- 2023 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2023 NCBWA All-South Central Region second team
- 2023 CSC Academic All-District
- 2023 All-RMAC second team
- 2023 Academic All-RMAC first team
- 2022-23 MSU Denver Senior Athlete of the Year (male)
- 2023 RMAC Pitcher of the Week, March 7
- 2023 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, March 6
- 2023 NCBWA Preseason All-South Central Region
- 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2022 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2022 ABCA All-South Central Region first team
- 2022 NCBWA All-South Central Region first team
- 2022 D2CCA All-South Central Region first team
- 2022 All-RMAC first team
- 2022 Academic All-RMAC first team
- 2022 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, May 15
- 2022 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, March 21
- 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2021 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2021 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
- 2021 All-RMAC honorable mention
- 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2020 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
- 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
Career: Became the RMAC’s all-time leader in career saves, with his 24th, on March 4, 2023, as he preserved an 11-6 win at Colorado School of Mines with 1 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out three. He inherited a bases-loaded jam with a 9-6 lead in the eighth and diffused the rally. He finished his career with 26 saves. ... Finished career as program’s all-time leader in saves and appearances. He’s sixth in career ERA (minimum 90 innings pitched) at 4.06, seventh in opponent batting average (.246) and seventh with 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings. ... Tied for second among Division II players active in 2023 with 26 career saves, tied for second among all active NCAA players, regardless of division. Was also fifth in career relief appearances (76) and seventh in overall pitching appearances (76).
2023: NCBWA All-South Central Region second team and All-RMAC second team. ... Academic All-District, and Academic All-RMAC first team. ... Was 2-3 with seven saves and a 5.11 ERA, recording 34 strikeouts while walking eight in 24 2/3 innings. ... Second in the RMAC and 27th in Division II with seven saves. ... Outstanding once again in the RMAC Tournament, working a season-long 2 2/3 innings, allowing one run on two hits while striking out four, to get the win May 10 in a 16-15 thriller over CSU Pueblo, then adding another 1/3 scoreless innings the following day in a come-from-behind win over Regis. In the RMAC Tournament over the past two seasons, Cox has pitched nine innings, going 1-0 with three saves and a 1.00 ERA, with three walks and 13 strikeouts. ... Winning pitcher in 6-5 victory over Adams State in the second game of an April 16 doubleheader after the Grizzlies scratched across the tying run off him in the top of the sixth. MSU Denver won it on Ross Smith’s walkoff homer in the bottom of the seventh. ... Trying to get in some work in the New Mexico Highlands series, he pitched two one-inning stints and needed a total of only seven pitches -- four in the second game of an April 7 doubleheader and three on April 8. ... Earned his seventh save with 2/3 of an inning in a 4-3 win over CSU Pueblo on April 1 in the first game of a doubleheader. ... Went 1 2/3 innings for his sixth save, a 4-3 victory over UCCS in the second game of a March 18 doubleheader. ... Became the RMAC’s all-time leader in career saves, with his 24th, on March 4, 2023, as he preserved an 11-6 win at Colorado School of Mines with 1 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out three. He inherited a bases-loaded jam with a 9-6 lead in the eighth and diffused the rally. Combined with his save two days earlier against Regis, he was named the RMAC Pitcher of the Week. ... Converted his fourth straight save opportunity to tie the RMAC record with his 23rd save, allowing one hit in 1 1/3 scoreless innings in what turned into a 13-6 win over Regis on March 2. ... Earned a two-inning save at Pittsburg State (Kan.) on Feb. 19, allowing one run on three hits while striking out two in what turned into a 14-8 victory. ... Needed just two pitches to record the final out and pick up his second save in a 9-5 win at Biola (Calif.) in the first game of a Feb. 10 doubleheader. ... Struck out the side for the save in his season debut, Feb. 4 against Northwestern Oklahoma State, closing out a 13-10 win.
