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12 Jorge Corona

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Miami, Fla.
  • High School Miami Killian HS
  • Twitter jcoronaa12
  • Instagram jorgecorona12

Biography

CAREER HONORS
2024 CUSA All-Tournament Team
2023 First Team All-Conference USA (catcher)
2023 Second Team All-Louisiana (Catcher)

2022 Second Team All-Conference USA (catcher)
2022 NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team
CUSA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)


2023:
Played in 52 games, making 50 starts (47 at catcher and three at DH) ... Slashed .282/.513/.387 (BA/SLG/OBP) with nine home runs, 18 doubles, 35 RBIs, and 55 runs scored ... His 18 doubles led the team and tied for third most in CUSA ... Recorded 16 multi-hit games as well as 10 multi-RBI games ... Longest hitting streak was six games ... Had a 14-game on-base streak ... Went 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs against Charlotte (3/18) ... Notched a season-high four hits and four RBIs in midweek contest versus Sacramento State (3/28), his second multi-homer game of the season ... Had a streak of five straight games with at least one double (4/26 - 5/2) ... Defensively, he had 358 putouts behind the plate while throwing out a league-leading 20 runners.

2022:
Served as LA Tech's primary catcher in his sophomore season... Played in 62 games and made 61 starts (58 at catcher and three at DH) ... Slashed .280/.536/.339 with 16 homers, a triple, 11 doubles, 62 RBI and 41 runs scored ... Led the squad in home runs and finished tied for 10th in CUSA ... Put together 20 multi-hit games, 13 multi-RBI games and his longest hit-streak was seven ... Led the club with three grand slams with one of them coming as an inside-the-parker versus DBU (6/3) in the Austin NCAA Regional ... The only Bulldog this season to collect a six-RBI game (vs. DBU - 6/3) ... Finished with a .982 fielding percentage in 604 chances ... Threw out 20 baserunners in 39 stolen base attempts ... Belted a three-run homer in the season opening win versus Wichita State (2/18) ... Homered and tripled driving in two runs in a 3-for-5 performance at McNeese State (3/4) ... Went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in a 10-5 victory at Old Dominion (4/30) ... Hit .600 over a seven-game hitting streak from 5/8-5/21 with three home runs, five doubles, 11 RBI and eight runs scored ... Hammered three homers in the Austin NCAA Regional.

2021: Served as LA Tech’s primary catcher during the 2021 season … Played in 50 games and made 44 starts (41 at catcher, three at DH) … Slashed .269/.401/.377 (AVG/SLG/OBP) in his first full season with the Bulldogs … Recorded a season-high three RBI in a 3-for-5 performance in the CUSA Tournament against WKU, tallying a double, a run scored and a two run, run-rule walk-off home run … Went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI back in his hometown of Miami in a game at FIU (5/7) … Hit a 405-foot home run in a game at LSU (5/11) … Recorded 12 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games … Recorded a .994 fielding percentage behind the plate and committed just two errors despite facing 335 chances.

2020: Played in 15 games and started 13 as the Bulldogs primary catcher in 2020 ... Batted .321 with an .868 OPS ... Finished the year with 17 hits, including 5 for extra bases ... Went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI and 2 stolen bases in a 10-0 win over ULL (2/16) ... Had another multi-hit performance just two days later when he went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles in a 7-4 triumph over McNeese (2/18) ... Kick started a late rally with his first career home run in the 10th inning of an 8-3 win over Sam Houston State (3/3) ... Finished the year with a 5 game hitting streak.

High School: Picked in the 39th round of the MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals ... Named the District Player of the Year and Hitter of the Year as a senior ... Earned HSBN First Team All-American (Miami Dade) honors as a senior ... Batted .461 with a .552 OBP and hit 22 doubles during his time at Miami Killian ... Coached by Hernan Adames.

Personal: Born September 12, 2000 in Miami, Florida ... Son of Jorge and Maria ... Has one sibling: Clady.

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

    Catcher
    6'2" 192 lbs
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    2021Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'2" 190 lbs
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  • 11

    2022Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'2" 190 lbs
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    2023Junior

    Catcher
    6'2" 215 lbs
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    2024Senior

    Catcher
    6'2" 215 lbs
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