2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2017 All-ACC Academic Team
2016-17 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2015-16 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2014-15 ACC Academic Honor Roll
Career at Tech: Played in 79 games, starting 55 contests in two seasons for the Yellow Jackets after sitting out a year due to transferring in from the Air Force Academy … Hit .268 with 13 home runs, a triple and 12 doubles … Totaled 46 RBIs and 39 runs scored … Recorded a .500 slugging percentage and a .358 on-base percentage in his two years on the field for Tech … Was a perfect 4-for-4 in the stolen base department … Posted a .981 fielding percentage … Totaled 16 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games … Drove in a career-high six RBIs versus Savannah State (May 10, 2016) … Also hit two home runs in the same game twice – versus Savannah State (May 10, 2016) and at Wake Forest (Mar. 24, 2017).
2017 (Redshirt Senior, Georgia Tech): Posted career numbers in 2017, playing in all 55 games, making 51 starts … Saw time in right field and at first base … Hit .275 with 11 home runs, a triple and 12 doubles … His 11 home runs was second on the team, while his 12 doubles was fifth … Drove in 36 RBIs, which was the fourth-most for the Jackets on the season … Also scored 33 runs … Posted a .510 slugging percentage and a .365 on-base percentage on the year … Was 3-for-3 on stolen bases … Hit .276 in ACC play with a team-high six home runs … Drove in 20 RBIs and scored 20 runs in conference play … Was fourth on the team with 15 multi-hit games … Was tied for the team-lead with 10 multi-RBI games, including five RBIs on Senior Day versus No. 8 Virginia (May 20) … Was a combined 4-for-11 with a home run, a double, three walks, an RBI and three runs scored in the three-game home series with Youngstown State (Feb. 24-26) … Went 7-for-14 with a home run, four doubles, two walks, four RBIs and four runs scored in the ACC series at Miami (Mar. 10-12), including going 2-for-5 with a double, walk, RBI and two runs scored in the extra-innings win over the Canes (Mar. 11) … Was 2-for-5 at the plate in the 11-inning win over No. 9 North Carolina (Mar. 18) … Was 1-for-1 with a home run and three walks in the home contest versus No. 16 Auburn (Mar. 21) … Hit two home runs and went 4-for-5 overall at the plate with two RBIs and three runs scored in the series-opening extra-inning win at Wake Forest (Mar. 24) … Went 1-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and a run scored in the series-opener versus No. 5 Clemson (Mar. 31) … Was 2-for-4 with a monster home run, a double, three RBIs and three runs scored in the road win at No. 7 Auburn (April 4) … Was a combined 3-for-11 with two walks, four runs scored and a stolen base in the three-game ACC road series at Notre Dame (April 7-9) … Went 2-for-5 at the plate with a run scored versus No. 2 Louisville (April 15) … Was 2-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs and a run scored in the road win at Georgia State (April 19) … Also hit a home run and drove in three RBIs in the game one win of the doubleheader at Virginia Tech (April 21) … Registered an RBI double in the home contest versus Georgia (April 25) … Was 2-for-5 with a run scored in the series-opening win over Pitt (May 6) … Recorded his first career triple versus Duke (May 13) … Broke out with a 3-for-5 day at the plate with a home run, a double, three RBIs and three runs scored in the home win over Georgia Southern (May 16) … Went 1-for-3 with a walk, a sacrifice fly and three RBIs in the series-opening win over No. 8 Virginia (May 18) … Went 2-for-4 with a grand slam, a stolen base and five RBIs in his final game at Russ Chandler Stadium on Senior Day versus No. 8 Virginia (May 20) … Was a combined 4-for-11 with three RBIs and a run scored in Tech’s two ACC Championship games versus Miami (May 23) and Wake Forest (May 25) … Named to the 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District Baseball Team … Also earned a spot on the 2017 All-ACC Academic Team.
2016 (Redshirt Junior, Georgia Tech): Appeared in 24 games with four starts … Hit .214 with two home runs and eight RBIs … Recorded his first hit as a Yellow Jacket on Feb. 20 in a 13-0 win over VCU … Recorded a pinch-hit RBI single at Florida State on March 12 … Made his first start at first base on April 20 at Georgia State, going 1-for-3 with a run scored … Went 2-for-2 with a career-best two home runs and a career-high six RBIs in the 21-3 win over Savannah State on May 10 … Hit a three-run home run to center in the seventh inning vs. Savannah State and followed with an inside-the-park homer in the eighth against the SVSU Tigers … Had an RBI sac fly vs. Bethune-Cookman on June 4 … Walked in a run with the bases loaded at Florida on June 5.
2015 (Junior, Georgia Tech): Sat out the season at Georgia Tech per NCAA rules after transferring from Air Force.
2013 & 2014 (at Air Force): Made a total of 31 starts at the Air Force Academy over two seasons … Totaled a .218 batting average with two home runs and 11 RBIs … Twice earned Academic All-Conference honors as a civil engineer.
Before Tech: A four-year letterwinner spanning two seasons at Westminster under coach Russell Wrenn and two seasons at Fellowship Christian School under coach Brad Pager … Earned the varsity baseball Coach’s Award in both his junior and senior seasons … Earned first team all-region honors at quarterback as a sophomore … Also played high school basketball … Recognized as a member of the National Honor Society and a recipient of the Dean’s Award.
Personal: Full name is Coleman Richard Poje … Born Feb. 24, 1994 in Augusta, Ga. … Son of Chris and Stephanie Poje … Has an older brother Brandon and a younger brother Mason … Cousin, Michael Cheever, played center for Georgia Tech from 1991-95 and three seasons in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars … Father, Chris (Class of 1988), mother, Stephanie (Class of 1990), and grandfather, Ben Turnipseed, each graduated from Georgia Tech … Majoring in industrial engineering.
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