Washington State transfer third baseman Cole Cramer commits to TCU

Washington State transfer third baseman Cole Cramer has found a new home in the portal. On Wednesday evening, he committed to the TCU Horned Frogs, according to Kendall Rogers of d1baseball.com. Last year for the Cougars, he hit .345 with 15 doubles.

Before joining Washington State, Cramer spent two years at Linn-Benton Community College in Oregon. In 2023, in 47 games there, he hit .320 with eight doubles, two triples, and 20 RBIs. He also scored 37 runs and stole 15 bases.

In 2022, Cramer hit .295 with three doubles, two home runs, 17 RBIs, 20 runs scored, and nine stolen bases.

As a high school prospect, Cramer attended Arlington High School (Arlington, Washington). He earned All-Wesco League honors twice. As a senior, he hit .488, earning all-state and state offensive MVP honors.

Washington State went 21-32 overall this year, including 9-21 in the Pac-12 Conference. This was the final season for the Pac-12, as many of the conference members are moving on to either the Big Ten or the Big 12. Washington State and Oregon State are the only two remaining members.

TCU finished 33-21 overall this year and 14-16 in the Big 12.

The highlight of the season for the Horned Frogs was without a doubt, when they made it to the 2024 Big 12 Championship Game. They lost 11-10 to the Kansas Jayhawks, but it was a classic of a game. They trailed 9-0 after the first inning, and eventually battled back to tie it up in the seventh at 10-10. But the Jayhawks put one more run on the board in the bottom of the eighth and that was the game-winner. It was an eighth inning solo shot by KU that decided it.

Kurtis Byrne of TCU hit two home runs in the game and drove in four runs. His second homer was with one out in the fifth inning to make it a 10-7 game. It was the second two homer game of his career. Byrne also tallied his 16th multi-hit game of the year and the 46th of his career. It was also Byrne’s 12th multi-RBI game of the season and the 33rd of his career.

One of the Horned Frogs’ biggest wins of the 2024 campaign came on Friday, April 19th, when they defeated the Texas Longhorns 5-0.