2024 Baseball Roster
Collins, Corey
Jersey Number 6
Corey Collins
- Position:
- C/OF
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 236
- Class:
- Senior
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Suwanee, Ga.
- High School:
- North Gwinnett HS
- Exchange Profile:
- Pitch an NIL Deal
Bio
UGA Career (2021-24): Appeared in 195 games including 184 starts (catcher, first base, outfield, designated hitter) and posted a .289 batting average with 31 doubles, two triples, 45 home runs, 152 RBI, 142 walks and 47 hit by pitches. His 45 home runs ranks tied for fourth in school history
*Tremendous senior season earning 2nd Team All-America honors (Baseball America) and helped lead the 10th-ranked Bulldogs in 2024 to an NCAA Super Regional and final record of 43-17
*Became the first SEC player to lead the NCAA in On Base Percentage with a school record .574 mark in 2024
*Drafted by the New York Mets in the sixth round of the 2024 MLB Draft (173rd overall selection)
2024 (Senior): Named a 2nd Team All-American by Baseball America as a first baseman
*Enjoyed career-year in batting .354 with 20 home runs, 58 RBI, 56 walks, a school record 28 Hit By Pitches and an NCAA-leading and school record .574 OB% (third best in NCAA history )
*Appeared in 52 games with 46 starts at five different positions (32-1B, 6-RF, 6-DH, 1-C, 1-LF) for the 10th-ranked Bulldogs who finished 43-17 and one game shy of a College World Series appearance
*Helped Georgia make its deepest run in the NCAA Tournament since 2008 and came in the first season under the direction of Ike Cousins head baseball coach Wes Johnson
*Named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Athens Regional and was named to the regional All-Tournament Team
*Batted leadoff for much of the season in front of Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy recipient Charlie Condon who was drafted No. 3 overall by the Colorado Rockies
*Tied a school record with three home runs in a game, doing it in his first three at bats against Wofford on March 19
*Named SEC Player of the Week for March 25, also had a team-high 28-game on base streak during the year
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 (Junior): Appeared in 33 games with 32 starts (13-RF, 12-C, 7-DH) before missing the final 20 games of the season due to a hand injury as team went 29-27 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Batted .267 with five doubles, one triple, six home runs and 20 RBI
*Hit .333 (4-for-12) with three runs scored, a double, home run and six RBI in the Princeton series
*Collected three RBI at Kennesaw State including second career triple
*Batted .333 (5-for-15) in the road series versus Auburn
*Posted a .985 fielding percentage in 135 total chances seeing action at catcher and in right field
*Ranked among top 300 collegiate prospects for the 2023 MLB Draft according to Baseball America
*Invited to the 2023 MLB Draft Combine in Phoenix, Ariz.
2022 (Sophomore): Appeared in 57 games with 54 starts (36-DH, 18-C) on a team that went 36-23 and advanced to the NCAA Chapel Hill (N.C.) Regional
*Batted .256 with 42 runs scored, seven doubles, 11 home runs and 37 RBI
*Tied his career high with three-hit games versus Lipscomb, No. 24 Mississippi State and Kennesaw State and four-RBI games against No. 24 MSU and Texas A&M
*Registered a team-high 17 putouts in a 10-3 win over Georgia State at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville
*Posted a career-best 15-game hitting streak that began at the end of the 2021 season (eight games) plus had a streak of reaching base in 21 straight games
*Batted .429 (6-for-14) with two walks and three RBI in a three-game sweep of Lipscomb including hitting two home runs in an 8-3 victory
*Posted a .994 FLDG% with 160 putouts, 17 assists, one error and four passed balls on the year, threw out three of 11 base runners overall
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 (Freshman): Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team by conference coaches
*Appeared in 53 games with 52 starts (44-DH, 8-C) for the squad that went 31-25 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Led the team with 13 doubles and 37 RBI while batting .283 with eight home runs
*Four of his home runs on the year were three-run blasts including one that set the tone in the first inning against No. 1 Vanderbilt in a 14-2 win in Nashville
*Team-high 10 multiple RBI games including four-RBI games versus Kentucky and Lipscomb
*Ended season with a 12-game on base streak and eight-game hitting streak; had a career-high 10-game hitting streak during April
*Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors on March 15 after batting .444 (8-for-18) with two doubles, two home runs, five runs scored and nine RBI in a four-game stretch
*Hit a 2-run home run against No. 1 Arkansas at SEC Tournament right after Josh McAllister broke up a potential perfect game with a base hit off Lael Lockhart who had retired 20 straight
*Posted .974 fielding percentage in 78 total chances with two errors and three passed balls, threw out two of five base runners trying to steal
High School: A graduate of North Gwinnett where he played for Ryan Moity
*Batted .483 with 16 home runs and 50 RBI, all team-bests as a junior in 2019 with his senior season in 2020 canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
*Ranked as high as No. 65 among the Top 200 professional prospects for the 2020 MLB Draft by MLB.com
*Named a 2020 preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game and MaxPreps while the 2020 squad was preseason ranked No. 4 nationally by Perfect Game
*Ended prep career with a school record 26 home runs, ranked second in RBI (105) and triples (6) and fourth in runs (95) and stolen bases (26)
*Helped the Bulldogs to a 31-8 record in 2019 as they claimed the Region 6-7A title and advanced to the semifinals of the state playoffs
*Named 2019 Gwinnett County Player of the Year and All-State plus was named All-Region and All-County in 2018 and 2019
