Selected in the 19th round (574th pick) by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft … A 2017 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American and the 2017 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year … A 2018 Collegiate Baseball third-team All-American … A two-time All-Sun Belt pick, first-team in 2018 and second-team in 2017 … Named to the 2019 Sun Belt Championship all-tournament team … Finished his career ranked fourth in the CCU career record books in walks (143), ninth in runs scored (170), ninth in on-base percentage (.443), tied for 13th in stolen bases (53), 18th in highest stolen base percentage (.828), tied for 18th in career doubles (43) and 19th all-time in most fielding assists (266) … He also totaled 180 base hits in three seasons as a Chant … A member of the 2017-18 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll and earned a spot on the 2018-19 Sun Belt Commissioner’s List.
2019 (Junior): Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 19th round (574th pick) in the 2019 MLB Draft … Named to the 2019 Sun Belt Championship all-tournament team … Was the catalyst all season long at the top of the lineup for the offense that ranked fifth nationally in both hits and runs scored … Played in 60 games, making 59 starts at second base … Hit .315 with 73 hits, two home runs, a triple, 20 doubles and 68 run scored … Also drove in 30 RBIs … Walked 60 times compared to just 43 strikeouts … Recorded a .435 slugging percentage and a .462 on-base percentage on the year … Was 20-for-23 in stolen base attempts on the season … Led the Sun Belt and ranked 10th nationally in walks with 60 base-on-balls on the season … Also led the Sun Belt and ranked 27th nationally in runs scored with 68 … Ranked second in the Sun Belt and 44th nationally with 20 doubles on the year … Finished the season tied for first on the team and third in the Sun Belt with 20 stolen bases … Was second on the team and fourth in the Sun Belt with a .462 on-base percentage from his lead-off spot … Hit .313 with two home runs, eight doubles, 14 RBIs and 25 runs scored in conference play … Was second on the team with a season-long 13-game hitting streak … Also ranked third on the team with 21 multi-hit games … Recorded seven multi-RBI games and a season-high on-base streak of 16 games … Had a season-high four hits (4-for-5) with a double, three runs scored and a stolen base in the series finale versus Georgia Southern (April 20) … Recorded three base hits in a game three times – game two of the doubleheader versus Michigan State (Feb. 22), in the road game at Charleston (Feb. 27) and in the blowout tournament win over ULM (May 25) … Drove in a season-high three RBIs in the series opener at ULM (March 15) and against ULM (May 25) in the Sun Belt Tournament … Scored three runs in eight different contests … Opened the season going 4-for-10 with two doubles, five walks, three RBIs, six runs scored and two stolen bases at the Brittain Resorts Invitational (Feb. 15-17) … Went 6-for-16 with two doubles, three walks, six runs scored and a stolen base the following weekend at the Brittain Resorts Baseball at the Beach (Feb. 22-24) … Was a combined 4-for-11 with a double, four walks and three runs scored versus Illinois, UConn and Indiana at the CCU Baseball Tournament (March 1-3) … In the back-to-back wins over Wake Forest (March 5-6), he went 3-for-9 with a double, two walks, an RBI, five runs scored and three stolen bases … Had a triple and went 1-for-2 with two walks, a stolen base and two runs scored against San Diego at the Seattle Baseball Showcase (March 8) … In the Sun Belt Conference sweep at ULM (March 15-17), Wood was 5-for-12 at the plate with a home run, a double, three walks, six RBIs, five runs scored and a stolen base … Had four hits with a double, two walks and two RBIs in the three-game home series versus Arkansas State (March 29-30) … Was a combined 5-for-15 with a double, a walk, three runs scored and two stolen bases in the three-game series at South Alabama (April 6-7) … Hit 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, two runs scored and stole a base in the road win at No. 2 NC State (April 10) … Picked up two doubles and was 5-for-11 with a walk, an RBI, five runs scored and a stolen base in the three-game home series versus Georgia Southern (April 18-20) … Had two hits, two walks, an RBI and scored three runs in the series finale at Georgia State (April 28) … In the final conference series of the year, he went 4-for-12 with a home run, two doubles, three walks, two RBIs and five runs scored in three games versus Appalachian State (May 16-18) … Hit safely in five of the Chants’ six Sun Belt Championship Tournament games, going a combined 8-for-26 with three doubles, eight walks, seven RBIs, eight runs scored and one stolen base … Went 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base in the championship game versus Georgia Southern (May 26) … Was 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in the NCAA Regional’s loss to Auburn (May 31) … Tallied two hits (2-for-3) with two walks, an RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base in the win over Florida A&M in the NCAA Atlanta Regional (June 1) … Reached base safely on two hits and a walk (2-for-4), and drove in an RBI and scored two runs in an NCAA Regional loss to Georgia Tech (June 2) … Named to the 2018-19 Sun Belt Commissioners List.
