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Briana Combs - March 26 2016 v NIU - Paul Duncan photo

Briana Combs vs Buffalo - April 26 2015 - Larry Clapper photo

Photo by: Larry Clapper

Briana Combs vs Ohio - April 17 2015 - Kia Tyus photo

Briana Combs - March 29 2015 - BGSU Softball

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

Briana Combs

Position:
Pitcher
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
High School:
Ladywood
Hometown:
Northville, Mich.

PRONUNCIATION
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2017
Named to the College Sports Information Directors Association of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Team, earning second-team accolades ... also named to the Academic All-MAC Team for the second consecutive year ... and, was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete for the second-straight spring ... the latter award is a 'best of the best' list selected from the academic all-conference award winners ... was named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete for the second-straight season ... made eight appearances in the circle, starting four games ... had a 1-3 record and a 6.46 ERA ... also was used as a pinch-runner on eight occasions, scoring a pair of runs ... threw a complete-game two-hitter in an opening-day win over Niagara, as the Falcons picked up an 8-1 victory ... after allowing a run-scoring single in the first inning, retired 16 consecutive batters ... surrendered two hits in that opening inning, then did not allow another NU baserunner until the seventh ... got the final out of BGSU's second shutout win over Jackson State in three days, striking out the only batter she faced ... threw four innings of two-run, three-hit relief at Northern Illinois, striking out three ... suffered an injury to her pitching hand in mid-April, but continued to help the team in a pinch-running role ... made a pinch-running appearance at Ohio, scoring the game's first run in the second half of the teams' doubleheader ... on Senior Day at Meserve Field, again entered the game as pinch-runner and scored a run in BGSU's 8-2 win over Akron.

2016
Was one of three finalists for BGSU's Female Junior Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year award at The Ziggys, BGSU's Athletics Honors Night ... was named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... also was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete ... pitched in 23 games, starting 13 ... had four complete games on the year ... finished with a 2-10 record and an ERA of 4.66 ... threw 67 2/3 innings and had 38 strikeouts ... batted 1.000, with a base hit in her lone plate appearance ... that hit came against Northern Illinois (March 26), when she lined a single to center ... picked up a complete-game win against Dartmouth on Feb. 27, allowing just one run and three hits ... needed just 95 pitches to earn that win, striking out five without walking a batter ... threw 62 of those 95 pitches for strikes ... pitched well enough to win against East Carolina, allowing just four hits and one earned run in a complete-game outing (March 11) ... but, BG was shut out in a 2-0 loss ... earned a win in relief against Fairfield (March 12), with 3 1/3 innings of two-run, two-hit ball ... pitched in both of BG's games that day, getting the win over the Stags after facing the minimum six batters against Hartford ... in that Hartford game, struck out three of the six hitters she faced during her two perfect innings of work ... allowed just one earned run and five hits in six innings against IPFW (March 18).

2015
A team captain in her first season at BGSU ... appeared in a total of 35 games, including 34 at pitcher .. made 15 starts, and had three of the team's four complete games ... had a 4-8 record, a team-leading 2.95 ERA and two saves, also a BG best ... walked 23 batters in 95.0 innings, while striking out 60 ... was fourth in the MAC in relief appearances, with 19 ... made four pinch-running appearances on the season ... in MAC games, had a misleading 2-4 record and an ERA of just 1.52 ... walked only five batters and struck out 30 in MAC contests ... pitched a scoreless inning vs. Niagara in her BGSU debut, striking out one batter (Feb. 7) ... threw five innings of one-run, three-hit ball vs. SIUE (March 8) ... tossed a complete-game six-hitter vs. North Dakota State, an eventual NCAA Tournament team, allowing two earned runs (March 14) ... picked up her first win as a Falcon the following day (March 15), throwing 4 2/3 innings vs. Wright State ... again allowed two earned runs, and surrendered five hits vs. the Raiders ... threw four innings vs. nationally-ranked Michigan, allowing three runs and six hits (March 18) ... fired a complete-game, five-hit shutout against Toledo, striking out five hitters without issuing a walk (March 29) ... it marked the first complete-game shutout of her collegiate career ... earned her first save as a Falcon vs. Detroit (March 31), getting the final two outs of that win at Meserve Field ... got a win vs. Miami (April 10) ... allowing three runs (just one earned) and six hits in nearly six innings of work ... earned a save in the opening game of the Falcons' doubleheader with IPFW (April 21), then spun a complete-game one-hitter in the nightcap ... threw a total of 95 pitches in that gem, striking out a career-high nine hitters without allowing a walk ... had a perfect game until allowing a hit with two outs in the fifth inning ... then, retired the next seven batters to close out the win ... pitched well enough to win against Kent State three days later (April 24), scattering seven hits and allowing just one (unearned) run in 6 1/3 innings of work in a 1-0 loss ... made pinch-running appearances in both ends of the Buffalo twinbill (April 26) ... in the nightcap, had a stolen base and scored BG's only run ... also pitched five innings in that game, allowing just one earned run and four hits ... threw four innings of shutout ball on the road vs. Central Michigan, helping BGSU earn a come-from-behind win in extra innings (May 3) ... was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, in March of 2015.

