Connor Norby

Photo by: Mark Brown (AAC)

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Height:
5-10
Weight:
177
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Kernersville
High School:
East Forsyth
Major:
Criminal Justice

Career: Started 80 of 104 games all at second base … Hit at a .392 clip (133-for-339) with 17 home runs and 67 RBI … Scored 83 runs while drawing 40 walks and was hit by three pitches … Slugged at a .596 rate while reaching base 45.8 percent of the time … Registered 10 game-winning RBI … Tallied 42 multi-hit and 15 multi-RBI contests … Recorded 35 two-out hits and 28 two-out RBI … One of three Pirates to be named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award (others: Corey Kemp/2008, Gavin Williams/2021) … One of two to be named semifinalist for Dick Howser Award … Second player at ECU to be named AAC Player-of-the-Year … Ranks among the single-season leaders (top 10) in hits (third/102), batting average (fourth/.415), total bases (seventh/162) and runs (t9th/64) at ECU … Helped the Pirates to 104 wins over his two-plus years … Won a pair of AAC Regular season titles (2019, 2021) … Part of a club that won an AAC-best 20 league games in 2019 and 2021 … The Pirates hosted back-to-back NCAA Regionals in Greenville earning national seeds (No. 10/2019, No. 13/2021) … Member of two Regional Championship clubs (2019, 2021) … Fielded at a .971 clip with 143 putouts, 190 assists, while committing just 10 errors … Earned two letters as a member of the baseball team (2019, 2021).

2021: Selected in the second round by the Baltimore Orioles (pick 41 overall), the fourth-highest selection in school history ... Listed as the No. 43 prospect in the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Baseball America and No. 58 by MLB … One of four players in school history to earn inclusion on six All-America teams … First-Team selection by America Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), Baseball America and D1Baseball … Garnered second-team honors from Collegiate Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Perfect Game … Named the 2021 Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award winner … One of two Pirates to be named a semifinalist for the Dick Howser and Golden Spikes Award in the same season (other: Gavin Williams in 2021) … ABCA First-Team All-East Region … American Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Year and first-team selection … Greenville All-Regional Team selection … Became the second player at ECU to be named the NCBWA District IV Player-of-the-Year (other: Ryan Jones 2004) … Fourth player in ECU program history with 100 or more hits in a season (led the nation with 102) … Lone player in AAC history with 100 hits in a season … AAC single-season leader in batting average (.415) … Ranked among the NCAA leaders (top 15) in five categories including hits (first), total bases (fifth), hits per game (sixth/1.67), average (eighth) and runs (14th) … Named AAC Player-of-the-week (March 15) and AAC Honor Roll (Feb. 22, March 8, May 17) … Helped the Pirates to a 44-17 overall record that included a second-straight AAC regular season title (20 wins), second consecutive Greenville Regional crown and another Super Regional appearance (Nashville) … Team leader in 10 offensive categories including average, extra-base hits (30), game-winning RBI (eight), hits, home runs (15), on-base percentage (.484), RBI (51), slugging percentage (.659), stolen bases (18) and total bases (162) … Shared the club lead in at-bats (246), doubles (15), games played (61) and starts (61) … Seventeenth player in program history to claim the offensive triple crown … Named 2021 Offensive Jungle MVP … Tallied a team-best 33 multi-hit games and stood second with 12 multi-RBI contests … Set school and conference record by reaching base in 56 consecutive games from March 1, 2020 to May 20, 2021 … Registered a personal-best 20-game hit streak (March 13 to April 24, 2021), which ranks seventh all-time in the ECU annuals … Also had a 19-game streak (March 1, 2020 to March 9, 2021) that is tied for eighth at ECU … Collected at least one hit in 53 of 61 games and plated at least one run in 27 contests (multiple 12 times) … Drew 33 walks and struck out 34 times … Tallied two sac flies and one sac hit … Batted a team-best .400 (46-for-115) with four home runs, 18 RBI, 31 runs and nine doubles in AAC action … Helped turn 31 double plays … Posted a .964 fielding percentage committing nine errors in 253 chances … Registered 103 putouts and 141 assists … Hit at a .471 clip (8-for-17) with three home runs and nine RBI in the AAC Championships where he was named to the all-tournament team … Tied for the team lead with five hits in NCAA postseason action (batted .294) with four runs and five walks … Hit at a .500 clip (56-for-112) when leading off an inning … Tallied 26 two-out hits and 22 two-out RBI … Successfully advanced runners at a 54.5 percent rate (54-for-99) … Stood among the AAC leaders in five stat columns … Hit in the leadoff spot in 55 of 61 games … Twelve of 15 home runs came in non-conference action … Blasted home runs in consecutive games four times and hit two in one game against Cincinnati (May 26) during second round action in the AAC Championship … Established new single-game marks in home runs (two), RBI (five) and total bases (nine) versus the Bearcats (May 26) … Tallied four hits in a game four times (thrice in 2021) … Preseason All-AAC selection by leagues head coaches and Perfect Game.

2020: One of five players to start all 17 games (all at second base) during the shortened COVID-19 pandemic season … Member of a squad that posted a 13-4 record and finished ranked nationally in a pair of polls … Batted at an impressive .403 clip (25-for-62) with a home run, 10 RBI and 14 runs scored … Stood first on the team in batting average and hits, third in runs and tied for fourth in RBI among regular starters … Swiped six bases (out of eight attempts) tying Lane Hoover for the team lead (6 of 9) … Registered eight multi-hit and three multi-RBI games … Hit lone home run against William & Mary (Feb. 16) … Scored at least one run in 9 of 17 games (multiple four times) … Drove in a least one run in 7 of 17 contests … Registered at least one hit in 12 of 17 outings … Tallied four sacrifice hits sharing the team lead … Stole multiple bases in a game twice (both at Charlotte) … Registered two game-winning RBI (William & Mary and Charlotte) … Ranked among the AAC leaders (Top 5) in average (second), hits (t-1st), assists (t-4th) and steals (t-5th) … Posted a .986 fielding percentage committing one error in 69 chanced with 26 putouts, 42 assists and two double plays … Tallied three 2-out RBI and seven 2-out hits … Batted .500 when leading off a frames (4-for-8) … Closed out the season on a career-long seven-game hitting streak (March 1-11) where he batted .571 with seven RBI and eight runs.