*Selected to participate in 2019 USA Baseball’s Prospect Development Pipeline
*Tabbed Atlanta Braves 400 Club Metro Atlanta High School All-Star in 2019
*Played summer baseball for the Georgia Jackets
Personal: Born Oct. 10, 2001
*Son of Lois and CJ Collins
*Major: Criminal Justice
*Tremendous senior season earning 2nd Team All-America honors (Baseball America) and helped lead the 10th-ranked Bulldogs in 2024 to an NCAA Super Regional and final record of 43-17
*Became the first SEC player to lead the NCAA in On Base Percentage with a school record .574 mark in 2024
*Drafted by the New York Mets in the sixth round of the 2024 MLB Draft (173rd overall selection)
2024 (Senior): Named a 2nd Team All-American by Baseball America as a first baseman
*Enjoyed career-year in batting .354 with 20 home runs, 58 RBI, 56 walks, a school record 28 Hit By Pitches and an NCAA-leading and school record .574 OB% (third best in NCAA history )
*Appeared in 52 games with 46 starts at five different positions (32-1B, 6-RF, 6-DH, 1-C, 1-LF) for the 10th-ranked Bulldogs who finished 43-17 and one game shy of a College World Series appearance
*Helped Georgia make its deepest run in the NCAA Tournament since 2008 and came in the first season under the direction of Ike Cousins head baseball coach Wes Johnson
*Named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Athens Regional and was named to the regional All-Tournament Team
*Batted leadoff for much of the season in front of Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy recipient Charlie Condon who was drafted No. 3 overall by the Colorado Rockies
*Tied a school record with three home runs in a game, doing it in his first three at bats against Wofford on March 19
*Named SEC Player of the Week for March 25, also had a team-high 28-game on base streak during the year
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 (Junior): Appeared in 33 games with 32 starts (13-RF, 12-C, 7-DH) before missing the final 20 games of the season due to a hand injury as team went 29-27 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Batted .267 with five doubles, one triple, six home runs and 20 RBI
*Hit .333 (4-for-12) with three runs scored, a double, home run and six RBI in the Princeton series
*Collected three RBI at Kennesaw State including second career triple
*Batted .333 (5-for-15) in the road series versus Auburn
*Posted a .985 fielding percentage in 135 total chances seeing action at catcher and in right field
*Ranked among top 300 collegiate prospects for the 2023 MLB Draft according to Baseball America
*Invited to the 2023 MLB Draft Combine in Phoenix, Ariz.
2022 (Sophomore): Appeared in 57 games with 54 starts (36-DH, 18-C) on a team that went 36-23 and advanced to the NCAA Chapel Hill (N.C.) Regional
*Batted .256 with 42 runs scored, seven doubles, 11 home runs and 37 RBI
*Tied his career high with three-hit games versus Lipscomb, No. 24 Mississippi State and Kennesaw State and four-RBI games against No. 24 MSU and Texas A&M
*Registered a team-high 17 putouts in a 10-3 win over Georgia State at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville
*Posted a career-best 15-game hitting streak that began at the end of the 2021 season (eight games) plus had a streak of reaching base in 21 straight games
*Batted .429 (6-for-14) with two walks and three RBI in a three-game sweep of Lipscomb including hitting two home runs in an 8-3 victory
*Posted a .994 FLDG% with 160 putouts, 17 assists, one error and four passed balls on the year, threw out three of 11 base runners overall
*Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 (Freshman): Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team by conference coaches
*Appeared in 53 games with 52 starts (44-DH, 8-C) for the squad that went 31-25 and advanced to the SEC Tournament
*Led the team with 13 doubles and 37 RBI while batting .283 with eight home runs
*Four of his home runs on the year were three-run blasts including one that set the tone in the first inning against No. 1 Vanderbilt in a 14-2 win in Nashville
*Team-high 10 multiple RBI games including four-RBI games versus Kentucky and Lipscomb
*Ended season with a 12-game on base streak and eight-game hitting streak; had a career-high 10-game hitting streak during April
*Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors on March 15 after batting .444 (8-for-18) with two doubles, two home runs, five runs scored and nine RBI in a four-game stretch
*Hit a 2-run home run against No. 1 Arkansas at SEC Tournament right after Josh McAllister broke up a potential perfect game with a base hit off Lael Lockhart who had retired 20 straight
*Posted .974 fielding percentage in 78 total chances with two errors and three passed balls, threw out two of five base runners trying to steal
High School: A graduate of North Gwinnett where he played for Ryan Moity
*Batted .483 with 16 home runs and 50 RBI, all team-bests as a junior in 2019 with his senior season in 2020 canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
*Ranked as high as No. 65 among the Top 200 professional prospects for the 2020 MLB Draft by MLB.com
*Named a 2020 preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game and MaxPreps while the 2020 squad was preseason ranked No. 4 nationally by Perfect Game
*Ended prep career with a school record 26 home runs, ranked second in RBI (105) and triples (6) and fourth in runs (95) and stolen bases (26)
*Helped the Bulldogs to a 31-8 record in 2019 as they claimed the Region 6-7A title and advanced to the semifinals of the state playoffs
*Named 2019 Gwinnett County Player of the Year and All-State plus was named All-Region and All-County in 2018 and 2019
*Selected to participate in 2019 USA Baseball’s Prospect Development Pipeline
*Tabbed Atlanta Braves 400 Club Metro Atlanta High School All-Star in 2019
*Played summer baseball for the Georgia Jackets
Personal: Born Oct. 10, 2001
*Son of Lois and CJ Collins
*Major: Criminal Justice
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