Jackets Ink Transfer Infielder (7/26/07)

BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana State Billings baseball coach Chris Brown announced Thursday that Cole Pryor will transfer from Miles Community College to play for the Yellowjackets. Pryor is the younger brother of former Yellowjacket shortstop Kyle Pryor, who established school records for runs, hits, walks, stolen bases, defensive assists, games played, and games started in his two seasons at MSUB.

“We are extremely excited to have Cole join the Yellowjacket baseball program,” said Brown. “Not only is he an outstanding talent on the field, but he is an outstanding student, person, and leader. Cole brings all the intangibles to the table; he has a “moxie” about him that has made him successful at everything he does. We look for Cole to make an immediate impact on and off the field as well as from a leadership standpoint. He is a catalyst-type player that gives us a table setter at the top of the line up. He has a knack for finding a way to get on base, scoring runs, and finding ways to win. Defensively, he can pick it and throw as well as anyone we have. Cole will be a guy that people want to go the ballpark to watch play.”

Pryor graduated from Billings West High School in 2005. He was a four-year letterman in wrestling for the Golden Bears and played Legion baseball for the Billings Scarlets. In Pryor’s four years, the Scarlets had two second, one third, and one fourth place finish at the state tournament.

At Miles CC, Pryor had a record-setting two-year career. He set both single season and career records for runs scored. His 60 runs this past season made him the first player in Pioneer history to score over 100 runs in a career with 104. Pryor also set school records for walks (41) and triples (6) in 2007 as he helped lead the Pioneers to the National Junior College World Series. For his sophomore season, Pryor was named all-conference, all-region, and Mon-Dak Conference MVP. 

MSU Billings, beginning its third year of baseball since reinstating the sport in 2005, moves from the Heartland Conference to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference for the 2007 season.