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#24 Tom Poole UTL • 6-2 211 Sr. • Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Cloud County CC)
CAREER HONORS
2024:
ABCA First Team Central All-Region
Second Team All-Conference USA
Tucson Regional All-Tournament Team
Conference USA Hitter of the Week (Week of May 6) Conference USA Academic Medal
Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2024 (JUNIOR)
Went 2-for-3 with a double and a triple against FIU (3/19) ... Tripled and drove in a run at Florida Atlantic (4/14) ... Hit a grand slam as part of a two-hit day at Florida Atlantic (4/15) ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI double in a win over Louisiana Tech (4/22) ... Homered, tripled, and drove in two runs at Rice (4/28) ... Doubled and drove in a run at Rice (4/29) ... Clubbed a solo homer against Middle Tennessee (5/5) ... Went 4-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in a series-clinching win over Middle Tennessee (5/7) ... Came off the bench to smash a two-run homer versus WKU (5/19) ... NON-CONFERENCE: Started at first base in his Patriot debut on Opening Day versus Fordham (2/17) and went 1-for-5 with a run scored ... Hit two homers and drove in a season-high four runs to power the DBU offense in a win over Fordham (2/18) ... Went 1-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored to complete a sweep of Fordham (2/19) ... Smashed a leadoff homer and stole two bases against Austin Peay (2/26) ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, and two RBI in a win over Baylor (4/11) ... Doubled in his third straight game at TCU (4/25) ... Ripped an RBI triple and swiped a pair of bases against Central Arkansas (5/9) ... CUSA TOURNAMENT: Went 1-for-3 with an RBI to lead DBU to an opening round victory over Rice (5/24) ... STILLWATER REGIONAL: Blasted a two-run homer against Oral Roberts (6/4).
2022 (FRESHMAN - CLOUD COUNTY CC)
Named a First Team All-American by JBB and also tabbed a Second Team All-Conference selection ... Set the school’s single-season record for home runs (23) and total bases (158) ... His 23 home runs were the seventh-most in the nation ... Led the team in eight offensive categories including batting average (.366), hits (67), home runs (23), on-base percentage (.516), RBI (71), slugging percentage (.863), total bases
(158), and triples (5) ... 40 of his 67 hits went for extra bases.
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Spent the last three summers in the West Coast League ... Played for the Bellingham Bells in 2024 and the Edmonton Riverhawks in the summers of 2022 and 2023.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman at Calgary Christian School ... Played for head coach Jamie Bodaly ... Competed in the summers for the Langley Blaze ... Also played hockey and competed in speed skating growing up in Canada.
PERSONAL
Born on October 7, 2002 ... Parents are David and Camilla Poole ... His uncle Olli Jokinen was the third overall pick in the 1997 NHL Draft by the Los Angeles Kings and
spent 17 seasons in professional hockey ... Majoring
in Accounting ... Favorite Bible verse is Psalm 62:5-8.
Named an ABCA First Team Central All-Region selection and also garnered Second Team All-CUSA honors ... Led CUSA in on-base percentage (.488) and ranked third in the league in slugging percentage (.704) and fifth in batting average (.352) ... His .488 on-base percentage ranks as the fourth-highest in a single-season in program history and his .704 slugging percentage ranks eighth-best all-time at DBU ... Played in 49 games, making 44 starts ... Hit 13 home runs, including 12 over the final 19 games ... Totaled 13 doubles and a pair of triples on the season ... vs. CUSA OPPONENTS: Hit a team-high .387 during conference play ... Went 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBI against Louisiana Tech (4/19) ... Put together a two-hit game that included a double and an RBI versus Louisiana Tech (4/20) ... Led DBU to an 11-0 win over FIU (4/28) after going 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, and three RBI ... Homered in his third straight game against Jacksonville State (5/3) ... Laced a pair of doubles as part of a three-hit day versus Jacksonville State (5/4) ... Hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to give DBU a 4-3 win over Liberty (5/11) ... Smashed a solo home run to help DBU complete a sweep of Liberty (5/11) ... Went 4-for-4 with a home run and three RBI at Middle Tennessee (5/16) ... NON-CONFERENCE: Went 2-for-3 with a double on Opening Day versus Southeast Missouri (2/16) ... Delivered a pair of hits and scored two runs in an 11-7 win over Oklahoma (2/20) ... Hit his first home run of the year and also ripped a triple at Baylor (3/5) ... Went 3-for-4 with a double against San Diego (3/9) ... Put together a three-hit day with a double and three RBI versus San Diego (3/10) ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, and three RBI against Stephen F. Austin (4/30) ... Blasted two home runs including a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth inning against UT Arlington (5/7) ... CUSA TOURNAMENT: Went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in a 17-10 win over Louisiana Tech in the CUSA Championship (5/26) ... TUCSON REGIONAL: Named to the Tucson Regional All- Tournament Team after hitting .429 (6-for-14) with two home runs and 10 RBI ... Powered DBU’s offense with two home runs and four RBI in a 7-0 win over No. 15 Arizona (6/1) ... Went 3-for-5 with a home run, two doubles, and a career-high six RBI against Grand Canyon (6/2).
2023 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 50 games, making 37 starts ... Hit .246 with 10 home runs, seven doubles, and 32 RBI ... Led the team in triples (4) ... Made just one error in 250 chances at first base for a .996 fielding percentage ... vs. CUSA OPPONENTS:
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