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Jersey Number 33
Corey Childress
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Fairhope, Ala.
- High School:
- Fairhope HS
Bio
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
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