July 13, 2015
MARSHALL, Texas (07/10/2015) - Taking the East Texas Baptist University baseball brand to New York, Conner Combs had a great week for the Niagara Power of the New York Collegiate Baseball League. From the week of June 29th, Combs was named the NYCBL Player of the Week.
In that week Combs batted .625 with an .813 slugging percentage bringing in four RBI. He had a .684 on base percentage with three doubles going 10-of-16 in four games played. His contributions helped the Power with 11 of their 33 runs scored that week.
Earlier in the season, he was featured in a story for a walk-off hit for the first win of the season for the Niagara Power. The Power are currently sitting in first place at 20-8 just a half game ahead of the Hornell Dodgers. They have gone 7-3 in their last 10 games and have a .714 winning percentage.
Overall, Combs is batting .271 with six doubles, a triple, and six RBI. He also has seven stolen bases and scored 15 times.
ETBU pitcher Jordan Wilkerson is also playing in the league for the Genesee Rapids. He is currently 4-0 with a 1.39 ERA and 25 strikeouts in 32.1 innings pitched.