Eric Colaco - 2025 - Baseball - Denison University

2025 Baseball Roster

Zarius Eusebe

Brandon Morgan

Jace Delgado

Brandon Morgan

Willis Glassgow

Jace Delgado

Brandon Morgan

Eric Colaco #5 OF

Height:

5-10
Weight:

180
Bats/Throws:

R/R
Class:

Senior
Hometown:

Richfield, Ohio
High School:

Revere
Position:

OF

Summary
Media
Season
Career
Historical

Awards:

2025 ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-America
2024 D3baseball.com Player of the Year
2024 D3baseball.com First Team All-America
2024 ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-America
2023 ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-America
2023 D3baseball.com Fifth Team All-America
3x ABCA/Rawlings & D3baseball.com First Team All-Region (2023, 2024, 2025)
3x NCAC All-Tournament Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
3x NCAC Player of the Year (2023, 2024, 2025)
2024 NCAC Tournament Most Valuable Player
3x First-Team All-NCAC (2023, 2024, 2025)
2022 NCAC Newcomer of the Year
2022 Second-Team All-NCAC
Named NCAC Player of the Week (4/3/23)

2025 (Senior):

Started in all 48 games this season for the Big Red
Batted .355 with a 1.027 OPS and .581 slugging percentage
Led the Big Red with 203 at bats, 68 runs, and 31 stolen bases
Was named First Team All-NCAC and NCAC Player of the Year for the third consecutive season
Named ABCA/Rawlings and D3baseball.com First Team All-Region for the third consecutive season
Named ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-America
In his Big Red career, Colaco ranks first in program history in hits (302), runs (277), tied for home runs (30), doubles (75), triples (15), at-bats (792), RBI's (211), total bases (497), walks (105), stolen bases (143), and games played (190).
He also ranks first in NCAC history in hits, runs, doubles, at-bats, and stolen bases
Also is the all-time leader in runs in NCAA history

2024 (Junior):

Started all 50 games of the season
Finished first on the Big Red with a .420 batting average, 1.216 OPS, and .703 slugging
Led the Big Red with 89 hits, 79 runs, 28 doubles, 7 triples, and 149 total bases
Went 5-5 with three doubles and 4 runs in a 10-6 win against The College of Wooster on April 13th
Broke the Denison single-season records for at bats (212), hits (89), doubles (28), total bases (149), runs scored (79) and stolen bases (42)
Was named the NCAC Player of the Year and First-Team All-NCAC (third-career all-conference recognition)
Named First-Team All-America by ABCA/Rawlings and First-Team All-America by D3baseball.com (named First-Team All-Region by both organizations)
Named D3baseball.com Player of the Year
Was also named to the NCAC All-Tournament MVP after hitting .409 (9-for-22) with 11 runs scored, 10 RBI's, five walks, five stolen bases, three home runs and three doubles across five games in the tournament
Through his first three seasons, Colaco ranks first in program history in stolen bases (112), first in runs scored (209), first in doubles (60), first in RBIs (164), second in at bats (594), second in hits (230), second in triples (13), tied for second in home runs (21), second in slugging percentage (.638), third in batting average (.387), and third in walks (83)

2023 (Sophomore):

Started all 46 games for the second season in a row
Finished second on the Big Red with a .378 batting average, 1.098 OPS, 60 RBI's, 3 triples, and .683 slugging percentage
Led the Big Red with 76 hits, 70 runs, 10 home runs and 130 total bases; was tied for first with 18 doubles
His 10 home runs were tied for the third most in a single season in program history while his 60 RBI's were fourth and his 18 doubles were tied for sixth
Broke the Denison single-season records for at bats (201), hits (76), total bases (130), runs scored (70) and stolen bases (38)
In all of NCAA Division III, Colaco was tied for sixth in runs, tied for eighth in stolen bases, tied for 18th in RBI's, tied for 21st in total bases, tied for 22nd in hits and tied for 35th in doubles
Hit safely in each of Denison's first 28 games of the season (Feb. 24-Apr. 19), tying the program's single-season and career records for the longest hitting streak set by Will Krushena from February 24 to April 16, 2019
He also broke the Denison single-season stolen base record for the second season in a row with 38 steals on 43 attempts
Had a 1.000 fielding percentage with 61 putouts
Was 4-for-5 with six runs, three RBI's, a double and a home run during Denison's 25-23 win over Arcadia University (Mar. 13) - Set a new program record with six runs scored
Named NCAC Player of the Week (4/3/23) after hitting .600 with a .733 on base percentage and a .900 slugging percentage during a 3-0 week for the No. 15 Big Red. He also added six runs scored, four RBI's, four walks, four stolen bases and three doubles. Colaco scored two runs in all three games and was 3-for-4 with three RBI's and two doubles in a 17-4 win over Adrian College (Mar. 29) during Denison's home opener. Then during Denison's sweep over Wabash (Apr. 2), Colaco went 2-for-4 with three stolen bases in a 10-4 win in game number one
Was named the NCAC Player of the Year and First-Team All-NCAC (second-career all-conference recognition)
Named Third-Team All-America by ABCA/Rawlings and Fifth-Team All-America by D3baseball.com (named First-Team All-Region by both organizations)
Was also named to the NCAC All-Tournament team after hitting 6-for-15 (.400) with five runs scored, four RBI's, two stolen bases, a home run, a triple and a double during Denison's three games
Through his first two seasons, Colaco ranks second in program history in stolen bases (70), and is third in slugging percentage (.602), seventh in runs scored (130) and eighth in batting average (.369)

2022 (First-Year):

Started all 46 games during the season and broke the new Denison single-season record with 32 stolen bases
46 games played are tied for the fifth most in program history
Batted .359 and posted a .436 on base percentage
Led the Big Red with 60 runs scored and was tied for the team lead with three triples
Was second on the team with 65 hits, 45 RBI's, five home runs, 100 total bases and 26 walks, and was third with 14 doubles
Hit safely and scored at least one run in each of the first six games of his career, and was a combined 5-for-8 with five runs scored, four RBI's, two doubles, two stolen bases and a home run in his first two collegiate games
Put together an impressive 17-game hitting streak as well
Scored at least two runs in a game 20 times
Had six RBI's during his first career conference game,a 12-6 win at Wittenberg (Apr. 2)
Was 3-for-5 with two runs, five RBI's, a double and a home run during Denison's 14-6 win over Penn State Harrisburg (May 20) in the first game of the Granville Regional
Had a .951 fielding percentage with 77 putouts
Was named the NCAC Newcomer of the year and second-team all-conference
Was named to the NCAC All-Tournament team after hitting .438 with seven hits, five runs scored, four walks, three RBI's, three stolen bases and one double
Had the RBI-single for what would turn out to be the winning run in the NCAC Tournament Championship game vs. Wooster (May 15)

Personal:

Financial Economics major
Son of Amy and Manuel Colaco
Mission 34 Ambassador at Denison
Member of student council and first team all-league at Revere

There are no statistics for this selected season available for this player.

There are no statistics available for this player.

5

2022First-Year

OF

5'10" 170 lbs

5
5

2023Sophomore

OF

5'10" 170 lbs

5
5

2024Junior

OF

5'10" 170 lbs

5
5

2025Senior

OF

5'10" 180 lbs

5

Denison University

2025 Baseball Roster

Eric Colaco #5 OF

Summary

Biography

Media Highlights

Videos

News

Photos

Season Stats

Career Stats

Career Statistics

Historical Player Information

Summary

Biography

Related Content

Season Stats

Career Stats