2014 AT EVANSVILLE
Was one of the Aces' top pitchers as a freshman ... threw 55.1 innings, struck out 21 batters and had a save ... appeared in 24 games, making nine starts with a 5.44 ERA and a 4-6 overall record.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years at Ladywood H.S. ... honored with 2012 Miss Softball and Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year ... named second team All-American ... named All-League, All-District, All-Region and first team All-State in 2012 ... helped the Blazers win the 2012 Division II State Championship ... served as team captain for the softball team in 2011 and 2012.

PERSONAL
Full name is Briana Loreen Combs ... daughter of Scott and Pauline Combs ... father played three sports at Kalamazoo College ... has a younger brother, Scott ... earned her undergraduate degree in August of 2016, as a sport management major with a minor in general business at BGSU ... is currently pursuing a Master's in Business (MBA) degree at BGSU ... graduated with a perfect 4.000 cumulative GPA, and also has a 4.000 GPA in grad school, through the Spring 2017 semester ... is on track to earn her graduate degree in August of 2017, and then plans to attend law school ... in July of 2015, played for a college all-star team that competed against the USA Softball Women's National Team.

CAREER STATISTICS

Year       Avg  GP-GS    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD%
2014*...  .100  24-9     10    1    1   0   0   0    0    1  .100   2   0   2   0  .250   0   0   0-0      3  13   1  .941
2015....  .000  35-15     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    0  .000   0   0   0   0  .000   0   0   1-1      2  22   2  .923
2016.... 1.000  25-13     1    1    1   0   0   0    0    1 1.000   0   0   0   0 1.000   0   0   0-0      0  22   3  .880
2017....  .000  16-4      0    2    0   0   0   0    0    0  .000   0   0   0   0  .000   0   0   0-1      1   9   0 1.000
TOTAL... 1.000  76-32     1    4    1   0   0   0    0    1 1.000   0   0   0   0 1.000   0   0   1-2      3  53   5  .918
All*....  .182 100-41    11    5    2   0   0   0    0    2  .182   2   0   2   0  .308   0   0   1-2      6  66   6  .923

Year       ERA   W-L   App  GS  CG SHO/CBO  SV     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  2B  3B  HR    BF  B/Avg  WP HBP  BK SFA SHA
2014*...  5.44   4-6    24   9   0   0/0     1   55.1   88   51   43   20   21   9   1   9     0   .356   4   9   1   3  5
2015....  2.95   4-8    34  15   3   2/0     2   95.0  114   61   40   23   60  16   1   3   441   .283   6   6   1   1  8
2016....  4.66   2-10   23  13   4   0/0     0   67.2   94   73   45   30   38  19   1   3   352   .313   9  10   3   2 10
2017....  6.46   1-3     8   4   1   0/1     0   21.2   26   22   20   12   10   6   0   4   104   .306   2   5   6   1  1
TOTAL...  3.99   7-21   65  32   8   2/1     2  184.1  234  156  105   65  108  41   2  10   897   .297  17  21  10   4 19
All*....  4.32  11-27   89  41   8   2/1     3  239.2  322  207  148   85  129  50   3  19   897   .311  21  30  11   7 24

* played at Univ. of Evansville in 2014