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Colin Ashworth Season 2014

#19
PositionRight Handed Pitcher
Weight165 lbs
Height6-2
ClassRedshirt Freshman
HometownPlacentia, Calif.
Follow @cashworth19

Freshman (2014):

  • Redshirted  

High School:

  • Graduated from Whittier Christian in 2013
  • Three-year varsity letterman in baseball, two-year letterman in basketball
  • Named team Captain his junior and senior years
  • 2013 Olympic League MVP, Olympic League First Team, First Team All-Area, Second Team All-CIF, Whittier Area All-Star, WCHS MVP, and Cy Young Pitcher of the Year
  • Two-time Coach’s Award Varsity Baseball in 2011 and 2012
  • Member of National Honor Society and California Scholastic Federation
  • CIF State Student-Athlete of the year
  • Earned Wendy’s High School Heisman Award
  • American Legion Boys’ State Delegate in 2012
  • Named to Principal’s Honor Roll
  • Earned CIF Athletic Excellence Scholar Award
  • Led Olympic League with 69 strikeouts in 56.2 innings pitched, including a game-high 14
  • Led the Olympic League and set a school record with .463 batting average
  • Led Olympic League in on-base percentage with .573 in 104 plate appearances
  • Led Olympic League with 0.51 ERA in league play and 1.85 ERA on the season
  • Threw a no-hitter against defending league champion Maranatha High School
  • 2012 Coach’s Award Varsity Basketball and MVP of freshman/sophomore basketball team 

Personal: Majoring in Business (Legal Studies)…parents are Blair and Shelley Ashworth…has two sisters, Amanda and Lauren…uncles Floyd Bannister and Greg Cochran played for ASU and professionally, cousins Brian and Brett Bannister played for USC and professionally…cousin Cory Bannister played for Stanford’s baseball team…cousin Amanda Borden was a Gold Medalist and Olympian gymnast…cousins Jenna Oltmanns played women’s soccer at Cal Sate Fullerton, Kimmie Oltmanns played women’s soccer at St. Mary’s, and Darren Witty played men’s soccer at Cal Baptist…says he went to ASU because he always dreamed of playing for the Sun Devils, it is a family school and I will be the fourteenth graduate from ASU… his father has been the greatest influence on his baseball career…his favorite athlete is Kurt Warner and his favorite Sun Devil athlete is Floyd Bannister…nickname is Cashworth or Cash…birthday is Feb. 10, 1995…full name is Colin Clement Ashworth.

Legacy Devil: Nephew of former Sun Devil Hall of Famer and College Baseball Hall of Famer Floyd Bannister (MLB) and former Sun Devil Greg Cochran (AAA)...is one of eight Legacy Devils on the 2014 team, along with Tucker and Cooper Esmay, Trever Allen, David Graybill, Mark Lambson, Emilio Torrez and Joey Bielek.