Overview

Cole Stewart was one of the top goalkeeper out of Kansas City … Big, strong kid who played at a high club level with KCSG … Very good shot stopper and good communicator … Has fantastic feet ... Signed a National Letter of Intent to play at the University of Nebraska Omaha next year.

Career

Closed out his career with a mark of 9-9-0 with a goals against average of 1.66, two shutouts and a save percentage of .788 … Made 115 total saves over his two campaign … His 115 saves rank 17^th all-time at JCCC … Logged 1,685:00 minutes between the pipes, 20^th most in team history. 

Sophomore Year 2022

Earned first-team All-Region 6/Plains District and first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College East Division honors … Earned NJCAA All-Academic second-team with a GPA of between 3.80.3.99 ... Played in 10 games, nine as a starter … Finished with a mark of 4-5-0 with a goals against average of 1.25, one shutout and a save percentage of .836 … Tallied 61 saves on the season … Ranked second in the conference in save percentage, third in saves and fourth in goals against average … Also selected the KJCCC East Division Goalkeeper of the Year … Was selected as the KJCCC D-I Goalkeeper of the Year three times …  Made team and conference history by becoming the first goalkeeper to be selected as the NJCAA National D-I Goalkeeper of the Week three times in one season … In his first action of the season, saved nine of 10 shots faced in a 1-0 loss to Coffeyville (8-31-22) followed by a 7-0 win over Southwestern Illinois (9-3-22) to garner his first conference and NJCAA weekly honor … Notched his second conference and NJCAA weekly award after saving seven of eight shots to help preserve a 3-1 home victory over Neosho County (9-21-22) … Won his third conference and historic third national weekly honor after stopping 10 of 11 shots in a 2-1 victory over Dodge City in the first round of the Region 6/Plains District Tournament (10-30-22).

Freshman Year 2021

Earned All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division second-team … Played and started nine games … Finished with a mark of 5-4-1 with one shutout … Logged 820:00 minutes with a goals against average of 2.37 and a save percentage of .740 … Tallied 54 saves on the season … Earned a 5-2 victory at Southeast in his college debut, saving 12 of the 14 shots he faced (8-22-21) … Followed with a 2-1 win with three saves at Lewis & Clark (8-29-21) … Selected the KJCCC D-I Goalkeeper of the Week in week four after earning his first shutout in by stopping all four shots faced in a 6-0 win over Allen (9-8-21) … Had one of his best efforts despite earning a 1-0 overtime loss to No. 6 Cowley (10-4-21) … Stopped a season high 14 shots against the Tigers, which tied the sixth-most in a game by a Cavaliers keeper … Provided the assist on JCCC’s first goal in a 4-2 win at Crowder, becoming just the ninth goalkeeper in team history and first since Caleb Cothrin in 2016 to register an assist (10-9-21) … Also earned the victory over the Roughriders ... Earned NJCAA All-Academic third-team with a grade point average between 3-60-3.79.

High School

Was a three-year starter and four-year letter winner for coach Chris Brizedine at Lee’s Summit West High School, Lee’s Summit, Mo … Graduated 2021 … Was a two-time Missouri Class 4 All-State selection … Named first-team goalkeeper as a junior and honorable mention as a senior … Was also two-time All-Metro selection by the Kansas Star … Was named the Goalkeeper of the Year for Missouri Class 4/Region 3 as a junior … Was a three-time All-Kansas City Suburban Conference performer … Earned honorable mention as a sophomore, and first-team his junior and senior years … Was the conference Goalkeeper of the Year as junior and senior … Was placed on the 2020 United Soccer Coaches High School All-America Watch List … Helped the Titans win three conference titles, two District titles, a Sectional Championship, a Regional Championship and place third at the Class 4 State Tournament in 2019 … Earned two varsity letters in football as a kicker … Played two years for PC United soccer club coached by Rich Wolfe, four years with KC Select coached by JCCC head coach Jeff Cole and three years with Kansas City Scott Gallagher coached by Chris Dean, Mike Barr and Kris Plumhoff … Won a Kansas State Cup title with KCSG in 2021 … Also played on teams that made two Regional Tournament appearances, reaching the semifinals one time … Was on the Principal’s Honor Roll four years and received two academic letters … Earned Football Academic All-State. 

Personal

Born Cole Robert Stewart on June 2, 2003, in Kansas City, Mo. … Nickname is Stew … Son of Brandon and Annette Stewart … Has one sibling, Reade … Majoring in finance … Also recruited by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Bowling Green State University, Xavier University, Davidson University, Amherst College, Drexel University, Lehigh University and William Jewell College … Favorite foods are wings and sushi … Favorite fast food restaurant is Jersey Mike’s … Favorite restaurant is Kansas City Joes’ Bar-B-Que … Favorite TV show is The Last Dance … Favorite movie is The Hangover … Favorite sports movie is Remember the Titans … Favorite actor is Zach Galifianakis … Favorite book is American Sniper … Favorite music entertainer is Cody Jinks … Favorite cartoon character is Naruto … Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan … Favorite sports team is Sporting KC … His greatest athletic moment was winning the Kansas State Cup in 2021 … Best player he has played against Sporting KC Academy product Tyler Freeman … Notable alumni from his school are MLB pitcher Trevor Rosenthal, MLB outfielder Monte Harrison, NBA guard Shaquille Harrison and former Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year and MLB pitcher Alex Lange.