother Cameron's RBI single against Incarnate Word (Game 2, March 13), helping Cameron record his first NSU RBI.
• went 1-for-3 with an RBI in his first start of the season against Incarnate Word (Game 1, March 13).

2020 Season:
• Appeared in seven games, starting four as NSU's designated hitter.
• tied for the team lead and ranked 78th nationally with two sacrifice flies.
• had his second sac fly against Abilene Christian on March 7.
• drew a walk as a pinch hitter and scored on Tyler Smith's game-tying, three-run home run at Southern on March 3.
• drew two walks and scored his first career run in his first career start in an 8-2 win against North Alabama on Feb. 21.
• made his collegiate debut as a pinch hitter, singling as part of NSU's three-run seventh inning in a 3-2 win against Wichita State on Feb. 16.
 
High School: 
• Four-year letterman for coach J.D. Stephens’ Tigers.
• named first-team all-state by the Louisiana Baseball Coaches Association and honorable mention all-state by the LSWA as a senior.
• also earned all-district and all-parish honors as a senior.
• two-time district MVP as a sophomore and as a junior.
• collected all-district, all-city (Shreveport Times), all-parish (Bossier Press-Tribune), LBCA All-Region and LBCA All-State (first team) honors as a junior as the Tigers captured the state championship.
• honorable mention all-state pick as a sophomore also picked up all-city, all-parish and all-district honors.
• helped lead Benton to the playoffs all four years, including a state semifinal appearance as a senior .. four-year football letterman for coach Reynolds Moore.
• helped the Tigers collect four playoff appearances, including three straight quarterfinal berths.
• honorable mention all-state as a senior when he also earned all-district, all-city and all-parish honors.
• all-parish, all-city and all-district pick as a junior.
• named all-district and all-parish as a sophomore.
• member of the National Honor Society and a three-year member of the A Honor Roll.
• graduated with a 3.7 grade point average.

Personal:  
• Born May 5, 2000.
• son of Kara and Tim Horton, a former Demon baseball player.
• has two brothers, Conner and Cameron, and one sister, Caroline.
• Cameron plays baseball at ULM.
• his grandfather, Ed Horton, played football at Northwestern State scored a Demon Stadium-record 19 points against Tarleton State in 1962.
• majoring in health and exercise science and holds a 3.25 grade point average.
• plans to become a physical therapist.
• life’s ambition is “to be the best that I can be at everything I do.”
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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

    Catcher
    5'9" 190 lbs
    12
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    2021Freshman

    Catcher
    5'9" 190 lbs
    12
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    2022Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'9" 190 lbs
    12
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    2023Junior

    Outfielder
    5'9" 190 lbs
    12