University of Texas at Arlington University of Texas at Arlington

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  Chad Comer

Chad Comer

Player Profile

Class:
RS Sophomore

Hometown:
Mansfield, Texas

High School:
Mansfield

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 205

Position:
C

Experience:
1L

B/T:
R/R

SLC Tournament
Appeared in both tournament games, making two starts behind the plate... went 2-for-3 with a double against Texas State (5/21)... finished tournament play going 0-for-3 with a walk against Southeastern Louisiana (5/22).

2008 (Redshirt-Freshman)
Batted .279 with three home runs and 23 RBI and played in 36 games making 31 starts behind the plate... tied for second on the team with three home runs... recorded 34 base hits, 15 runs, seven doubles and a .410 slugging percentage... batted .291 and tied for the team lead with three home runs in Southland Conference play... batted .323 (30-for-93) against right-handed pitching... tallied a .320 batting average (16-for-50) with runners in scoring position... fifth on the team with 11 multi-hit games, including one three-hit game and one four-hit performance... posted five multiple RBI contests... had a season-high five-game hit streak (3/20-4/4) going 6-for-23 (.261) with two runs, two doubles, a homer and four RBI... made NCAA Division I debut going 1-for-2 with a double against Arkansas-Little Rock (2/22)... in the middle of a five-game hit streak, went 2-for-4 with a double and RBI against UTSA (3/28)... in two games against McNeese State went a combined 4-for-10 with two doubles and six RBI (4/12-13)... had a career game going 4-for-5 with two runs, a double, a home run and seven RBI against Northwestern State (4/26)... seven RBI against Northwestern State was a UT Arlington individual single-game high... also hit a home run in the first game of the doubleheader against Northwestern State to finish with two home runs and eight RBI on the day... went 3-for-4 with a run scored against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (5/15).

2007 (Freshman)
Redshirted

High School
Came to UT Arlington after earning All-District 4-5A and All-Area honors as a senior at Mansfield High School...named first team All-District as a junior.

Personal
Son of Elaine and Michael Comer... born Aug. 29, 1988... an interdisciplinary studies major at UT Arlington.