Campbell University

2020: Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll… Made one appearance against Old Dominion (3/11)… Threw a scoreless third inning against ODU with a strikeout, inducing a 6-4-3 double play…

2019: Appeared on the mound five times during his junior season… Struck out five batters across 3.2 innings… Tossed a scoreless frame with one strikeout against Fairfield (3/2)… Earned a medical redshirt after having season-ending surgery…

2018: Took the mound 11 times as a sophomore... Allowed just two earned runs, finishing the season with a 2.84 ERA across 6.1 innings... Held opponents scoreless in nine consecutive appearances from Feb. 28 to May 17... Retired seven-straight batters over two appearances against No. 7 Duke (4/4) and Liberty (4/8)... Struck out the side in an inning of relief at UNCW (4/25)... Tossed a season-long 1.2 innings at Radford (5/17), keeping the Highlanders off the board…

2017: Made seven appearances during his rookie campaign, including two starting nods, at N.C. Central (5/10) and at ECU (5/16)... Totaled 12.0 innings pitched with six strikeouts… Made his Campbell debut vs. Evansville (3/10), fanning two batters over 1.2 scoreless innings pitched… Earned his first win in his first career start at NC Central (5/10), allowing just two hits through 3.0 innings of work… Struck out two batters in one inning at East Carolina to tie his season-high (5/16)…

Prep: Lettered four years at Topsail High School… Led the Pirates to a state championship as a sophomore… Added a pair of conference championships… An all-conference and all-area performer as a junior… A state games participant… A Perfect Game World Underclass First Team All-Tournament performer… Named 16U All-Tournament at the PG WWBA Championships… Coached by Granville Gehris…

Personal: Full name is Bryce Anthony Cota… Born April 20, 1998, in San Diego, California… Son of Scott and Julie Cota… Has two brothers, Clark and Miles… Father played baseball and mother played tennis at Merced College in Merced, California… Brother, Clark, was drafted in the 10th round of the 2018 MLB Draft after playing at UNCW for three years… Grandfather, Butch Hughes, played four years of minor league baseball before coaching at Merced College from 1972-81 and with various MiLB clubs… Kinesiology major…