2023-24: First-Team All-American, First-Team All-Region and First-Team All-Conference USA selection...helped lead the Penguins to the Final Four and a third-place finish at the event...was named the CUSA Bowler of the Month in January...was the MVP of Destination Orlando...led the country in strike percentage...ranked third in the country in scoring average and third in Baker average...won the Northeast Classic...was runner-up at the PVAMU Invitational...her 207.28 traditional average was third-highest in school history...she bowled a school-record 299 game on Jan. 20 against Norfolk State at the Northeast Classic...averaged 21.31 in Baker which was a school record (previous record was 20.37)...also set school records with 21.08 frame average (previous record was 20.37) and 57.30 strike percentage (previous record was 51.92)...Served as the team's primary anchor as the Penguins set a school record for winning percentage and finished fourth or better at 10 of their 11 events.
Summer 2023: Earned a bronze medal in trios at the Youth Pan American Championship as a member of Team Canada in July 2023…competing in the Under 21 category at the Pan American games in Lima, Peru, Cote averaged 204.33 over six games in the trios format to help Canada to the bronze medal…she also had fourth-place finishes in the team and doubles formats…averaged 224.83, which was the highest in the entire field of bowlers, in the team event, and she averaged 202.67 in doubles…for the tournament, Cote averaged 204.13 to finish fifth overall.
2022-23 (Sophomore): Named to the Southland Bowling League Academic Honor Roll...Bowled in 52 team games and knocked down 10,031 pins for an average of 192.90...Broke 200 21 times, and her highest game of 258 came against Adelphi at the Dezy Strong Classic...Placed sixth at Adelphi to earn all-tournament team honors...Her other top-25 finish came on the opening weekend of the season when she placed 16th at the MOTIV Penguin Classic...Led the Penguins with 848 Baker frames, and she averaged 20.25 pins per frame in the format...Primarily bowled in the leadoff position, but her biggest moment of the season came from the anchor spot in the lineup at the Southland Bowling League Championship...With the Penguins trailing 3-1 in the best-of-seven round of an elimination match against Vanderbilt, she doubled in the 10th in a one-pin victory in game five, and she struck on all three of her attempts in game six to force game seven...In the 10th frame of game seven, she converted the 6-7-10 split to help YSU finish up a 195-179 victory... Overall, she averaged 19.89 pins per frame in her 1,368 total frames...Struck on 49.27 percent of her attempts... Converted 67.29% of her spares, and she had a mark in 83.41% of her opportunities.
2021-22 (Freshman): Voted to National Tenpin Coaches Association All-Rookie First Team and the All-Southland Rookie Team… Earned All-Academic Team accolades from the NTCA and the Southland… Set a new school record by averaging 205.13 over 47 traditional games… Also broke the previous school mark for strike percentage by striking on 51.92 percent of her attempts… Topped 200 in 27 of her 47 games, and bowled a season-best 258 against Central Missouri at the Big Red Invitational (2/26)… That 258 game was part of a 1,128 set, which was the highest five-game series in program history… She also set the school record for tournament average with a 225.60 average in Nebraska… Occupied the fourth spot in the lineup when YSU bowled its first-ever 300 game in a Baker match against Valparaiso (2/25)… Registered three top-10 finishes during the season, placing eighth at the Dezy Strong Classic, sixth at the PVAMU Invitational and 10th at the Big Red Invitational… Averaged 202.00 at the Southland Bowling League Championship and a team-best 216.67 at the NCAA Lansing Regional… Bowled in 757 Baker frames and averaged 19.99 pins per frame in the format… Overall, averaged 20.19 pins per frame, which is the second-best mark in program history… For the year, posted the school-record 51.92 strike percentage, converted 62.24 percent of her spare attempts and marked 83.55 percent of the time.
