Overview:
Junior (2016):
- Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List
- Louisville Slugger Second Team Preseason All-American
- Baseball American Third Team Preseason All-American
- Perfect Game First Team Preseason All-American
- #46 2016 College Prospects (D1Baseball.com)
- Pac-12 All-Conference, First Team
- Louisville Slugger All-American, Third Team
- Became the first shortstop in school history to lead the team in RBI in consecutive seasons, knocking in 44 in both 2015 and 2016
- Started every game at shortstop two season in a row
- Batted .265 with 44 RBI, a team-high, and 60 hits, including 15 doubles and eight home runs, tied for team high, scored 28 runs and added 99 total bases
- Finished top five on the team in runs scored, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, total bases and walks
- Placed 5th in the Pac-12 in home runs and doubles, 6th in RBI
- Hit a two-run home run that was crucial in an eventual 5-4 comeback victory over Oregon, ending the night 1-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored, his 13th multi-RBI game of the season (5/6)
- Registered two hits with two RBI and a run scored against New Mexico, his 17th multi-hit game of the season (4/30)
- Went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double against New Mexico (4/29)
- Hit two two-run home runs, both earning the Devils the lead at the time, in an eventual 8-7 victory over Stanford, tying a career-high in RBI with four (4/24)
- Recorded two hits and three RBI with a run scored in a 7-5 win against Arizona (4/13)
- Had three hits, including a two-run home run to put the Devils up 4-3 against Washington (4/9)
- Went 7-for-14 with four runs scored in a three-game series at Washington State (3/31 – 4/2)
- Led the team with five hits, three runs scored and a home run against No. 3 Oregon State (3/18-20)
- Tallied seven hits, two RBI and a run scored in a three-game sweep against UC Davis (3/11-3), including hitting a two-run single in the eighth inning to tie the game, 2-2, on 3/13, scoring the game-winning run on 3/12, and setting a career-high in hits with four on 3/11
- Hit the game-tying RBI double in the 11th inning against Eastern Michigan (3/5)
- Hit home runs in back-to-back games against Nevada (2/23) and at Long Beach State (2/26), including a three-run shot against the Dirtbags
- Went 3-for-5 with two doubles, three RBI and three runs scored against Nevada (2/23)
- Reached base safely in 20 straight games to begin the season (2/19 – 3/22)
Sophomore (2015):
- First-Team All-Pac-12
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
- Started all 58 games at shortstop, the first Sun Devil to start every regular-season game since James McDonald at second base in 2013
- First shortstop to lead the team in RBI since Jerry Maddox in 1975, and just the sixth ever (Maddox, 1975; Alan Bannister, 1972; Lenny Randle, 1968; Luis Lagunas, 1963; Roger Tomlinson, 1961)
- Batted .308 with 44 RBI, 74 hits, including a team-high 18 doubles, one triple and five home runs, scored 36 runs and added 109 total bases
- Produced a team-high 80 runs (36 runs, 44 RBI)
- Finished in the top five on the team in batting average, slugging percentage, runs scored, hits, RBI, doubles, home runs, total bases and walks
- Led the team with 24 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games, the first Sun Devil since Zack MacPhee in 2010 to do so, and ranked second with 11 two-out RBI
- Had a hit in 46 of ASU’s 58 games this season and reached base in 51 games
- Finished fourth in the Pac-12 in doubles, ninth in RBI, and 10th in hits
- Went 3-for-5 in a 14-inning loss to Cal State Fullerton (5/30) in the second game of the Fullerton Regional
- Recorded his fifth home run of the season with a three-run shot in the first inning at No. 17 USC (5/22), which proved to be the eventual game-winning hit, and tied his career high with four RBI and three hits
