NDSU

2014 SEASON (SENIOR): 2014 Summit League Player or the Year and first team All-Summit League...2014 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America Athlete of the Year for Division I Baseball...2014 CoSIDA/Capital One first team Academic All-America...2014 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District first team...2014 Summit League Male Scholar Athlete of the Year...2014 Senior CLASS Award All-America second team...2014 NCAA Corvallis Regional All-Tournament team selection...Named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll as a Distinguished Scholar and The Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence...Selected to The Summit League Academic All-League team...Played and started all 51 games for NDSU in centerfield...Batted .378 with 76 hits in 201 at bats, 22 RBI, four triples, one home run  and 19 stolen bases this season...Compiled an on base percentage of .438 and sluggling percentage of .478...Holds the NDSU career records for triples (18), hits (291), stolen bases (52), stolen base attempts (68), at-bats (830), runs scored (172) and games played (211)...Recorded 23 multi-hit games...Was 4-for-5 at Northern Colorado March 9...Had seven assists in centerfield...2013 SEASON (JUNIOR): Preseason All-America third team by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association...All-Summit League first team and Academic All-League...Capital One Academic All-America first team...Started all 53 games in center field...Ranked ninth overall in The Summit League with a .304 batting average and led the league in at-bats (217), runs (40), hits (66) and total bases (89)...Also led the Bison in doubles (12), triples (4) and stolen bases (11)...Ended the season on a 12-game hitting streak and had 16 multi-hit games during the year...Went 4-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs in a win at Tennessee-Martin...Went 8-for-15 in a four-game home sweep of Fort Wayne...Had seven assists including three runners thrown out at the plate in one-run games...Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll as a Distinguished Scholar and to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence...2012 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): First all-region player in NDSU's Division I program history...All-Midwest Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association and All-Summit League first team...Made all 60 starts as leadoff hitter and center fielder...Led North Dakota State with a .381 batting average, 244 at-bats, 93 hits, 62 runs, nine triples, 12 stolen bases, 25 walks, a .438 on-base percentage and a .512 slugging percentage...Set NDSU single-season records for games played, at-bats, hits and triples...In the NCAA Division I stats, ranked 31st in batting average, 26th in runs scored, 20th in total hits and third in triples...Led The Summit League in all four categories...Had a 34-game on-base streak including a 13-game hitting streak...Twice tied the NDSU single-game record for hits with five at Northern Colorado and Western Illinois...Hit 10-for-18 (.556) with two walks and four runs scored in four Summit League tournament games for all-tourney honors...Capital One Academic All-America first team selection...Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team as a Distinguished Scholar and to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence...2011 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played 47 games including 44 starts between center field and right field...Second on the team with a .333 batting average...Hit eight doubles and one triple...Led the team with 10 stolen bases in 13 tries, the most swipes by a Bison player since 2004...Hit safely in 10 of 11 games to close out April, raising his average from .246 to .333 over that span...Named as a Distinguished Scholar to the Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2010 from Irondale High School in New Brighton, Minn...Two-time all-conference and all-section player...All-state his senior year when he hit .554 with two home runs, 32 RBIs and 25 stolen bases to lead Irondale to a 20-6 record...Hit .490 his junior year and was named team offensive MVP...Team went 22-5 and won the conference with an 18-0 mark...Also a two-year letterwinner in football and basketball...All-conference in both sports his senior year...PERSONAL: Son of John and Barbara Colwell of Shoreview, Minn...Has two brothers, Joe and Nick, and a sister, Sarah...Nick played baseball for the Bison in 2011 and 2012...Joe played at St. Thomas (Minn.) and their father played at St. Mary's (Minn.)...Majoring in university studies with minors in Spanish and chemistry...Played for the St. Cloud Rox of the Northwoods League last summer...Hit .274 over 65 games with 12 doubles, four triples, 13 stolen bases and 45 runs scored.