2016-17 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2018 (Junior): Appeared in 11 games for the Jackets out of the bullpen … Posted a 0-0 record with a 6.10 ERA … Recorded 10 strikeouts over 10.1 innings of work … Held opponents to a .250 batting average on the year …Pitched 0.1 of an inning in the Jackets’ 4-0 shutout of Radford (May 6) … Struck out a season-high two batters in wins at Mercer (April 10) and at home versus Kennesaw State (April 18) … Threw a scoreless inning at Georgia State (March 7), versus Mercer (March 21), at Mercer (April 10), against Kennesaw State (April 18), at Virginia (May 11) and versus No. 10 Duke (May 19).
2017 (Sophomore): Made 14 appearances out of the bullpen for the Jackets … Went 0-1 on the season with a 5.21 ERA … Struck out 18 batters in 19.0 innings of work on the year … Struck out a career-high four batters at Georgia (April 11) … Threw a season-high 2.1 innings in the win over Pittsburgh (May 7) … Pitched one scoreless inning versus Youngstown State (Feb. 26) and in the road win at Mercer (Mar. 28) … Threw 2.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts in two appearances versus No. 5 Clemson (Mar. 31 & April 2) … Posted 2.0 scoreless innings out of the bullpen in the win at Virginia Tech (April 21) … Threw a scoreless inning and struck out one in the regular season finale versus No. 8 Virginia (May 20) … Also struck out three in 2.1 innings of relief versus Pitt (May 7).
2016 (Freshman): A walk-on that was impressive during his freshman season with a 0.64 ERA in 11 appearances out of the bullpen … Did not allow a run in his first five appearances (7.1 innings) … Made his collegiate debut on March 15 vs. Auburn, pitching 1.0 inning of scoreless relief … Struck out a career-high four batters in 2.0 hitless innings against Duke on April 3 … Went a career-long 3.0 innings of middle relief in the one-run loss to Mercer on April 19 … Lone run allowed came on April 26 at Georgia … Struck out two batters each against Savannah State (May 10), Virginia (May 14) and Boston College (May 21).
Before Tech: Four-year letterwinner at Whitefield Academy for his father and head coach Mark Combs … In his senior season, he led the team to a 23-6 record and batted .312 with seven home runs … Hit over .300 all four seasons of high school and maintained a 3.20 ERA on the mound … Earned second-team 6-A all-region honors in 2015 … Listed on Whitefield’s honor roll all four years and was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Full name is Christopher Bailey Combs, but goes by Bailey … Born December 9, 1996 in Atlanta, Ga. … Son of Mark and Darlene Combs … Has one brother, Griffin … Chose Tech because of its academic reputation, baseball program and the proximity to home … Majoring in business administration.
