Ryan Wood Named BA All-American
June 13, 2009 | Baseball
June 13, 2009
DURHAM, N.C. - After being selected in the 11th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball First Year Player Amateur Draft by the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday, East Carolina senior Ryan Wood was named Third-Team All-America by Baseball America the publication announced Friday.
For Wood it is his fourth all-america designation following his first-team selection by Ping!Baseball, second-team by National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and third-team honors from Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball publication.
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
