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2017 (Jr.): Played 53 games in his junior season, starting 52 … Drafted in the 21st round by the Detroit Tigers … Played primarily at third base, but also made starts at first and second … Tied with teammate Dillan Shrum for the most consecutive games reaching base with 29 … Recorded the fifth-best batting average on the team, hitting .292 with a .401 slugging percentage, six doubles, one triple and 23 RBI … Tied for the second most home runs on the team and set a career-high with five … Recorded a .951 fielding percentage playing all over the infield, helping the Wolf Pack achieve a .974 team average, .003 off the school record set last season … Recorded three stolen bases against New Mexico, the most in a single game in conference play … Hit a grand slam in a game against conference foe Air Force, going 3-for-4 at the plate with five RBI … Tied for the second most walks in the Mountain West with 22, including four in one game against Fresno State … Ranked eighth in the MW with five stolen bases … Finished his career with a .307 batting average playing in 150 games with 32 doubles, six triples, 10 home runs and a .448 slugging percentage … Finished with a career fielding percentage of .981 with a total of 722 chances and 586 putouts … Lettered for the third time.
2016 (So.): Developed into one of the top first basemen in the Mountain West, being named to the All-Mountain West second team … Played in 56 games with 55 starts while batting .332 on the season … Posted 68 hits, 40 runs, 47 RBI and four home runs … Led the team and ranked sixth in the conference in runs batted in … Was named to the MW All-Tournament team after batting .609 with 14 hits, 10 runs, nine RBI and seven extra base hits in six postseason games … Batted .353 in conference play as Nevada tied for second in MW standings … Helped Nevada post a 20-4 record in its final 24 games, batting .416 in that span with 37 hits, 22 runs and 33 RBI … Also posted a .993 fielding percentage on the season with four errors in 548 chances … Led the team with 14 multi-RBI games and also tallied 21 multi-hit games … In Nevada’s victory over top-seeded Fresno State, went 5-of-6 with two RBI and four runs to set career-high marks in hits and runs … Tallied a season-high four RBI on two occasions … Helped lead Nevada to a second place finish in the Mountain West and to its first MW tournament finals appearance in program history … Letter winner.
2015 (Fr.): Played in 41 games with 26 starts in his true freshman season, contributing both at the plate and on the mound … Posted a .304 batting average with 38 hits, 25 RBI and 16 runs … Tallied a .400 slugging percentage and a .389 on base percentage … Also made eight appearances on the mound, logging 9.2 innings with a 3.72 ERA … Limited opponents to a .182 batting average with nine strikeouts … Named MW Player of the Week on April 27 after batting .800 with eight hits, five RBI and five runs in series against San Jose State … Tallied eight multi-hit games in the regular season … Went 5-of-7 with career-high marks in hits (5), RBI (5), runs (3) and doubles (2) in a victory over San Jose State … Posted a .903 fielding percentage with eight putouts and 20 assists … Helped lead Nevada to its first-ever Mountain West championship and to its second-winningest season in program history … Letter winner.
PRIOR TO NEVADA High School: Graduated from El Camino High School in Oceanside, Calif. … A four-year letter winner in baseball under head coach Jason Schmeiser … Named to the All-CIF first team and was voted El Camino’s most valuable player as a senior … Was named the Avocado West conference’s offensive player of the year as a junior after earning first team all-league honors … Named an Under Armour Preseason All-American prior to junior year … Batted .344 with a .445 on-base percentage and .416 slugging percentage as a sophomore before being named second team All-Avocado West.
PERSONAL Majoring in general studies ... Son of Mike Woodruff and Jennifer Pearce … Chose to attend Nevada because he sees the program becoming a national contender … Hobbies are going to the driving range, the beach and hanging out with friends and family.
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 5, San Jose State, Apr 25, 2015 ; vs Fresno State, May 27, 2016
Doubles: 2, 4 times
Triples: 2, vs San Diego State, May 25, 2016
Home runs: 1, 10 times
Total bases: 8, vs San Diego State, May 25, 2016
RBI: 5, San Jose State, Apr 25, 2015 ; Air Force, Mar 26, 2017
Runs scored: 4, Virginia Tech, Feb 26, 2017 ; vs Fresno State, May 27, 2016
Walks: 4, at Fresno State, Mar 05, 2017
Hit by pitch: 1, 7 times
Sac flies: 1, 6 times
Sac bunts: 1, 9 times
At bats: 7, San Jose State, Apr 25, 2015
Stolen bases: 3, at New Mexico, May 19, 2017
Innings pitched: 2.0, Fresno State, Feb 21, 2015 ; at Saint Mary's, May 04, 2015
Strikeouts: 2, 4 times
Batters faced: 8, UC Davis, Mar 03, 2015
Field chances: 19, vs San Diego State, May 27, 2016
Putouts: 17, UNLV, May 20, 2016
Assists: 5, at San Diego State, Apr 18, 2015 ; UC Davis, May 16, 2017
Runners CS: 1, Fresno State, Feb 21, 2015
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