Colton Hartman

The Cardinals after winning the 2025 Louisville Super Regional.

Photo by: Nicole Finch | Louisville Athletics

Colton Hartman coming off the mound against Bellarmine.

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B/T:
L/L
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 220
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Lebanon, Ohio
High School:
Lebanon
Prev School:
Lebanon HS

CAREER HONORS
• 2025 Academic All-ACC Team

2025: Made 17 appearances on the mound with four starts ... Tallied a 2-1 record with an 11.65 ERA ... Struck out 20 in 17.0 innings ... Pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings with two strikeouts in his season debut to earn the win against Arizona on Feb. 16 ... Worked a perfect inning in relief against Oakland on March 12 ... Recorded four outs, three via strikeout, at Indiana on April 1 ... Turned in a pair of scoreless relief outings at Clemson ... Threw a scoreless inning against Wake Forest on May 17.

2024: Made 12 appearances on the mound as a freshman, including eight starts ... Finished 1-2 with a 5.90 ERA ... Struck out 37 batters in 29.0 innings ... Recorded the final four outs with two strikeouts in his collegiate debut against EKU on Feb. 27 ... Struck out two in a perfect inning of work against Morehead State on March 6 ... Made his first collegiate start against Bellarmine on March 19, striking out four and allowing just one run in 3.2 innings ... Retired all six batters he faced in two perfect innings against WKU on April 23 ... Made his first career ACC start on May 4 at Boston College, taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning and retiring 16 straight batters and striking out five ... Struck out a career-high seven over five shutout innings against Notre Dame on May 17 for his first collegiate win.

High School: Lettered three years in baseball at Lebanon High School … 2023 Southwest Ohio Baseball Coaches Association Pitcher of the Year … As a senior, went 6-2 with a 1.18 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 53 innings … Threw a seven-inning no-hitter with 15 strikeouts against Walnut Hills as a senior … Went 4-3 with a 1.60 ERA and 114 strikeouts as a junior … Threw a no-hitter in the district semifinals with 14 strikeouts against Elder as a junior … Participated in the 2022 Perfect Game All-American Classic at Chase Field in Arizona … Ranked No. 42 overall player, No. 4 overall left-handed pitcher and No. 2 player in Ohio by Perfect Game.

Personal: Son of Scott and Tiffany Hartman … Has one older sibling – Madison … Majoring in Business … Chose Louisville over Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Tulane and West Virginia … Favorite movie is Moana … Fan of the Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals … Favorite athlete is Mike Trout … Enjoys fishing, hunting, hanging out with friends and anything outside … Favorite food is crab legs.