#24 Mitch Wood Season 2024-25

2024 (Northern Kentucky)

• Second Team All-Horizon League
• Horizon League Batter of the Week – 3/5
• Appeared in 54 games, making 48 starts with a slash line of .289/.386/.594
• Ranked second on the team in home runs with 13
• Posted 16 doubles and 44 RBI during the season
• In total, 30 of 54 hits on the season went for extra bases
• Homered twice vs. Oakland on 3/15/24

2023 (Yavapai College)

• Played in all 49 games. Hit .323 with 33 runs scored, 54 hits, 14 doubles, three triples, five homers, 35 RBI’s, 21 walks and six stolen bases.

2022

• Collected his first hit, a pinch-hit RBI single in game two at Michigan State (5/14)
• Made his first career start (at third base) against Minnesota (4/16)
• Scored a run and stole a base at Milwaukee (4/12)
• Made his Hawkeye debut against Cornell College (3/1)

High School

• Ranked as a top-500 player nationally by Perfect Game
• Rated as a top-150 shortstop nationally
• Ranked the eighth-best player in Iowa and the No. 2 shortstop
• Invited to Area Code Games in 2019
• First-team all-state honoree as a utility player as a senior
• Three-time first-team all-conference and all-district selection
• Finished with a .450 average with 35 RBIs, nine doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 33 walks as a senior
• Posted a .585 on-base percentage and a .954 fielding percentage
• Struck out just nine times in 133 plate appearances as a senior
• Led team to the 2021 Iowa State Tournament, played at Duane Banks Field
• Led team to three conference titles
• Hit .358 with five doubles, three triples, and one home run as a junior in 20 games
• Had 12 RBIs, 24 runs, and seven steals
• Hit .321 with 13 doubles, two triples, and 20 RBIs as a sophomore
• First-team all-district as a sophomore and junior in football
• Team captain as a junior
• Lettered in baseball, football, golf, and wrestling
• Played for Iowa Sticks in 2020
• Member of the National Honor Society
• Maintained a 3.3 GPA all four years, finishing with a 3.4 cumulative GPA
• High school coach was John Jaeger

Personal

• Born Jan. 3, 2003, in Ottumwa, Iowa
• Son of Rick and Shelley Wood
• Has two older brothers, Jake and Chase
• Chase played collegiate baseball at Southeastern CC
• Majoring in business