2019: Played in 26 games making a pair of starts … Hit at a .194 clip (6-for-31) with a home run and six RBI … Scored five runs … Drew three walks and struck out nine times … Two of six hits came as a pinch hitter … Advanced runners at a 42.9 percent rate (9 of 21) … Registered three two-out RBI … Made collegiate debut against Radford in game two of a double header in a pinch hitting role … Tallied career-high two hits against Wichita State (May 24) in the AAC Championships … Hit lone home run (three-run shot) against Memphis (May 16) … Scored at least one run in five games … Tallied first collegiate hit at Old Dominion (April 24) … Scored first career run at Houston (April 6) … Drove in first run against Tulane (April 26) … Four of six RBI came in the Memphis series … Recorded career-high four putouts and two assists twice in a game (Radford/ Feb. 15, Houston/ May 22) … In both starts he batted in the eighth spot in the order … ECU posted a 1-1 record in the two games he started at second base … Pitched in a pair of games (both relief) allowing one run (unearned) on two hits … Struck out one batter in 1.2 innings … Induced a pair of fly outs and ground outs on the year … First career outing on the mound came in relief against Wright State in the LeClair Classic (March 2) … Worked two-thirds of an inning allowing one run (unearned) on two hits … Other outing was at Louisville (June 7) in the Louisville Super Regional where he tossed a inning of scoreless relief with a strikeout … Appeared in nine league games making one start … Hit at a .333 clip (3-for-9) with a home run and five RBI … Played in eight postseason games (one start) with an RBI … Scored one run in three games at the Greenville Regional … Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with seven assists and 14 putouts in 21 chances … Turned a pair of double plays … 2019 Summer: Played summer ball for the Waynesboro Generals of the Valley League … Earned Second-Team All-Valley League honors … Appeared in 32 games batting .324 (36-for-111) with four home runs and 19 RBI … Laced three doubles and four triples to go along with 14 walks … Scored 32 runs and was a perfect 2-for-2 in stolen bases … Tallied at least one hit in 23 contests (multiple 10 times) … Plated a run 14 outings (multiple five times) and scored at least one run in a game on 19 occasions (multiple nine times) … Appeared in just three games on the mound (all in relief) … Did not allow a run in three innings and surrendered just one hit.

East Forsyth High School: Four-year letterwinner under coach Drew Dull … Helped the Eagles to an 87-26 four-year record and three appearances in state playoffs, including a West Regional runner-up finish in 2018 … Member of three conference regular season (2015-16, 2018) and three conference tournament titles (2016-18) … Eagles claimed a pair of runner-up finishes (2016, 2018) and a third place finish (2017) at the Beach Diamond Tournament … Three-time 4A Piedmont Triad All-Conference selection … Named Team MVP twice (2017-18) and Offensive MVP once (2016) … Took home conference player-of-the-year and North Carolina All-State honors as a senior (2018) … For his career, tallied 124 hits, four home runs, 32 doubles, 70 RBI and 80 runs … Left East Forsyth as the career leader in batting average (.451) … Also stood second all-time in doubles (32) and third all-time in hits (124), RBI (70) and at-bats (275) … Set single-season record for doubles (14) as a junior … Ranks among Top 10 on East Forsyth’s single-season charts in average (second/.478 in 2017), doubles (first/14 in 2017; t5th/10 in 2018), hits (second/44 in 2017; fourth/41 in 2018; t8th/38 in 2016), RBI (t4th/34 in 2017) and triples (t3rd/3 in 2017) … As a rookie, collected one hit and batted .500 … During first full season on the varsity roster, batted .427 (38-for-89) with one home run, eight doubles, 11 RBI and 28 runs scored … As a junior hit at a .478 clip (44-for-92) with three round trippers, 14 doubles, 34 RBI and scored 28 runs … Closed out prep career batting .446 (41-for-92) with 10 doubles, 25 RBI and 24 runs scored … Played travel ball for NCBA Golden Spikes under direction of Scott Bankhead and Dirtbags All Blacks under Andy Partin … Named 2017 Underclass High Honorable Mention by Perfect Game … 2018 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American by Perfect Game … Second-Team All-Atlantic Regional selection by Perfect Game … Listed as the top shortstop prospect and No. 16 overall prospect by Perfect Game … Nationally, ranks as the 89th-best shortstop prospect and a Top 500 national recruit by Perfect Game … Participated in several showcase events including 2015 WWBA 2018 Grads/15U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2016 WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2016 WWBA 2018 Grads/16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2017 WWBA World Championship (Jupiter, Fla.), 2017 WWBA 2019 Grads/16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.) and 2017 WWBA 2018 Grads/17 U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.) … Named to three all-tournament teams (2016 WWBA 2018 Grads/16U National Championship, 2017 WWBA 2018 Grads/17U National Championship, 2017 WWBA 2019 Grads/16U National Championship) … A-B Honor Roll member.

Personal: Full name is Connor David Norby … Born in Brooklyn Park, Minn. … Son of Jill and Dave Norby … Has one sibling (Ethan) … Intended major in criminal justice ... Two-time AAC All-Academic Team selection (2020-21) ... Three-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll member (S19 - S21).