2018 (Sophomore): Named a third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball … Also named first-team All-Sun Belt … Played in 58 games, making 57 starts … Started 56 games at second base … Hit .296 with a triple and 19 doubles … Was fourth on the team with 66 base hits … Drove in 22 RBIs and was second on the team with 61 runs scored … Posted a .390 slugging percentage and a .435 on-base percentage … Was second on the team with 17 stolen bases (17-of-24) … Drew 52 walks on the season, second-most on the team … Recorded a .975 fielding percentage on the year … Posted a team-high 21 multi-hit games on the year … Also totaled six multi-RBI games … Registered a team-high on-base streak of 38-straight games … Totaled a season-high six game hitting streak … Started the season on fire at the plate going 10-for-25 with a double, two walks, five RBIs and six runs scored over the first five games … Went 2-for-3 with a walk, two RBIs and three runs scored in the season-opening win versus Virginia Tech (Feb. 16) … Drove in two runs with a single and a sacrifice fly in the win over No. 18 Oklahoma (Feb. 17) … Was 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored in the win against Kansas State (Feb. 18) … Was 4-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored in the loss to No. 17 Indiana (Feb. 19) … Was 1-for-5 with a walk and a run scored in the 13-0 win at College of Charleston (Feb. 21) … Hit .500, going 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored versus West Virginia (Feb. 25) … Doubled, drove in an RBI and scored a run in the win over VCU (Feb. 25) … Was 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs, a run scored and a stolen base in the home win over UNC Wilmington (Feb. 28) … Scored a run in games versus Ball State (March 2), Maryland (March 3) and Radford (March 4) … Was 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a stolen base in the home win versus Wake Forest (March 7) … Scored four runs and plated two RBIs in the three-game series sweep at Arkansas State (March 16-18) … Went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI and scored a run in the home win over No. 10 Clemson (March 20) … Combined to go 5-for-11 with a triple, a double, three walks, one RBI, five runs scored and three stolen bases in the three-game conference series sweep over No. 30 Texas State (March 23-24) … Went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk in the loss at No. 30 College of Charleston (March 27) … Was 2-for-4 with two runs scored in back-to-back wins at Georgia Southern (March 29-30) … Had a double in the loss at No. 6 Clemson (April 3) … Scored two runs in the series opener versus South Alabama (April 6) and drove in three RBIs in the second game of the series (April 7), going 2-for-4 at the plate … Hit safely in all three games at Troy (April 13-14), going 5-for-13 with two doubles, a walk, and a run scored, including going 3-for-4 in the series finale … Walked three times and scored the lone Chant run in the 2-1 extra-inning loss at No. 30 UNC Wilmington (April 18) … Combined to go 4-for-13 with two doubles, three walks, two RBIs, four runs scored and two stolen bases in the three-game series sweep of ULM (April 27-29) … Also went 4-for-13 with two doubles, a walk and four runs scored in the three-game series at Louisiana (May 4-6), including going 2-for-4 with three RBIs in the finale … Scored a run in the home win over No. 3 North Carolina (May 9) … Hit .500, going 5-for-10 with two doubles, three walks, two RBIs, two runs scored and two stolen bases in the three-game conference series sweep of Little Rock (May 11-13) … Scored four times on 3-for-10 hitting with a double, five walks and a stolen base in the series at Appalachian State (May 18-19) … Went 1-for-4 with a double, two walks and three runs scored in the Sun Belt Championship Tournament win in the second round over South Alabama (May 24) … Two days later, he went 2-for-5 versus the Jaguars (May 26) in the tournament semifinals … Reached base three times going 2-for-5 with a double, a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored in the NCAA Regional win over LIU Brooklyn (June 1) … Also went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a stolen base versus No. 17 UConn (June 3) in the NCAA Regional … Named to the 2017-18 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll.
