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Goshen College

2020 Baseball

2 Colby Malson

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tipton, Ind.
  • Highschool Tri-Central HS

Biography

AT GOSHEN:
2020: One of three players to start all 18 games in a pandemic-shortened season ... hit .174 but tied for third on the team in doubles ... also drew a team-high 13 walks and was hit by two pitches ... on the mound made a start and 4 relief appearances with a 2-2 record and a save ... finished his career with 17 saves and 3.70 walks per nine innings ... best offensive day was 2/29 when he was 2 for 2 with 2 walks at Edward Waters ... also worked 3 walks 2/16 vs. Concordia (Mich.) ... batted .308 in four-game hitting streak 3/4 to 3/7 ... then the season ended.
2019: Played in all but two games and made 46 starts between the infield and the mound ... opened the season on a 3-game hitting streak, capped with a 4-for-5 performance at Montreat on 2/26 ... later added five 3-hit games, two of which came as part of separate 6-game hitting streaks ... recorded first career triple 4/12 vs. Huntington ... also appeared on the hill 15 times, making 4 starts before returning to bullpen ... saved 2 games to extend his career Maple Leaf record to 16 saves ... struck out career-high 12 men in 7.2-inning outing 3/9 vs. Saint Francis ... streak of five straight scoreless outings from 4/13 to 5/3 ... struck out at least 1 man in every appearance. 2018: Set program single-season and career record with 10 saves while starting 50 games at some position ... fourth on the team with 25 runs batted in ... tied for team lead with 3 sacrifice flies ... 5-game hitting streak from 4/5 to 4/12 ... finished the year with seven multi-hit games, capped by a 3-for-4 day vs. Rio Grande on 2/24 ... drove in a season-high 2 men on four occasions ... finished seventh in NAIA in saves ... also took the win 4/12 vs. Indiana Wesleyan ... struck out 5 in 2.0 innings of work 4/18 vs. Grace, then 4 more in 2.0 innings two days later against Taylor ... took home CL Pitcher of the Week honors after that ... honorable mention all-conference pick. 2017: Played in 43 games and came off the bench in 5 more as a freshman ... scored 3 times in his second career game, 2/19 at Pikeville ... first career 2-hit performance came 2/26 vs. Cleary and started a 4-game hitting streak ... drove in 5 and scored 3 runs with a pair of doubles 3/5 at Berea ... also had multi-hit games 3/22 vs. Saint Francis and 4/15 vs. Indiana Wesleyan ... season-high 3 walks in a game 3/24 vs. Marian ... tripled for the first time 3/31 vs. Bethel in hometown Kokomo Municipal Stadium ... as a pitcher, started 7 games and made 15 relief appearances ... first career start was 2/22 at Trinity Christian ... first win came after 6 shutout innings 3/21 vs. Spring Arbor ... also earned a 6-inning victory 4/4 vs. Siena Heights ... first of four saves came 4/7 vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene ... struck out career-high 4 men on 5/6 vs. Taylor, a 2-inning save in the conference tournament ... finished the year with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of better than 2 to 1.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Played for coach Andy Burnett at Tri-Central High School.

PERSONAL:
Born on September 25 ... parents are Craig and Cindy ... has two siblings, Cassy (21) and Cayleigh (16) ... chose Goshen because "I loved my visit and I felt like it was the right school for me" ... admires his dad because "I look up to him for everything and he has taught me everything I know" ... little-known personal fact is "I like to work on computers."

QUICK FACTS:
MAJOR: Business
FUTURE GOALS: Open my own business
HOBBIES: Basketball

FAVORITES:
ATHLETE OR TEAM: New York Yankees

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2019Junior

    INF/P
    6'0" 170 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2020Senior

    INF/P
    6'0" 170 lbs
    2