2020 (Senior - Season Shortened by COVID 19):
2020 Preseason First Team All-Southland Conference shortstop ... 2020 Preseason First Team Perfect Game All-SLC ... D1Baseball Top 150 Hitter ... Was projected as a 15th-round draft pick before the season began ... Started all 14 games he played in with appearances at second and third base ... Hit .245 for the Cards with a .321 SLUG and a .317 OBP ... He had 13 hits including four doubles, nine runs scored, and five RBIs ... He drew six walks while striking out eight times, and he was a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts ... He was first on the team in doubles (four), tied for second in walks (six), second in stolen bases (four), and tied for first in fielding percentage (1.000)
2019 (Junior):
Drafted in the 38th round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros ... Second Team All-Southland Conference Shortstop ... Appeared in 53 games, starting in all 53 at either shortstop or designated hitter ... Led the team in batting average (.332), hits (74), doubles (14), home runs (10), and RBIs (44) ... Slugged at a .529 clip and had a .381 OBP ... Drew 17 walks while striking out just 26 times in 223 at-bats (an average of 9.31 plate appearances per strikeout) ... 11th in the SLC in batting average against conference opponents, hitting .359 ... Was sixth in SLC play in total bases (73), 11th in slugging percentage (.557), first in hits (47), fourth in RBIs (28), tied for sixth in homers (six), fourth in plate appearances (142), and first in at-bats (131) ... Ended the year with one of the hottest bats in the NCAA, hitting .410 in his final 10 games with 16 hits, including three doubles and three homers, slugging at a .718 clip with a .455 OBP ... He scored seven runs and drove in 10 RBIs in that time
Prior to Lamar (Alvin Community College):
Hit .364 in 80 career games with a .432 OBP and a .491 slugging percentage ... Totaled 103 career hits with three home runs and 50 RBIs ... Named a Perfect Game Impact Junior College Transfer ... Walked 37 times to just 33 strikeouts ... Five of six in career stolen base attempts ... Drafted in the 33rd round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros
High School:
Attended high school at the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy
Personal:
Son of Carlos Correa, Sr., and Sandybel Oppenheimer ... Has one brother, Houston Astros' Carlos Correa
LU Head Coach Will Davis on Correa:
"We couldn't be more excited about getting JC in the program. He fills an immediate need of coming in and being able to hit in the middle of our order. JC has put up numbers at Alvin for two years now and I love that he has more walks than strikeouts, showing that he is an advanced hitter. With such a young offense, surrounding our soon-to-be sophomores with a guy like JC will help take pressure off them as they mature as hitters."