Ex-Bombers outfielder Houston Markham plays in College World Series for Troy

A summer in Huntingburg has carried all the way to Omaha. Houston Markham, who played for the Dubois County Bombers last season, is in the College World Series with Troy as the Trojans opened against West Virginia at Charles Schwab Field.

For Dubois County, Markham’s trip is more than a box score note. It shows how a Prospect League season can give players a stage, a workload and enough exposure to move from local summer baseball into the sport’s biggest college postseason, a path that adds weight to the Bombers’ place in the county’s sports brand and its recruiting pull with college programs.

Troy reached Omaha by sweeping Little Rock in the NCAA Super Regional on June 6, winning 12-2 and 7-2. The clinching game drew a Riddle-Pace Field record crowd of 7,033, and the two games brought 13,459 fans through the gates. Troy needed 7.1 innings from Tommy Egan to finish the 7-2 victory, and the Trojans arrived in Omaha at 38-30. West Virginia came in at 45-15, and both programs were making their first College World Series appearance.

Markham is listed on Troy’s 2026 roster as a sophomore outfielder from Pike Road, Alabama. Troy’s preseason preview said the then-18-year-old freshman had already made a strong impression, with coach Skylar Meade saying, “What Markham has done has just been eye popping,” and adding, “But Markham can thump it.” During his freshman season in 2025, Markham appeared in 46 games with 33 starts and hit .273 with a .377 on-base percentage and a .338 slugging percentage.

His summer with the Bombers offered a bigger window into his game. The Prospect League stat page credits Markham with a .304 average in 27 games for Dubois County, with 35 hits, 31 RBI, 20 stolen bases, five triples and one home run. A June 4, 2025 box score shows him going 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI in a 10-4 loss at Jackson, the kind of line that helped build a resume sturdy enough to reach Omaha.