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Jersey Number 21
Colby Holcombe
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 250
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Florence, Ala.
- High School/Previous School:
- Central HS / Northeast Mississippi CC
Bio
Honors / Awards
2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll2023 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career Notes & Records
Draft: Picked by the Toronto Blue Jays with the 277th overall pick in the 9th Round of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.
2024 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared in 12 games, making one start … Punched out 28, walked 12 in 21.2 innings on the season … Finished with a 10.38 ERA and a 1-1 record … Recorded a strikeout in 11 of the 12 games he appeared in … Tallied a season-best seven strikeouts against New Orleans on March 13 … His 28 punchouts were the eighth most on the Diamond Dawgs.
Air Force (2/17): Picked up an inning of relief work … Struck out one and did not allow a hit. Austin Peay (2/21): Struck out a pair through 2.1 innings pitched. Jackson State (2/27): Made first start of the season … Punched out two in 1.1 innings. New Orleans (3/13): Punched out a season-high seven through four innings of work, season-high outing … Did not allow a hit or run in the outing. Memphis (3/19): Struck out four Tigers in 3.2 innings … Did not allow a walk. Samford (3/26): Struck out one in 1.1 innings. Central Arkansas (4/2): In two innings of work struck out three. Alcorn State (4/16): Allowed a single hit and punched out three in a single inning. Memphis (4/23): Allowed two hits and surrendered a walk in 2/3 of an inning of work. North Alabama (5/14): Did not surrender a walk and struck out three in two innings of work.
2023 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Appeared in 18 games with three starts … In 36.0 innings of work, he recorded a 8.25 ERA … Struck out 49 batters, the third most on the team … Held opponents to a .228 batting average … Posted an record of 2-2 on the season … Pitched the sixth most innings on the team.
ULM (2/22): Threw a strikeout while shutting out the Warhawks for an inning. Ohio State (3/3): Struck out five while only allowing one hit in two innings of work. Louisiana (3/15): Allowed three hits but struck out five batters in four innings. Vanderbilt (3/26): In three innings of work, allowed three hits while striking out three. South Carolina (3/30): Struck out a season-high eight batters in four innings. Alabama (4/6): Struck out seven while allowing two hits and three walks in three innings of work. Auburn (4/22): Gave up two hits and struck out five against the Tigers.
2022 (Freshman Season – Northeast Mississippi CC)
Season: Named 2021 NJCAA First Team All-American... Named Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference Pitcher of the Year… Played one year under head coach Rich Harrelson at Northeast Mississippi CC…Appeared in 12 games for the Tigers, compiling a 7-3 record with four complete games…Struck out 115 batters in 65.2 innings of work, earning a 2.60 ERA… Holds the Northeast Mississippi CC Record for most strikeouts in a single season (115), fourth most in the nation… Had seven games with 10 or more strikeouts
High School
Lettered four years under head coach Josh Fowler at Central High School…Was named First Team All-Region pitcher in 2021, posting a 1.20 ERA in 62 innings of work…Named Team MVP all four years.
Personal
Born Colby Keith Holcombe in Florence, Alabama on Dec. 12, 2002…Son of Jimmy and Kim Holcombe…Has one sister, Emily.
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