Ryan Wood Named NCBWA All-American
June 10, 2009 | Baseball
June 10, 2009
GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina's Ryan Wood continues to pickup post-season honors as he was named Second-Team All-America by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Wednesday afternoon.
For Wood it is his third all-america designation following his third-team selection by the Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball publication and his first-team honor by Ping!Baseball.
The senior infielder, who was named First-Team All Conference USA and 2009 NCAA Greenville Regional All-Tournament Team, led the ECU with a .379 batting average and became the third Pirate to collect 100 hits in a season joining current teammate Trent Whitehead (105 in 2009) and former all-american Darryl Lawhorn (104 in 2002).
Wood also set career-highs in runs (87), doubles (22), home runs (14), RBIs (57) and walks. Against in-state rival UNC Wilmington, the Woodbridge, Va. native became the fourth Pirate since 1999 to hit for cycle in ECU's 12-5 and was named to the College Baseball Foundation and Diamond Sports National All-Star Lineup on May 19.
During his senior season, Wood became ECU's all-time leader in runs scored (225) and walks (151), while ranking among the all-time top 10 in games played (237), games started (226), at-bats (869), hits (285), RBIs (154), doubles (48), home runs (35), total bases (442) and assists (655).
2009 ECU All-America Honors
