Indiana University Athletics
Gilley Named to National Pitcher of the Year Watch List
4/21/2025 11:00:00 AM | Baseball
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – Veteran right-hander Cole Gilley was named to the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year watch list, as announced by the organization last Friday (April 18). 54 pitchers throughout the country were honored on the midseason list.
After transferring over from Indiana State, the native Hoosier has been a revelation for head coach Jeff Mercer. He holds a 7-2 record and a 3.92 earned run average on the season. Before this past weekend, IU had won seven-straight games that Gilley had pitched in.
Gilley burst onto the scene in the opening weekend of the 2025 campaign. He compiled 11 strikeouts against Xavier in a game in Surprise, Arizona – part of a 21-strikeout effort from IU's pitching staff. He picked up his second double-digit strikeout (10) outing of the season in a win over USC on March 28th.
He is one of four Big Ten pitchers named on the list – joining Joseph Dzierwa (Michigan State), Cade Obermueller (Iowa) and Ian Umlandt (Oregon). The award is handed out annually to the nation's best pitcher. It was won last year by Arkansas' Hagen Smith.
Gilley's seven wins are already as many as any IU pitcher recorded all of last year. He is searching to become the first hurler for the Hoosiers to record at least nine wins in a season since Kyle Hart in 2016 (10). IU will play Ball State this Wednesday (April 23) in a midweek and still has four weekend series left this year.
After transferring over from Indiana State, the native Hoosier has been a revelation for head coach Jeff Mercer. He holds a 7-2 record and a 3.92 earned run average on the season. Before this past weekend, IU had won seven-straight games that Gilley had pitched in.
Gilley burst onto the scene in the opening weekend of the 2025 campaign. He compiled 11 strikeouts against Xavier in a game in Surprise, Arizona – part of a 21-strikeout effort from IU's pitching staff. He picked up his second double-digit strikeout (10) outing of the season in a win over USC on March 28th.
He is one of four Big Ten pitchers named on the list – joining Joseph Dzierwa (Michigan State), Cade Obermueller (Iowa) and Ian Umlandt (Oregon). The award is handed out annually to the nation's best pitcher. It was won last year by Arkansas' Hagen Smith.
Gilley's seven wins are already as many as any IU pitcher recorded all of last year. He is searching to become the first hurler for the Hoosiers to record at least nine wins in a season since Kyle Hart in 2016 (10). IU will play Ball State this Wednesday (April 23) in a midweek and still has four weekend series left this year.
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