- Drove in the first two runs of the game in the first and third innings in the team’s 17th-inning loss to No. 2 UCLA, the longest game (based on time played) in school history, and had 11 assists at shortstop (5/9), the most for a Sun Devil since 2013
- Notched six hits vs Tennessee Tech (4/24-26), including three hits and three RBI (4/24), and two hits, a RBI and scored a team-high three runs scored (4/26)
- Finished the series at Washington (4/17-19) with five hits, including three doubles and a home run, and set a career high with three walks in the series finale (4/19)
- Tied his career-highs in hits, runs and RBI vs Arizona (4/12) as he tallied four RBI, three hits and three runs scored
- Hit his third home run of the year, a two-run homer in the first inning, vs NMSU (3/31)
- Registered his fifth multi-RBI game with a sac fly and a RBI double vs Stanford (3/28)
- Went 2-for-4 and drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to give ASU the series win at Oregon (3/21)
- His two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning tied the game against Oregon State (3/15) and led to an eventual series-clinching win
- Reached base in the Devils’ first 14 games of the season and secured a hit in 13 of the first 14..had two hits in four straight games (2/27-3/7)
- Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a RBI, and a double and a triple vs Long Beach (3/6)
- Scored a career-high three runs vs Purdue (2/27)
- His two-out, two-run double, scored the go-ahead run and secured a career-high three hits vs Oklahoma (2/18)
- Hit a solo home run and scored two runs vs OK St (2/15)
- Hit a walk-off home run to LF in the bottom of the 10th inning vs OK St (2/13) and finished with two hits, two RBI and two runs scored
- Brooks Wallace Shortstop Award midseason watch list (5/15)
- Two-time Scholar Baller (Fall ‘14 and Spring ‘15)
Freshman (2014):
- Started 24 games at shortstop, including 22 consecutive between March 12 and April 17
- Batted .200 with a .318 slugging percentage and .255 on-base percentage
- Tallied 11 RBI, 10 runs and 17 hits
- Tallied a career-high two hits in three games, including a 2-for-3 day with two runs scored and a RBI vs Wichita State (3/18)
- His five sacrifice flies tied for the sixth most in the Pac-12
- Hit his first career home run in 2nd inning at UCLA (3/28)
- Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a double vs New Mexico (3/12)
- Hit a solo home run vs Arizona (4/9)
- Two-time Scholar Baller (Fall ‘13 and Spring ‘14)
High School:
- A 2013 graduate of Desert Vista High School
- Earned four varsity letters in baseball and was a two-year team captain
- Named 2013 Division 1 All-Section 1st team
- 2013 Division 1 All-State Honorable Mention
- Tempe All-City (2013)
- 2013 American Family All-USA Arizona Team
- 2013 Rawlings All-High School Senior 2nd team (2013)
- Selected to 5A Division 1 A2BCA State All-Star Team (2013)
- 2012 Arizona All-Division 2nd team
- Selected to Arizona Sunbelt Team (2012)
- Selected for 2011 Fiesta Region Division-I 1st team
- 2011 All-Arizona Tribune Honorable Mention
- Four-year Scholar Athlete
- Batted .355 with 36 RBI and eight home runs in 2013, batted .350 with 21 RBI and three home runs in 2012 and batted .390 with 20 RBI and five home runs in 2011
Personal: Parents are Doug and Sara Woodmansee of Phoenix, Ariz…has a younger sister, Madison…he is majoring in business exploratory…says he chose ASU because it has always been his dream school and has great baseball tradition…his favorite all-time player is Derek Jeter and his favorite Sun Devil Greg Steen…says his father has had the biggest influence on his baseball career…birthday is Aug. 27, 1994…full name is Colby Jay Woodmansee.
Career Highs at Arizona State:
Hits: 4 vs UC Davis (3/11/16)
RBI: 4, three times, last at Stanford (4/24/16)
Runs: 3, many, last at Washington State (4/2/16)
Season Highs in 2016:
Hits: 4 vs UC Davis (3/11)
RBI: 4, three times, last at Stanford (4/24)
Runs: 3, many, last at Washington State (4/2)