2017: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals with the 1,024th overall pick in the 34th round of the MLB Draft... Set the program record for strikeouts in a single season with 109... Appeared in 16 games with 14 starts... Named the Sun Belt Conference's Pitcher of the Week (February 28) after throwing 11 strikeouts and allowing just five hits and one walk in seven innings of work against Purdue... Went 4-5 with a 3.46 ERA in 96.1 innings of work... Threw a complete game at ULM (March 24) for the second consecutive year as he struck out four and allowed just one run on seven hits and a walk... Began the season with back-to-back 11 strikeout performances against Oral Roberts (February 18) and Purdue (February 25)... Tied a then-career high with 11 strikeouts against Texas State (April 7)... Set a new career high for strikeouts with 13 in 6.2 innings against Louisiana (April 22)... Picked up the win in his second-longest outing of the season against Georgia State (May 13) as he went eight innings, struck out six and allowed three runs (two earned) on seven hits and four walks... Struck out seven and allowed just two runs on seven hits in seven innings during his final career start against Texas State (May 25) at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament... Was Little Rock's only four-year player... 15 career wins tied for the fourth-most in program history... His 280 innings pitched over the course of his career ranked third most at Little Rock... Ended his career with 266 strikeouts — second-most in program history.
2016: Earned a 5-4 record while starting and appearing in 14 games... Threw 70 strikeouts in 71.1 innings on the mound with a 5.43 ERA... Earned Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week honors after tossing his first-career complete-game shutout at ULM by throwing 9.0 innings, tying a career-high with nine strikeouts and allowing just three hits and two walks in the Trojans' 17-0 win (May 14)... Set a career-high with nine strikeouts at Georgia Southern as he went 8.0 innings and allowed just two runs on five hits and two walks in the Trojans' 3-2 win (April 23)... Earned his first win of the season at No. 16 Louisiana after throwing 5.0 innings, striking out three and allowing just two runs on six hits and a walk (March 19)... His five wins tied his own single-season high... His 50 strikeouts in Sun Belt games ranked fifth for the year.
2015: Appeared in 15 games with 13 starts... Led the Trojan pitching staff with a 5-4 record, a 3.61 ERA , 84.2 innings pitched, 62 strikeouts and an opponent batting average of .239... Pitched a career-high of eight innings on three separate occasions... Made his season debut in the season opener against Evansville by pitching four innings of relief, striking out three, and allowing just three hits (Feb. 13)... Earned his first win of the season against SIU-Edwardsville after allowing just three hits through seven innings, getting credit for the combined shutout (Feb. 28)... Posted a career-high of seven strikeouts in six innings against Georgia Southern (April 18)... Earned his final win of the season after going eight innings, striking out six, and allowing just six hits and a run against ULM (May 9)...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll for achieving a GPA between 3.0 and 3.49 during the 2014-15 academic year.
2014: Appeared in 16 games with three starts and 13 relief appearances… Posted a 1-1 record in 34.2 innings while striking out 32 batters… Made his Little Rock debut going 2.1 innings and striking out five in relief against Creighton on Feb. 15… Earned his first career win against IPFW on March 1… Pitched 12.0 innings in six outings before giving up a run, including a two-inning performance in his first career start at Central Arkansas on April 2… Got a no decision in his start against Troy on April 18 after throwing 5.2 innings and allowing five runs, four earned… Struck out four in a 5.2-inning relief appearance at Texas State on May 10... Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll for achieving a grade point average of 3.0 to 3.49.
Elkhart Central HS:  Played for Steve Stutsman at Elkhart Central HS… Led the Blazers to a 33-1 record with a State and Conference Championships his senior season… On the mound, finished his senior season 9-0 with a 0.73 ERA with 93 strikeouts to be named Conference MVP and All-State as a pitcher… Also named Pre-Season All-Region and Second Team All-America... Appeared on the Honor Roll all four years and was named to the Principal’s Honor Roll his senior year in HS.
Personal:  Full name is Cory Scott Malcom… Born Jan. 31, 1995 in Elkhart, Ind.… Son of Jim and Christine Malcom… Has one brother, Josh… Majoring in Sports Health with a minor in coaching.
