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Mitch Wood - Baseball - University of Iowa Athletics

#24 Mitch Wood

Position UTIL
Height 6-2
Weight 200 lbs.
Class Sr.
B/T R/R
Hometown Ottumwa, Iowa
High School Ottumwa
Previous School Yavapai College/Northern Kentucky

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