Coltin Quagliano

Height:
5-10
Weight:
195
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Kewanee, Ill.
High School:
Wethersfield
Prev School:
Illinois

Awards: Academic All-Big Ten (2024), Rawlings Gold Glove Team – Region 24 (2022), All Mid-West Athletic Conference Second Team (2022).

2025 (Senior – Illinois): Appeared in 51 games, making 48 starts for the Illini … Slashed .266/.340/.422 with 36 runs scored, 11 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 23 RBI … Drew 16 walks and recorded a 12-game hitting streak from March 15 to April 5, batting .362 (17-for-47) with five doubles, one home run and seven RBI during the stretch … Tallied a season-high three hits and three RBI against SIUE (4/15), adding a double and a home run … Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI against UCLA in the Big Ten Tournament (5/21) … His game-ending diving catch at Michigan State (3/28) ranked No. 8 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 … Concluded his Illinois career with 135 games played, 119 starts, 128 hits, 94 runs scored and 87 RBI.

2024 (Junior – Illinois): Started all 56 games at third base … Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors … Slashed .304/.354/.495 with 12 doubles, one triple, nine home runs and 55 RBI … Ranked tied for eighth in the Big Ten in RBI … Registered a 20-game hitting streak from March 24 to April 30, batting .474 (37-for-78) with six doubles, six home runs and 29 RBI during that span … Became the first Illini since 2022 to record a 20-game hitting streak … Drove in a career-high five RBI against Northern Illinois (4/12) … Recorded his first career four-hit performance against Northwestern (4/21).

2023 (Sophomore – Illinois): Appeared in 27 games, making 14 starts … Slashed .276/.382/.448 with one double, three home runs and nine RBI … Made his Illinois debut against Youngstown State (2/18) … Collected his first hit with the Illini at Southern Miss (2/24) … Hit his first Illinois home run at Sam Houston (3/4) … Posted back-to-back two-hit performances at Nebraska (3/24, 3/26).

2022 (Freshman – Illinois Central College): Batted a team-best .413 in 47 games … Recorded 19 doubles, one triple, three home runs, 57 RBI and 50 runs scored … Posted a .446 on-base percentage and .571 slugging percentage for a 1.017 OPS … Committed just eight errors in 177 total chances defensively … Earned Rawlings Gold Glove Team – Region 24 honors … Named All Mid-West Athletic Conference Second Team.

Prior to Duke: Attended Wethersfield High School … Earned all-state honors as a senior and was named all-area all four years … Three-sport athlete in baseball, basketball and football … Four-time all-state selection in basketball and two-time all-state selection in football … Finished as the all-time leading scorer in school history and Lincoln Trail Conference history in basketball.