10  Corey Thompson
	Class: Senior Hometown: Apex High School: Apex Height / Weight: 6-3 / 206 Position: 3B Birthdate: 01/30/1990 Experience: 3VL B/T: R/R

An all-conference candidate ... Enters junior season with a .383 average, which is tied for third all-time in C-USA history ... Teams top returning hitter after batting .377 in 2010 (seventh in C-USA) ... Should get the starting nod at first or third base heading into the opener ... Middle of the lineup hitter with ability to hit for average and power ... Named Preseason First-Team All C-USA by league coaches (2011) ... 2010: Led the team with a .377 average, while also topping the squad in hits (86), runs (61), triples (3), RBI (54) and total bases (132) on his way to second team All C-USA honors ... Started all 58 games played (2/2B, 46/3B, 10/SS) ... Named C-USA Hitter-of-the-Week (Mar. 1) and CollegeBaseball360.com Primetime Performer after leading ECU to a series victory over No. 10 South Carolina, its first in school history ... Batted .438 (7-for-16) during the Pirates 3-1 week with six RBI ... Drove in at least one run in all four games and had five on the weekend against the Gamecocks ... Became the fifth Pirate since 1999 to hit for the cycle with his 4-for-5 effort against Marshall (Apr. 30) ... Belted eight homers on the year ranking fifth on the team ...Seven of eight round trippers were in league play (Tulane/twice, Marshall/twice, Southern Miss, Houston/twice) ... Led the team with 28 multi-hit games, while ranking second with 15 multi-RBI contests ... Collected three four-hit games (Tulane, Houston/twice) ... Twelve of 28 multi-hit games were in league play ... Drove in four runs against No 23 Rice (Apr. 25) and Houston (May 22) ... Career-long 11 game hit streak from Mar. 13-28 where he collected 21 hits during that span ... Also added a seven-game and six-game streak ... Sixteen multi-run games with a career-high four runs against NCCU (3/26) and Memphis (4/10) ... Lone stolen bases was against Marshall (5/1) ... Collected five game-winning RBI (S.C., Illinois, NCCU, Campbell and UAB) ... Ranked among the league leaders (all games) in runs, (t-6th/61), average (t-7th/.377), total bases (t-9th/132) and hits (10th/86) ... In C-USA action also were among the leaders in hits (5th/41), total bases (6th/67), home runs (t-6th/7), at-bats (8th/103), average (9th/.398) and RBI (9th/27) ... Registered 61 hits against right-handers (.409) and 25 versus lefties (.316) ... Six of eight home runs were with runners on base, four with runners in scoring position and two with runners on and two-outs ... Led the team with a .478 average when leading off an inning and batted .436 with runners on base (20-for-45) ... Batted over .400 in the second (.455), fifth (.471), seventh (.406) and ninth (.444) frames ... Started all three post-season contests hitting .364 (4-for-11) with a pair of doubles and two runs scored ... Enjoyed greater success at Clark-LeClair Stadium batting .407 (57-for-104) than on the road .325 (25-for- 77) ... Seven of eight home runs were at home ... Experienced slightly greater success during day games (.384/53-for-138) than night contests (.367/33-for-90) ... Against nationally-ranked opponents batted .275 (11-for-40) with two home runs, 10 RBI and six runs scored in 11 games ... 2009: Played in 17 games as a true freshman in a reserve role ... Batted .467 (7-for-15) with a home run, three RBI, two doubles and six runs scored ... Experienced first collegiate action against Monmouth (2/20) as a defensive replacement ... First collegiate hit was against UNC Asheville (3/11) where he was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored ... Smacked first career home run against South Carolina (5/30) in Game 3 of the Greenville Regional in a pinch-hit at-bat accounting for both Pirate runs ... Played in four post-season games where he batted .500 (2-for-4) with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored ... Registered six hits against right-handers (.462) and one versus lefties (.500) ... Batted .267 (2-for-7) as a pinch-hitter with a home run, double and two RBI ... When leading off an inning, batted 1.000 (2-for-2) and collected three base knocks when stepping into the batter's box with the bases empty (.600) ... Experienced greater success inside Clark-LeClair Stadium (.556/5-for-9) than on the road (.400/2-for-5) ... Against nationally-ranked opponents batted .500 with a home run and two RBI ... 2009 Summer: Played for the Sanford Mainers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) ... Ranked fourth on the team with a .330 (30-for-91) batting average ... Roped seven doubles, drove in one and scored eight runs ... Swiped 2 of 3 bases and posted a .920 fielding percentage recording 51 assists, while committing seven errors in 88 chances ... Apex High School: Four-year letter winner for Head Coach Mike Valder ... Batted .538 with 15 home runs, 36 RBI while striking out six times as a senior ... Three-time Tri-8 All-Conference selection ... Named the Cougars team MVP (three times) and Most Outstanding Player (twice) ... Earned first-team all-state honors, while taking home All Southeast Region and Bobby Murray Tournament MVP honors ... During junior campaign led the team with a .471 average with six home runs, six doubles and 30 RBI's ... Drew 12 walks while striking out only twice ... As a sophomore batted .404 with four home, nine doubles and 20 RBI ... Lettered as a freshman while starting at third base batting .300 ... Earned an invitation to the 2007 State Games of North Carolina and was chosen by USA Baseball to play in USA Baseball's Tournament of Stars in Cary, N.C. ... Received an invitation to the USA Youth National Baseball Trials ... Selected as one of Impact Baseball's "Top 50 North Carolina Seniors" coming in at No. 14 ... Played for Head Coach Ricky Keith's Carolina Cubs baseball team where he batted .425 with three home runs during the summer ... Personal: Full name is William Corey Thompson ... Born January 30, 1990 in Greenville, N.C. ... Son of Scott and Angie Thompson ... Has one sibling (Madison) ... Intended major is business management ... Named to the Fall 2008 ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll.

CAREER HIGHS - at-bats: 6 (five times, last vs. UCF 5/14/10); runs: 4 (twice, last vs. Memphis 4/10/10); hits: 4 (three times, last vs. Marshall 5/2/10); RBI: 4 (twice, last vs. Houston 5/22/10); home runs: 1 (9 times, last vs. Houston 5/22/10); stolen bases: 1 vs. Marshall (5/1/10).