Outlook

Cooper Combs  is one of the top players in junior college baseball and top returnee for the Cavaliers ... has a big time bat and will hit for both power and average … Will be in the middle of the order and will be a key run producer ... One of the more feared hitters in the Jayhawk ... Can cover a lot of ground in the outfield and has the ability to play any of outfield positions … Signed a National Letter of Intent to play at the University of Kansas in 2024.

Career

Played in 117 games … Batted .375 (143-for-381) with 23 doubles, four triples, 25 home runs, 127 runs scored and 110 RBI … Drew 73 base-on-balls and stolen 31 bases … Produced 42 multiple-hit and 30 multiple-RBI games ... Ranks tied for 13^th in at bats, tied for 10^th in hits, tied for fourth in multiple-hit games, seventh in home runs, 15thin extra base hits (52), sixth in multiple-RBI games, sixth in base-on-balls (73) and fourth in runs. 

Sophomore Year 2023

Earned All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference second-team ate outfielder … Also earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® honors …  Earned NJCAA All-Academic second-team with a GPA of between 3.80.3.99 ... Played in 56 games, 55 as a starter … Batted .372 (70-for-188) with 12 doubles, 11 home runs, 58 runs scored and 51 RBI … Also drew 230 base-on-balls and was been hit by a pitch nine times … His 58 runs are ranked third on the team and his 11 homers are second-most …His 11 homers tie for 22^nd on JCCC’s season chart …  Produced 21 multiple-hit and 12 multiple-RBI games … Ripped a three-run double in and 8-4 win over North Arkansas (2-5-23) … Has a single, a solo home run and scored twice in a 14-4 win over Southwestern (2-18-23) … That started a six-game hitting streak …  Named the KJCCC East Player of the Week for week four after leading JCCC to a four-game sweep over North Iowa Area where he hit .533 (8-for-15) with a double, a home run, eight runs scored and nine driven in … His two-run homer in the third game of the series put JCCC up 3-0 on their way to a 12-2 victory (2-26-23) … In the final team went 4-for-5 with a double, three runs and three RBI (2-26-23) … Batted .579 (11-for-19) over the streak with two doubles, two homers, 10 runs and 10 RBI … Followed with a season-high seven game hitting streak where he batted .440 (11-for-25) with two doubles, a home run, eight runs and five RBI … Had three multi-hit games during the streak highlighted by a 3-for-4 effort with a double, home run, three runs and three RBI in a 13-3 win over Coffeyville (3-19-23) … Ripped a double, home run, scored twice and drove in two in an 8-2 win at Allen (3-30-23) … Picked up his second six-game hit streak beginning with two singles and an RBI in a 7-3 win over Highland in the series opener (4-6-23) … Followed with a single, double, two runs and two RBI in a 13-0 win over the Scotties (4-6-23) … Singled twice, doubled, scored two runs and drove in two in an 11-9 win at Neosho County (4-13-23) … Batted .500 (11-for-22) over the streak with double doubles, seven runs and seven RBI … Went 3-for-4 with a double and a home run to drive in three in a 9-4 win over Cowley (4-20-23) … Had an RBI double, walked, stole three bases and scored a run in a 9-0 win at Cowley (4-22-23) … Went 3-for-5 with two home runs, four RBI and three runs scored in a 25-7 win at Labette (5-3-23) … Was 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in a 7-3 win over Seward County in the quarterfinals of the Region 6/Plains District Tournament (5-17-23) … Belted a two-run home run in the third inning and added two more singles and scored twice to help lead JCCC to an 11-2 win over Cowley to win the championship and punch the team’s ticket to the NJCAA World Series (5-21-23) … Hit .407 (11-for-27) with a double, two homers, eight runs and six RBI over the seven games in the tournament … Picked up his second multi-homer game with two solo shots in a 6-5 extra inning loss to Shelton State in the first game at the JUCO World Series (5-27-23) … Singled, doubles, walked, drove in a run and scored three runs in a 16-4 win over Salt Lake in the first game of the consolation bracket (5-28-23) … Hit .400 (4-for-10) with a double, two home runs, five runs and here RBI in the World Series … His pair of two hit games tie for sixth on JCCC’s World Series leaders chart, and his four total hits tie for second most in a World Series … Also ranks tied for sixth in game RBI (2), tied for fifth in total RBI (5), tied for second in game runs scored (3), tied for second in total runs scored (5), tied for second in game doubles (1), tied for first in game home runs (2), tied for first in total home runs (2) and tied for first in total extra base hits (3).

