Columbia University Athletics

2022

Played in seven games, making one start against Dartmouth.
 
2021

Saw action in seven games as a junior tight end … Listed on depth chart as a backup tight end … Saw action vs. Marist, vs. Georgetown, at Princeton, at Central Connecticut State, vs. Penn, at Dartmouth, and vs. Harvard.
 
2020

Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
2019

Did not see action as a first-year tight end … Contributed on the scout team.
 
HIGH SCHOOL

A 2019 graduate of St. Albans High School in Washington, D.C., where he earned four letters in football for head coach Gary Schnell … Two-time First Team All-Interstate Athletic Conference selection … Earned All-MET honorable mention honors after his senior season … Played tight end, wide receiver, defensive end and outside linebacker for the Bulldogs … Served as team captain during senior season … Led squad in receiving yardage as a junior … Averaged 13.7 yards per catch, scored three touchdowns and registered a sack as a sophomore … Finished with a 13.3 yards per catch average and scored three touchdowns as a freshman … Earned a total of eight varsity letters … Also played basketball and served as team captain as a senior … Named All-IAC nominee, St. Alban’s Most Improved Player and Bishop Walker All-Tournament Team selection in 2016-17 … Earned rebounding champion award at 2016 Mid-Atlantic Invitational Tournament at St. Maria Goretti School …Played AAU basketball for DC Premiere (summer before senior year), Mid-Atlantic Select (summer before junior year) and MD Playmakers (summer before sophomore year) … Named Most Valuable Player while leading DC Premiere to the Under-17 HoopGroupInvitational Pitt Jam Fest championship … Team finished 11th at Nationals prior to junior year …  Involved in volunteer activities including programs such as A Wider Circle and Kid Power Camp … For the last six years, has operated a basketball camp for elementary school aged children.
 
PERSONAL

Born Cole Terrence Matthiesen on June 29, 2000 in Silver Spring, Md. … Son of Lance Matthiesen and Tracey Griffin of Bethesda, Md. … Has an older sister Logan … Father played basketball and served as co-captain at Bates College (1981-85) … Mother graduated from Georgetown in 1986 … Both parents attended Stanford Business School … Hobbies and interests include music, video games, family, friends, vacation and playing board games … Favorite sports memory was scoring his first touchdown against Bishop Ireton as a freshman … Person in history he would most like to meet: Jackie Robinson … Notable individuals who attended his high school: Jonathan Ogdon (NFL player), Al Gore (politician), Jeffrey Wright (actor) and Matt Bowman (MLB player) … Became interested in Columbia as his family visited New York City many times during his childhood … Also attended Columbia’s summer football and basketball camps … Chose Columbia to get a world-class education while being able to play football in the best city in the United States and the combination of academics, location and the community … Also cited the coaching staff, opportunity to win an Ivy League title and his teammates as factors … Selected Columbia over offers from Cornell, Lehigh, Penn, Rice and Brown … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Economics.