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2018 Baseball Roster

10 Corey Tipton

  • Position C
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 222
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Grand Rapids, Ohio
  • High School St. John's
  • NIL Deals R/R

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2018)
Played in 22 games, starting 18…Tied or set career-highs in hits (4), runs (2), and RBIs (4) in the 15-0 win at Northern Illinois (5/5). Went 4-for-5 against the Huskies with three doubles...1-for-4 with a double against Kent State (4/29)...Went 2-for-3 with his first career triple against Eastern Michigan (4/21)......1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in the 8-4 win at Miami (3/31)...Starting catcher in the 13-7 win against Cincinnati (3/17)...Started behind the plate in game two of the doubleheader at Georgia (3/10)...UT’s starting catcher at Southeastern Louisiana (3/6)...Started at behind the plate against Southeastern Louisiana (3/3)...Started at catcher in game two of Friday’s doubleheader at Austin Peay...Started both games against St. Louis (2/17 & 2/18) at catcher...Went 2-for-5 in the 16-8 win over the Billikens on 2/18.

AS A SENIOR (2017)
Played in 28 games and made 19 starts, 18 at catcher and one as the designated hitter…Four multi-hit games…Went 2-for-4 against Oakland on March 29 and drove in four runs, a career-high…Had two hits and knocked in three runs against Western Michigan on April 2…Also hit his first home run of the season in the game against the Broncos…Hit a solo home run at Wright State on April 4…Recorded two hits and scored two runs against Buffalo on April 15.

AS A JUNIOR (2016) 
Appeared in 19 games, making 10 starts behind the plate... Hit .158 with three runs scored, a home run, three RBIs and five walks...Went 2-for-2 with an RBI and reached base three times vs. Niagara (Feb. 20)...Was 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk and plated two runs vs. Dayton (April 19)...Went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored at Michigan State (April 27)... Walked and subsequently scored in lone at-bat at Indiana (March 18)...Collected singles vs. Wright State (April 17) and Western Michigan (April 29). 

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015) 
Appeared in 24 games, making 11 starts (seven at catcher, four at designated hitter)...Hit .214 (9-for-42) with five runs scored, one home run, six RBIs and three walks...In MAC play, batted .182 (2-for-11) in five games with two runs scored and two RBIs...Started the season by going 1-for-2 with one hit, one run and walk at Belmont (Feb. 14)... Had five-game hitting streak (April 21-May 2)...Picked up multi-hit game and knocked in one RBI against Bowling Green (April 29)... Went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and HBP in series opener at Ohio (May 1)...Knocked in one run in three straight MAC contests (April 28-May 1)...Went 1-for-1 with one RBI at Cincinnati (March 14)...Reached base in only at-bat in series opener against Virginia Tech. 

AS A FRESHMAN (2014) 
Did not see game action.

HIGH SCHOOL 
A 2013 graduate of St. John’s Jesuit High School…Three-year letterwinner in baseball and two years in hockey…Rated 129th-best prospect in state by Ohio Prep Baseball Report... Three-time all-district honoree…Batted .301 as a senior… Second-team all-conference and second-team all-district, according to Toledo Blade…Hit .290 as a junior…Team captain… First-team all-district and second-team all-league, according to Toledo Blade…First-team academic all-league…Earned Brebeuf Award in hockey for team’s most character and hardest worker…Three-year member of First Honors (GPA between 3.5-4.2). 

PERSONAL 
Born Corey Mitchell Tipton…Parents are Ron and Jan Tipton...Has one sister, Claire...Attended same high school as current Rocket Nolan Silberhorn...Majoring in mechanical engineering.

Career Highs
Hits: 2, Seven times (Last vs. St. Louis, 2-18-18)
HR: 1, Four times (Last at Wright St., 4-4-17)
Runs: 2, Three Times (vs. UB, 4-15-17)
RBI: 4 (vs. Oakland, 3-29-17)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2014Redshirt

    Catcher
    6'0" 200 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2015Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'0" 190 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2016Junior

    C
    6'0" 205 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2017Senior

    C
    6'0" 205 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2018Fifth Year

    C
    6'0" 222 lbs
    10