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Cooper Combs
Position
OF
B/T
R/R
Class
Jr.
Height
5-10
Weight
205
Hometown
Springdale, Ark.
High School
Springdale HS
Previous School
Johnson County Community College
SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Hits: 2, Texas Tech, April 26, 2024; at Kansas State, May 03, 2024
- Hits: 2, Texas Tech, Apr 26, 2024 ; at Kansas State, May 03, 2024
- Doubles: 2 [t-10th], Texas Tech, Apr 26, 2024 ; at Kansas State, May 03, 2024
- Total bases: 4, Texas Tech, Apr 26, 2024 ; at Kansas State, May 03, 2024
- RBI: 2, Texas Tech, Apr 27, 2024 ; vs Kentucky, Feb 25, 2024
- Runs scored: 2, Texas Tech, Apr 27, 2024
- Walks: 1, 7 times
- Hit by pitch: 3 [t-1st], vs Illinois-Chicago, Feb 18, 2024
- Struck out: 1, 5 times
- Sac flies: 2 [t-1st], vs Kentucky, Feb 25, 2024
- At bats: 4, vs A&M Corpus Christi, Feb 20, 2024
- Field chances: 4, vs Kentucky, Feb 25, 2024
- Putouts: 4, vs Kentucky, Feb 25, 2024
- Assists: 1, West Virginia, Apr 06, 2024 ; vs A&M Corpus Christi, Feb 20, 2024
JUNIOR – 2024
- Transferred to Kansas with two years of eligibility remaining
- Committed in September 2022
JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE – 2022-23
- Spent two years in the Johnson County program
- Selected Second Team All-KJCCC East Division at outfield in 2022 and 2023
- JBB Division I NJCAA Third Team All-American in 2022
- Career: .375/.497/.654 (143-for-381), 23 2B, 4 3B, 25 HR, 110 RBI, 127 R, 73 BB, 31 SB in 117 games
- Walked more times (73) than he struck out (54) in his two years at Johnson County
- 2023: .372/.472/.612 (70-for-188), 12 2B, 11 HR, 51 RBI, 58 R, 30 BB, 11 SB in 56 games
- Led the team with 11 home runs
- 2022: .378/.520/.694 (73-for-193), 11 2B, 4 3B, 14 HR, 59 RBI, 69 R, 43 BB, 20 SB in 61 games (all starts)
- Produced 21 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI games
- Led the team and tied for sixth in the conference in walks (43)
- Also, led the team and tied for seventh in the KJCCC in runs scored (69)
- Ranked 298th on the 2022 Perfect Game Top 500 JUCO Prospect List
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of baseball at Springdale High School
- No. 5 ranked outfielder in the state of Arkansas, and the No. 13 overall prospect in the state according to Perfect Game in 2021
- Earned Arkansas All-State and 6A West All-Conference his senior year
- Was named the Hitter of the Year after batting .422 with 24 hits, five doubles, two triples, three home runs, 25 runs scored, 21 RBI and 22 stolen bases as a senior
- Hit .483 with seven hits, three doubles a triple, eight runs and five RBI before the season was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Helped his team win the WWBA 18U Championship at US Nationals in 2021
- Was part of the PBR National Champion team in 2020
- National Honors Society and National Spanish Honors Society member
- Co-Valedictorian
PERSONAL
- Son of Randy and Stacy Combs
- Has one older sister, Abby
- His father, Randy, played baseball at Labette Community College
- Has a superstition to drink a Dr. Pepper before every game
- Picked Kansas over LSU, Arkansas and Western Kentucky
- Chose Kansas because, “I really liked the coaches and I really liked what they were telling me about rebuilding the program. All the coaches were really easy to talk to and felt like they really wanted me to be a part of their program.”