2022: Named All-South Central Region first team by all three major organizations. All-RMAC first team selection. ... Led the RMAC and ranked 12th nationally with nine saves, which is tied for second-best total in a season in program history. ... Finished 3-0 with a 2.36 ERA. ... In 34 1/3 innings, allowing nine runs (all earned) on 26 hits, with 12 walks and 30 strikeouts. ... Allowed only six extra-base hits, all doubles. ... Held opponents to a .218 batting average while compiling a 1.11 WHIP. ... Had a streak of 20 consecutive scoreless innings dating to first game of March 26 doubleheader, allowing 11 hits while striking out 21, until being scored upon by Nos. 6/4 Angelo State (Texas) in the season-ending loss in the Division II South Central Regional. ... Somehow not included on RMAC All-Tournament team, despite tour de force performance, recording three scoreless two-inning saves, including the 8-5 championship win over 10th- and 14th-ranked host Colorado Mesa on May 14. In six innings, allowed only three hits, and he struck out three in each appearance for a total of nine. In championship game, struck out the vaunted All-America trio of Caleb Farmer, Haydn McGeary and Spencer Bramwell in order (for the final two outs of the eighth and the first out of the ninth). Got the game’s final out after issuing three walks to load the bases. ... In two tense relief appearances against Nos. 6 and 7 Colorado Mesa on April 8 and 10, pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out four. ... Recorded clutch save to close out 10-9 victory in April 10 series finale with Nos. 6 and 7 Colorado Mesa, helping MSU Denver to split the four-game series. Pitched two innings, allowing one hit and no runs while striking out one. ... Set program record with his 15th career save, inheriting a 5-2 lead and working the final three innings of an 8-2 win over CSU-Pueblo on April 3. ... Despite being nicked for a game-tying run in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings, stayed until finishing off a 19-14, nine-inning victory over UCCS in the first game of a March 26 doubleheader. Allowed one run on three hits in 3 2/3 innings. ... Tied MSU Denver’s career saves record with his 14th (and fourth of the season), pitching around one hit in a 1 1/3-inning outing March 20 in a 9-6 win over New Mexico Highlands. ... Preserved 5-4 win over No. 13 Colorado School of Mines in the second game of a March 5 doubleheader with perfect seventh inning. ... Gave up the lead in the top of the sixth, but got the win after an MSU Denver rally and then pitching a scoreless seventh in a 7-4 win over Sioux Falls (S.D.) in the second game of a Feb. 27 doubleheader. ... Pitched three-up, three-down final innings to earn saves against Central Oklahoma on Feb. 13 and at Emporia State (Kan.) in the second game of a Feb. 20 doubleheader. ... Extended to career-high four innings to earn 6-5, 11-inning win over Minot State (N.D.) on Feb. 6.
2021: All-RMAC honorable mention.... Led the RMAC and ranked 13th nationally with seven saves. ... Made a team-high 14 appearances and was 0-2 with a 4.24 ERA. ... In 17 innings, allowed 10 runs (eight earned) on 17 hits, with five walks and 18 strikeouts. ... Charged with five earned runs in one outing, otherwise recorded a 1.69 ERA in 16 innings. ... Picked up the save in 7-5 victory over CSU-Pueblo in the RMAC Tournament on May 21, retiring the side in order. ... Highly efficient while earning saves in the first game of doubleheaders against Adams State on April 17 and 18, allowing only one baserunner (on a walk) while needing to throw a total of 19 pitches. ... Took a tough-luck loss in the opener of an April 2 doubleheader with UCCS, pitching 2 2/3 innings and striking out five though allowing one run. Preserved a 9-5 second-game win with a perfect inning. ... Saved each of the first two games of the Colorado School of Mines series on March 5 and 6, then closed out the final game of the series in a non-save situation, protecting a four-run lead in the ninth. ... Pitched two scoreless innings, striking out a career-high three, to pick up the save in MSU Denver’s 7-2 win over Fort Hays State (Kan.) in the second game of a Feb. 19 doubleheader.
2020: Made four relief appearances and compiled a 3.00 ERA, striking out four in six innings before the season ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Threw two scoreless innings against Emporia State in the second game of a doubleheader on Feb. 16, striking out two Hornets and giving up two hits. ... Threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings at Central Oklahoma on Feb. 22.
2019: Served as a late-inning reliever for the Roadrunners, sharing the team lead of two saves while going 1-0 with a 3.80 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 21 1/3 innings. ... Had a 2.53 ERA after allowing three earned runs without recording an out in his season debut. ... Compiled a 1.04 WHIP while allowing 15 hits and seven walks. ... Held opponents to a .203 batting average, the best mark on the team. ... PItched five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits, in two different relief appearances against Colorado School of Mines in the RMAC Tournament on May 8 and May 10. Got the win with two no-hit relief innings May 8. ... Recorded saves in back-to-back appearances, pitching a scoreless inning against Dixie State in the second game of an April 20 doubleheader and then getting the final two outs without incident in an April 20 victory over UCCS. ... Had a 1.69 ERA in a stretch of six appearances from April 1 through April 20, allowing one earned run on four hits, with two walks and five strikeouts, in 5 1/3 innings. ... Started two games as an outfielder, Feb. 1 and Feb. 15.
2018: Received a medical redshirt season after appearing in 11 games and having a season-ending injury.
High School: A 2017 graduate of Cherokee Trail High School in Aurora, Colo.…All-state second team for Class 5A state champions as a junior in 2016…As a senior, went 1-4 with a 4.82 ERA in five appearancees, striking out 17 in 24 2/3 innings. ... Had a .388 batting average (26-for-67) with seven homers and 25 RBIs as a senior to go along with 26 hits and 21 runs. Had a .461 on-base percentage and an .835 slugging percentage for a 1.297 OPS. ... As a junior hit .394 (37-for-94) with two homers and 25 RBIs in 27 games with a .454 on-base percentage, .659 slugging percentage and an OPS of 1.114. ... Selected All-Centennial League first team in 2017...Lettered two years in football…Coached by Allan Dyer.
Personal: Born Eric Thomas Cox in Colorado Springs, Colo. ... Birthday is June 16…Son of Tom and Laurie Cox…Has one brother (Tony) and two sisters (Danielle and Delanie)…Majoring in health care management.
