TRENTON, N.J. (Sept. 4, 2017) – For the second straight year, former Oklahoma Christian baseball standout Cale Coshow has received an award for his community service from the New York Yankees' Double-A affiliate.

The Trenton Thunder named Coshow as the winner of the 2017 Samuel J. Plumeri, Sr. Community Service Award, recognizing the pitcher's service off the field. The Thunder's team management selected the winner and made Coshow the first two-time recipient of the honor, which has been presented annually since 1999.

Coshow has been a frequent participant in activities for Trenton Thunder charities. He was a leader in community outreach programs with the Miracle League of Mercer County and with Strikeout Hunger, a food-packing event run by the United Way of Mercer County which made nearly 200,000 meals for local food pantries.

On the field, Coshow spent much of the 2017 season at Trenton, where he was 2-5 with 15 saves and a 3.81 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 54 1/3 innings of work. He ranks fourth in the Eastern League in saves and helped the Thunder reach the league playoffs.

Coshow now is in his second stint with the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, where he is 0-1 with a 3.18 ERA and four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings over four appearances. He is the first former OC player to reach the Triple-A level professionally.

From Edmond, Coshow went 2-0 as a freshman at Oklahoma in 2012 before transferring to OC. In 2013, he was one of OC's top starters and went 3-5 with a 4.56 ERA, helping the Eagles win the National Christian College Athletic Association Central Region title and qualify for the NCCAA World Series.

In 13 appearances (all starts) for the Eagles, he pitched 73 innings, with 69 strikeouts, 28 walks and two complete games.

Coshow signed with the Yankees in June 2013 for $100,000 after New York chose him in the 13th round of the Major League Baseball draft. He went 0-2 with a 3.76 ERA that summer for the Yankees' short-season Class A affiliate, Staten Island of the New York-Penn League.

He began the 2014 season with Staten Island – throwing three shutout innings in his only appearance – before receiving a promotion to Charleston on June 18. He made six appearances for the RiverDogs, going 1-1 and posting a 5.19 ERA with 13 strikeouts and only one walk in 8 2/3 innings before suffering a shoulder injury. He recorded his first professional win on July 6, in relief against the Rome Braves.

He later pitched in 2014 for the Yankees' Gulf Coast League rookie-league team, starting three games and going 0-1 with a 4.11 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 15 1/3 innings.

After starting the 2015 season in mid-level Class A with the Charleston RiverDogs, he was promoted to advanced Class A Tampa in mid-May and then to Trenton that August.