2021 (Senior):
Second-team Academic All-Southland Conference … Played in 47 games earning 45 starts, utilized primarily in centerfield … Hit .255 (.367 OBP) 3 home runs, four doubles and a triple, while driving 18 RBIs and scored 28 runs … Also drew 20 walks and was hit by a pitch seven times … Among the league leaders with 16 stolen bases (16-of-17/.941) … Had 10 multi-hit games including a 4-for-4 effort with a home run and two RBIs in game three against UIW … After a slow start to the season, ended the year with hits in 12 of his final 16 games … Hit .358 in the team’s final 16 games with a home run, two doubles, eight runs batted in and 11 runs scored … Went 2-for-3 with a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored in the series finale against New Orleans … Posted a .973 fielding percentage with three assists in 113 chances.
2020 (Senior - Season Shortened by COVID 19):
One of five Cardinals to start all 17 games in 2020 ... Hit .258 with a .303 SLUG and a .317 OBP ... Collected 17 hits including three doubles with 14 runs scored and five RBIs ... He was walked six times and was hit-by-pitch once while striking out 16 times ... Was a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts ... Ranked third in the SLC in sac bunts (two) and fith in sac flys (two) ... In conference games Girouard paced the team in batting average (.385), hits (five), runs scored (two), and stolen bases (two) ... Ranked fifth in overall batting average (.258), first in runs scored (14), second in doubles (three), third in at-bats (66), fourth in total hits (17), and second in walks
2019 (Junior):
2019 Honorable Mention All-Southland Conference Outfielder ... Appeared in 48 games with 41 starts ... Ranked fourth on the team in batting average (.292) with 47 hits, including four doubles, three triples, and two home runs ... Drove in 12 RBIs and scored 29 runs ... Was 6-of-8 in stolen base attempts while drawing 18 walks and one hit-by-pitch ... Ranked eighth in the Southland Conference in league-play batting average (.364) and tied for fourth in triples with three ... Had a .439 OBP in SLC play, the sixth-best mark in the SLC ... Set the SLC single-game high for opposing runners left on base with eight stranded against Southeastern Louisiana on May 3 ... Had just one error in 2019 ... Holds a career batting average of .364 against teams from the state of Louisiana with 47 hits including eight doubles, a triple, and two home runs ... He hit .386 against Louisiana teams in 2019 with 27 hits
2018 (Sophomore):
Appeared in 44 games with 32 starts ... Ranked third in batting average (.288) ... Ranked third in slugging percentage (.333), fourth in RBIs (19), tied fourth in doubles (six) ... Led the team in sac flies (five), stolen bases (nine), and stolen base attempts (11) ... Hit .000 in February and improved to .373 in March and to .375 in April ... Went 12-of-23 the final week of April with six runs scored and six RBIs, including two doubles, a walk, and two strikeouts ... Had 12 multi-hit games, including a 5-of-7 performance at Southern on Apr. 25 with four runs scored and three RBIs
2017 (Freshman):
Appeared in 18 games, hitting .250 … Scored his first career run in a pinch-running situation in Lamar University’s 6-0 shutout win over Milwaukee on Feb. 18, which was also Will Davis’s first win as a head coach … Caught what would have been the game-tying hit in Big Red’s 7-6 win at Oklahoma State on May 6 … Earned his first career hit in Lamar University’s 10-5 win over Stephen F. Austin on May 12
High School:
Two-year letterman in football and baseball, advanced to the playoffs in each sport both seasons … Two-time first-team all-district member in the baseball and was tabbed as second-team Greater Houston Area his junior year … Named second-team Beaumont Super Gold his senior year along with first-team academic all-state … First-team all-district in football his senior season … Member of the National Honor Society … Graduated with a 4.275 grade point average and was the in the Top 10% of his class
Personal:
Born Cole Jacob Girouard on January 1, 1998 … Son of Tonya Owen and Brady Girouard … One brother, Wyatt … Majoring in business
