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Jersey Number 33
Corey Childress
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Fairhope, Ala.
- High School:
- Fairhope HS
2017 (Junior)
Made 24 appearances on the mound; with four starts … Started the season opener against Xavier and fanned seven batters in 4.1 innings of work … Struck out 48 batters while walking only 16 (3.00 K/BB) in 47.1 innings on the season … Tied for the team lead for fewest walks allowed with those 16 … His 24 appearances were tied for the second-most by a Trojan pitcher … Allowed only five runs and struck out 20 batters in his last 10 regular-season appearances
2016 (Sophomore)
Made 26 pitching appearances, all in relief … Recorded 10 saves, which tied for the second-most in Troy’s single-season history and third in the Sun Belt in 2016 … Pitched 49.0 innings and recorded 46 strikeouts, the most of any relief pitcher at Troy … Had a 3.12 ERA and a 2-4 record … Picked up his first save against Northern Kentucky and his first win against Auburn … Pitched five innings against Little Rock, ULM and Georgia State and had a combined 16 strikeouts with seven coming against Little Rock … Had five strikeouts in two innings against Jacksonville State … Had at least one strikeout in his last six appearances … Named Valley Baseball League All-Star with the Harrisonburg Turks (Summer Organization)
2015 (Freshman)
Became the first freshman to start a season opener on the mound for Troy in the school’s recorded history – tossed seven scoreless innings with five strikeouts and just two hits allowed against Northwestern State … Made 10 starts on the year and came out of the bullpen seven times … Struck out 45 and walked just 20 in 64.1 innings pitched … Troy’s Friday night starter for the first six weeks of the season … Started career with 13.2 scoreless innings over two starts (Northwestern State & St. Louis) … Allowed just one run on three hits over 7.0 innings against St. Louis … Scattered six hits and allowed two runs over 6.0 innings in a Troy victory over Southern Miss … Struck out a career-high eight and retired all 13 batters he faced in his first career relief appearance at Kennesaw State
High School
Four-year letterwinner under head coach Stu Fuller at Fairhope High School in Fairhope, Alabama … Named all-state and was an All-American honorable mention
Personal
Full name is Corey Lewis Childress … Born Dec. 25, 1995 … Son of Wayne and Tonia Childress … Has one brother, Coleton … Majoring in accounting
Made 24 appearances on the mound; with four starts … Started the season opener against Xavier and fanned seven batters in 4.1 innings of work … Struck out 48 batters while walking only 16 (3.00 K/BB) in 47.1 innings on the season … Tied for the team lead for fewest walks allowed with those 16 … His 24 appearances were tied for the second-most by a Trojan pitcher … Allowed only five runs and struck out 20 batters in his last 10 regular-season appearances
2016 (Sophomore)
Made 26 pitching appearances, all in relief … Recorded 10 saves, which tied for the second-most in Troy’s single-season history and third in the Sun Belt in 2016 … Pitched 49.0 innings and recorded 46 strikeouts, the most of any relief pitcher at Troy … Had a 3.12 ERA and a 2-4 record … Picked up his first save against Northern Kentucky and his first win against Auburn … Pitched five innings against Little Rock, ULM and Georgia State and had a combined 16 strikeouts with seven coming against Little Rock … Had five strikeouts in two innings against Jacksonville State … Had at least one strikeout in his last six appearances … Named Valley Baseball League All-Star with the Harrisonburg Turks (Summer Organization)
2015 (Freshman)
Became the first freshman to start a season opener on the mound for Troy in the school’s recorded history – tossed seven scoreless innings with five strikeouts and just two hits allowed against Northwestern State … Made 10 starts on the year and came out of the bullpen seven times … Struck out 45 and walked just 20 in 64.1 innings pitched … Troy’s Friday night starter for the first six weeks of the season … Started career with 13.2 scoreless innings over two starts (Northwestern State & St. Louis) … Allowed just one run on three hits over 7.0 innings against St. Louis … Scattered six hits and allowed two runs over 6.0 innings in a Troy victory over Southern Miss … Struck out a career-high eight and retired all 13 batters he faced in his first career relief appearance at Kennesaw State
High School
Four-year letterwinner under head coach Stu Fuller at Fairhope High School in Fairhope, Alabama … Named all-state and was an All-American honorable mention
Personal
Full name is Corey Lewis Childress … Born Dec. 25, 1995 … Son of Wayne and Tonia Childress … Has one brother, Coleton … Majoring in accounting
Troy vs. Kent State (Full Highlights)
Tuesday, November 04
Troy vs. Toledo (Full Highlights)
Tuesday, November 04
Scott Cross Postgame Press Conference (Kent State)
Tuesday, November 04
Players Postgame Press Conference (Kent State)
Tuesday, November 04
