Cousins' Career Stats
2017: Selected in the 20th Round (613 Overall) by the Washington Nationals in the 2017 MLB Draft ... Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy Selection ... All-Big 5 ... Quickly became the ace of the pitching staff in 2017, going 7-2 in 11 starts with a 3.15 ERA ... Finished his career with 20 wins on the mound, good for third on Penn's all-time wins list ... His 2.91 career ERA ranks sixth in program history ... Struck out 59 in 68.2 innings pitched, both career-highs ... Tossed at least six innings in ten of his eleven starts, and allowed three earned runs or less in nine of those ten ... Allowed an unearned run over 6.2 innings to pick up his first win of the season over Fairfield (3/11) ... Earned Ivy League and Big 5 Pitcher of the Week after posting his second career complete-game shutout at Cornell (4/22) while striking out a season-high ten ... Started the Ivy League Gehrig Division one-game playoff at Columbia (5/7) and went six innings while striking out six to earn the win ... Went 4-0 in five Ivy League starts ... Compiled a team-leading 3.09 ERA in conference play and struck out 31 in 32.0 innings ... Academic All-Ivy.
2016: Went 4-4 with a 4.23 ERA in eight games, seven starts ... Struck out 45 in 44.2 innings ... Earned his first win of the season with an eight-inning, no earned run performance against Binghamton, earning him Philadelphia Big Five Pitcher of the Week ... Struck out 11 against Cornell (4/23), the most strikeouts in a game by an Ivy League pitcher at the time ... Went 3-2 with a 4.60 ERA against the Ivy League, keeping hitters to a .268 batting average.
2015: Second Team All-Ivy … Named Big 5 Pitcher of the Week (4/27) … Named D1Baseball.com Mid-Major Top Performing Pitcher (4/26) … Appeared nine times on the mound for Penn making seven starts … Posted a 5-1 record with a 2.32 ERA in 50.1 innings pitched, throwing three complete games, while striking out 33 batters … Finished the regular season third in the Ivy League in ERA, and was tied for second in wins … Tied for the team lead in wins, with five, and was second on the team in strikeouts … Held opponents to a .213 batting average … Picked up wins over Saint Joseph’s (3/24), Brown (4/5), Cornell (4/12), Princeton (4/19), and Columbia (4/26) … Versus Brown (4/5), totaled a season and career-high in strikeouts, with eight, over 7.0 innings of work … Struck out six batters on two separate occasions, versus Harvard (3/30), and against Columbia (4/26) … In his last start of the season versus Columbia (4/26), he threw a complete game, one-hit, shutout against the Lions.
2014: Honorable mention All-Ivy … Made 10 appearances on the mound, including six starts, four against Ivy opponents … Finished with a 4-0 overall record, and a team-leading 1.59 ERA in 34.0 innings pitched, with 21 strikeouts … Threw 2.0 innings in relief, in his collegiate debut against Towson (3/8), allowing no runs, hits, or walks while striking out three … Earned his first collegiate victory in a scheduled two-inning start at Villanova (3/27), allowing no runs while striking out one … Earned the win against Yale (3/31) coming out of the bullpen, throwing 4.1 innings of one-run baseball in an 11-9 victory … In his first Ivy League start, threw 5.1 innings, striking out five, at Harvard (4/5) … Went 5.2 innings, with four strikeouts, allowing just one earned run versus Cornell (4/12) … Earned a no decision, leaving with a 3-1 lead, in 5.1 innings against Princeton (4/19) … Started and threw 4.0 innings against Columbia (4/25), helping Penn earn a 12-4 victory against the Lions.
High School: Lettered four times in baseball and twice in basketball ... Team captain of baseball as a senior ... Member of 2012 league champion baseball team ... Member of two-time league champion basketball team (2011-12) ... Member 2012 Perfect Game All-Tournament team ... 2013 SCC First Team All-Conference and First Team All-Area west ... Ranked seventh in Illinois in strikeouts ... 2012 Kane County Chronicle Achievement award recipient ... Two-time scholastic achievement award recipient ... National Honor Society and National Athletic Honor Society member.
Personal: Son of Aimee and Kenneth Cousins ... Enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
