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Name: Cole Hartman

School: Hollidaysburg Area

Age: 18

Grade: Senior

Sport: Baseball

Athlete of the week achievement: Hartman pitched six innings and was the winning pitcher for Hollidaysburg in its 6-2 PIAA Class 5A quarterfinal win over District 3 champion Lampeter-Strasburg Thursday and went 2-for-2 with two RBIs at the plate. He also went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the Golden Tigers’ 10-0 win over South Fayette in the PIAA first round on Monday.

Season update: Hartman is now 7-0 with a 1.54 ERA and has walked just three batters all season. At the plate, he’s hitting .303 with 19 RBIs and five doubles.

Coach Jon Szynal’s quote: “Cole has been outstanding this year. His ability to throw strikes, work ahead and stay out of big innings has been huge for us this year. Cole also has had some huge hits for us and is a threat at the plate.”

Favorite teacher: Paul Longwell

Favorite subject: Physics

Favorite movie: “Moneyball”

Favorite food: Cheeseburger

Favorite song: “That’s What I Like” by Bruno Mars

Outside interests: Hockey, fishing, camping

Favorite professional team: Pittsburgh Pirates

Favorite college team: West Virginia

Pro athlete most admired: Neil Walker

Best athlete I ever competed against: Vince Boland

Most influential person on my athletic career: My dad

Proudest athletic achievement: Hitting a home run in the Senior Little League state tournament.

How I got my start in baseball: “My parents put me in T-ball when I was 4.”

Future goal: Civil engineer