Freshman Year 2022

Selected second-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division at outfield … Played in and started 61 games … Batted .378 (73-for-193) with 11 doubles, four triples, 14 home runs, 69 runs scored and 59 driven in … Also drew 43 walks and stole 20 bases … Produced 21 multiple-hit games and 17 multiple-RBI games … Led the team and tied for sixth in the conference in walks … Also led the team and tied for seventh in the KJCCC in runs scored … Ranked second in home runs, tied for second in stolen bases, third in batting average, third in multi-RBI games, fourth in hits and fourth in multi-RBI games … His 43 walks tie for fifth on JCCC’s season chart and his 69 runs rank seventh … Was hit by a pitch a team high 16 times … Began his college career with a single, home run and two RBI in a 10-9 loss to nationally ranked Crowder in the season opener (2-10-22) … A day later had a single and two home runs and four RBI to lead JCCC to a 6-3 win over Crowder (2-11-22) … Had solo home run, ripped two triples and scored twice in an 11-1 win over Southwestern (2-20-22) … Blasted a two-run homer and a solo home run in an 11-7 loss to Ellsworth (2-27-22) … Had three hits, including a triple, scored three times and drove in three in a 13-3 win over Coffeyville (3-13-22) … Went 4-for-6 with a double, home run, two runs and three RBI in a 17-11 win at Pratt (3-31-22) … Went 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBI in a 7-3 win at Kansas City Kansas (4-24-22) … Had two hits, three walks, three steals, a run and two RBI in a 19-9 win over Metropolitan (4-26-22) … Collected three singles, a double, scored three times and drove in two in a 22-0 at Labette (4-28-22) … Two days later had a third four-hit effort that included a home run, three runs scored and three RBI in a 10-0 win over the Cardinals (4-30-22) … Belted a home run and had a sacrifice to drove in four runs to help JCCC rally for a 7-6 win over Dodge City and sweep the two game first round Region 6 Tournament series (5-12-22) … Had two doubles and a home run to drive in four runs in a 14-5 win over Cloud County at the Region 6/Plains District Tournament (5-19-22) … Had two singles, two walks and two runs scored in an 8-7 loss to Kansas City Kansas in an elimination game (5-20-22).

High School  

Was a four-year starter for coaches Scott Johnson and Michael Milum at Springdale High School, Springdale, Ark. … Graduated 2021 … Was ranked 298th on the 2022 Perfect Game USA Top 500 JUCO Prospect List ... Was the No. 5 ranked outfielder in the state of Arkansas, and the No. 13th overall player in the state according to Perfect Game … Nationally was ranked 197th at his position … 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 … 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 … Hit a .298 clip with 19 hits, four doubles, a triple, a home run, 21 runs and 16 driven in as a freshman … Missed his sophomore year with an injury … 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  

Born Cooper Houston Combs on May 8, 2002, in Springfield, Mo. … Nickname is Coop … Son of Randy and Stacy Combs … Has a sister, Abby … His father played baseball at Labette Community College … Majoring in business … Also recruited by the University of Arkansas, University of Mississippi, Kansas State University, Missouri State University, University of Central Missouri and Connors State College … Favorite foods are steak, potato casserole, green bean bundle and Texas Roadhouse rolls … Favorite fast food restaurant is Whataburger … Favorite restaurant is Texas Roadhouse … Favorite TV shows are The Office, Outer Banks, The Queen’s Gambit and Trailor Park Boys … Favorite movies are Superbad, The Hangover, Avenger’s Endgame … Favorite sports movies are Talladega Nights, 42, Greater, The Sandlot, Radio and Field of Dreams … Favorite actor is Will Ferrell … Favorite book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid … Favorite entertainer is Lil Baby … Favorite cartoon character is Scooby-Doo … Favorite athletes are Mike Trout, Ken Griffey, Jr., and George Brett … His greatest sports moment was hitting a walk-off bomb … B Best player he has played against is Blue Valley standout and 2021 Gatorade Kansas Baseball Player of the Year and Kansas City Royals second-round draft pick Ben Kudrna … Notable alumni from his school are former Arkansas and USC quarterback Mitch Mustain and former Arkansas and South Carolina receiver Damian Williams.