2017 (Freshman): Named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball and was voted the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year ... Tabbed second-team All-Sun Belt ... Lived up to preseason hype as he was tabbed the D1Baseball.com Preseason Sun Belt Freshman of the Year as well as its preseason No. 1 impact freshman for the league ... Played a role in 10 Coastal Carolina wins, scoring the game-winning run six times and having the game-winning RBI four times ... Reached base safely in 40 of his 44 games played with an at-bat, including a streak of 22-straight games from Feb. 27 to April 11 ... Ranked fourth in the league in stolen bases (0.35 per game) and 11th in walks (0.67 per game) ... Missed 11 games due to injury, but still ranked seventh in the league and 125th in the nation with 16 stolen bases ... For the season, batted .291 with 41 runs scored, 24 RBIs and an impressive .423 on-base percentage thanks to 31 walks ... Additionally was 16-of-17 in stolen bases in his rookie campaign ... Led the league with a .406 batting average and a .531 on-base percentage in conference play ... Hit .357 over his final 28 games with a .481 on-base percentage and a .500 slugging percentage ... Had a hit in each of his first four career games, including a 2-for-5 performance with a triple versus St. John's ... Did not get a hit versus Charleston (Feb. 22), but scored a season-high three runs and stole two bases thanks to two walks and an RBI fielder's choice ... Hit a three-run home run -- his first career dinger -- in the ninth inning at No. 7 North Carolina to cut CCU's deficit to 7-6 ... His home run in Chapel Hill was off UNC closer Josh Hiatt, the only HR Hiatt allowed in the entire 2017 regular season ... Raised his batting average 32 points in the Georgia State series ... In the 4-0 Friday win, he accounted for two CCU runs with an RBI and run scored, going 2-for-2 ... His two-run home run in the sixth inning of game two gave CCU a 7-4 lead and proved to be the game winner in the 8-5 victory ... Was 0-for-1 in game three, but walked twice and scored twice before being lifted for a sub in the lopsided win ... Had one of CCU's two hits in the 1-0 loss to Louisiana ... In game two against the Ragin' Cajuns, went 3-for-5 and hit a two-run, walk-off single to give CCU a 9-8 win ... Walked and scored in the finale ... At No. 20 Wake Forest, he hit a three-run home run to give CCU a 3-0 lead ... After getting injured versus Georgia Southern and missing nine games, he returned to the lineup as a designated hitter in games two and three at UTA, getting two hits in each game and producing the game-winning RBI in game two ... Walked and scored in the Sun Belt Tournament versus Texas State.
High School: A Rawlings/Perfect Game honorable mention All-American and second-team All-Atlantic Region selection ... Also a two-time underclass honorable mention All-American by Perfect Game ... Rated the 50th-best prospect in the state of North Carolina by Baseball America among all draft-eligible players (high school and college) ... Also rated the 24th-best high school prospect in the state by Perfect Game ... A first-team North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association 4A All-State selection ... 2016 CAP 8 Conference Player of the Year and a Raleigh News & Observer All-Metro pick ... A three-time first-team All-CAP 8 selection ... Hit .455 with 40 hits and 21 RBIs his senior season ... Broke his own school record with 37 runs scored as a senior ... Set his school's record for career runs scored during his junior season and finished with 113 runs ... Batted .457 and had a .573 on-base percentage with five doubles, 20 stolen bases and a then-school record 33 runs scored his junior year ... Led his team to conference titles in 2013, 2014 and 2016 ... Had a .346 batting average and a .485 on-base percentage as a sophomore ... Named Academic All-Conference and earned a spot on the honor roll four times.
