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2026 Baseball Roster

22 Cole Warehime

  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 205
  • Hometown Downers Grove, Ill.
  • High School Downers Grove South HS
  • Prev School SEMO
  • Instagram Cole_w13
  • Twitter ColeWarehime

Biography

2025 - Junior (at SEMO)

  • 2025 All-Ohio Valley Conference First Team.
  • Made 52 appearances and 50 starts.
  • Slashed .313/417/.564.
  • Logged 195 at-bats, 61 hits, 12 home runs, 13 doubles, 56 RBI, 41 runs, and 43 walks.
  • Finished ninth in the OVC in slugging percentage, seventh in home runs, and fourth in RBI.
  • Had home runs in four straight games from April 19-26.
  • Hit two home runs and had three RBI on a 4-for-5 outing versus Lindenwood (4/19/25).
  • Registered two hits and five RBI against Evansville (3/11/25).
  • Posted a 3-for-4 day at the plate with a home run and four RBI versus Indiana State (3/9/25).
  • Went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, two RBI, three runs scored, and a walk against Purdue Ft. Wayne (2/28/25).
  • Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

2024 - Redshirt Sophomore (at SEMO)

  • Appeared in 27 games while making 18 starts.
  • Slashed .306/.381/.528.
  • Recorded 72 at-bats, 22 hits, five home runs, 20 RBI, and 13 runs scored with a .306 batting average.
  • Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage over 62 putouts.
  • Logged a 2-for-5 day at the plate with two home runs, four RBI, and two runs at Western Illinois (5/12/24).
  • Went 4-for-5 with two RBI, two runs, and a double at Little Rock (4/7/24).
  • Named OVC Co-Player of the Week (3/25/24).
  • Hit two grand slams, tied a SEMO program record of nine RBIs, and went 5-for-6 against Eastern Illinois... his first collegiate home run was a grand slam (3/23/24).
  • Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

2023 - Redshirt Freshman (at SEMO)

  • Played in four games for the Redhawks.
  • Registered his first hit against Lindenwood, scoring two runs and drawing a walk (4/30/23).
  • Made his collegiate debut at Abilene Christian, registering a run and hit by pitch (2/25/23).
  • Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

2022 - Freshman (at SEMO)

  • Did not see action during his freshman season.
  • Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

High School

  • Played three years of varsity baseball for Coach Daren Orel at Downers Grove South (2019-21).
  • Earned All-Conference West Suburban Gold honors in football (2018-20).

Personal

  • Born June 11, 2003.
  • Parents are Brad and Keri Warehime.
  • Has one sister, Carly.
  • Father, Brad, played football and baseball at Moraine Valley CC for two years before playing football at Western Illinois for two years.
  • Chose Illinois because “it has been a dream of mine to come here my whole life, and it’s a great school.”
  • Pursuing a degree in graduate certificate in strategic leadership and management.

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