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Combs is CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year

June 1, 2016

CoSIDA: AUSTIN, Texas (6/1/16) – Finishing out a stellar year of awards for East Texas Baptist University baseball, Conner Combs has earned the highest academic award by CoSIDA for NCAA Division III. Selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), he has been voted the Academic All-American of the Year for NCAA Division III baseball and is also an Academic All-American.

Combs recently earned his bachelor’s degree from ETBU and will begin pursuing a master’s degree this fall. He is also the first student-athlete from the American Southwest Conference to be voted the Academic All-American of the Year for any sport.

From Southlake, Texas, Combs was named the American Southwest Conference’s (ASC) “Player of the Year” earlier this month, in addition to All-ASC first team honors. He recently earned D3baseball.com All-American second team and All-West Region first team recognition to become the Tigers’ first-ever first team All-Region selection. He also picked up American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings All-American second and All-Region first team honors.

A first baseman for the Tigers, Combs led the ASC in home runs this year with 15 and was the league leader in slugging percentage (.734). He ranked second in the league in RBI with 52 and also was second in total bases with 116. He ranked fifth in stolen bases (20), sixth in batting average (.399) and ninth in hits (63).

Combs was also honored as ETBU’s recipient of the ASC Scholar-Athlete Medal of Honor award. Each year the ASC Faculty Athletics Representatives presents the award to one male and one female from each member school that has compiled the most outstanding record in academics, athletics and leadership over their collegiate career.

He and Dynas Doud become ETBU’s first-ever CoSIDA Academic All-American first team selections. Combs is also the first-ever Academic All-American of the Year, too, for ETBU. The last CoSIDA Academic All-American in baseball was Kyle Pope in 2010 for ETBU.

 

CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

2016: Conner Combs (baseball) - first team

2016: Dynas Doud (baseball) - first team

2014: Lacey Liles (softball) – second team

2013: Lya Swaner (softball – third team

2011: Ashton Brey (softball) – second team

2010: Kyle Pope (baseball) – second team

2007: Christy Shipley-Gibson (softball) – second team

 

Conner Combs Awards – 2016

ABCA All-American Second-Team

D3baseball.com All-American Third-Team

ABCA All-West Region First-Team

D3baeball.com All-West Region First-Team

American Southwest Conference “Player of the Year”

All-ASC First-Team

CoSIDA Academic All-District First-Team

D3baseball.com “Team of the Week” – April 12

ASC “Hitter of the Week” – April 12

ASC All-Academic Team