Matt Wood Season 2020

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Draft: Selected in the fourth round (132nd overall) by the Milwaukee Brewers…Became highest-selected position player in program history.
 
Career: Owns the fifth-best career slugging percentage at Penn State (.552)…Has the 10th-most defensive putouts in program history (655).

Season: 2022: Became second Nittany Lion to win the Big Ten regular season batting average title, joining Michael Campo in 2000…Had a 26-game hit streak from March 25 to May 9, the second-longest in program history…Among PSU season records, 2022 season ranks fourth in runs (55), sixth in total bases (132), seventh in walks (36), eighth in hits (75), eighth in RBI (53), ninth homers (12) and ninth in slugging percentage (.667)…Helped PSU pitching staff to post a program-record 503 strikeouts.

2022 (JUNIOR)
Awards: Named CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team…Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors…Collected Academic All-Big Ten accolades…Claimed Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades…Selected First-Team All-Big Ten…Named to the Buster Posey Award Watch List…Tabbed Big Ten Player of the Week (3/2).
 
Season: Played and started in 54 games, mostly at catcher…Led the Nittany Lions with a .379 average, 75 hits, 12 homers, 53 RBI, 55 runs, 36 walks, a .480 on-base percentage and a .667 slugging percentage…Added 15 doubles, three triples and five steals…In Big Ten games, batted .413 with 38 hits, including seven doubles, two triples, seven homers, 29 RBI and 21 runs to go with a 1.229 OPS…Tallied 24 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games…Had a 26-game hit streak from March 25 to May 9…Had a 36-game reached-base streak from March 25 to May 27.
 
Rankings: Won the Big Ten regular season batting average title (.395)…Finished the season ranking second in the Big Ten in batting average (.379), good for 46^th in the nation…Ranked fourth in the conference in on-base percentage (.480), sitting 43^rd in the country…Held fifth in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.667) and second in OPS (1.147).
 
Game-By-Game: vs. LIU (2/19): Went three-for-four with a double and two homers in game one. Scored four runs and drove in four runs…Had an RBI double, drew three walks and scored three runs in game two. vs. Northeastern (2/20): Notched two hits, including a solo homer. vs. Maine (2/25-26): Recorded two hits and two RBI in game one…Had two hits, drew two walks and scored three runs in the series finale. at Virginia (3/5): Doubled and scored a run. vs. UMass (3/11-13): Posted two hits, including a double, and two RBI in game one…Had two hits, including a solo homer for the game’s only run, in the series finale. Milwaukee (3/18): Went three-for-three with a two-run triple. Rutgers (3/25-26): Had an RBI single in the first game of the series…Tallied a double, a triple and three RBI in game two…Went three-for-four with an RBI in game three. St. Bonaventure (3/30): Singled and scored two runs. at Maryland (4/1-3): Notched two singles, an RBI, a run and a stolen base in game one…Had two hits and an RBI in game two…Tallied two hits and a walk in game three. Bucknell (4/6): Secured three hits and drove in two runs. at Northwestern (4/9-10): Blasted a solo homer in the series opener…Had two hits and a run in the second game…Doubled in the third game. West Virginia (4/12): Tallied two hits, including a double, and a run. Purdue (4/14-16): Registered two hits, including a double, and scored two runs in game one…Collected two hits, including a two-run homer, and three RBI in game two. Mount St. Mary’s (4/20): Had two hits, including an RBI double, and scored two runs…Added a stolen base. at Minnesota (4/22-24): Collected an RBI triple in game one…Had three hits, including an RBI double, in game two…Notched a ground-rule double and drove in two runs in game three. Bucknell (4/26): Had an RBI single and scored two runs while drawing three walks. Omaha (4/29-30): Registered an RBI single and scored two runs in the first game…Collected two hits, including a two-run single, in the second game. Michigan State (5/8): Went two-for-four with a solo homer and three runs in game one…Drove in a career-best five RBI in game two. Tallied a double and a homer while scoring two runs. at Ohio State (5/13-15): Launched a pair of two-run homers and scored three runs in game one…Hit a double in game three. vs. Pitt (5/17): Notched two hits, including a double, and scored four runs. Illinois (5/19-21): Had an RBI single and scored a run in the series opener…Blasted a solo homer in game three. vs. Iowa (5/26): Crushed a three-run homer in the sixth and scored two runs. vs. Rutgers (5/27): Doubled and scored a run.

2021 (SOPHOMORE)
Awards: Named Second Team All-Big Ten...Tabbed Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Selected Academic All-Big Ten.
 
Season: Started in 39 games, splitting time between catcher and designated hitter…Batted .295 with 41 hits including 10 doubles, a triple and four homers…Drove in 21 runs and scored 22…Collected 11 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games.
 
Game-By-Game: vs. Northwestern (3/5-7): Went 5-for-13 in the series with three RBI…Recorded two hits, including a double, in game two…Crushed a solo homer to right and added an RBI single to go along with two runs in the series finale. Maryland (3/20): Reached base four times, including three singles, and scored twice. at Rutgers (4/2-4): Lined an RBI double to right-center in game two…Recorded a double in game three. at Michigan State (4/9): Went 3-for-8 in a doubleheader…Doubled and scored a run in game one…Launched a two-run homer in the first and added a double, while crossing the plate twice, in game two. vs. Purdue (4/10-11): Tallied three hits, including a solo homer and a two-run single, and two runs in game one…Added a triple and a run in game two. Nebraska (4/16): Notched two doubles, including an RBI double in the sixth. at Ohio State (4/23-25): Went 4-for-9 in the series…Launched a solo homer to center and drove in a run on a sac fly in game one…Recorded three singles and crossed the plate three times in the series finale. Michigan State (4/30-5/2): Singled and scored two runs in game two…Collected two hits, including a two-run double, in game three. at Iowa (5/7-8): Had an RBI single in the first in game one…Recorded a pair of base hits in game two…Singled and scored in game three. Rutgers (5/14-17): Drove in a run on an RBI single in game one…Doubled, scored a run and stole a base in game four. at Illinois (5/21-23): Went 5-for-14 in the series…Had a pair of base hits in game one…Tallied two hits, including an RBI single, and scored a run in game two…Had an RBI single in the sixth in game three. vs. Minnesota (5/29): Recorded a single, a run and drove in two runs.

2020 (FRESHMAN)
Season: Finished third on the team in batting (.314) and on-base percentage (.407)…Appeared in 12 games with 10 starts…Season canceled on March 12 after 15 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Game-by-Game: USA Baseball Tournament (2/14-16): Made his collegiate debut vs. Bucknell going 3-for-4 with a double, walk, RBI and three runs scored…Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs vs. Monmouth in tournament finale. vs. Wagner (2/23): Tallied a hit in each of the first two games and went 2-for-3 with two walks in the series finale. vs. Princeton (2/28): Went 2-or-5 with a double, walk and RBI. at Miami (Ohio) (3/12): Went 2-for-3 in season finale.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinner catcher under Coach Kurt Wolfe at Pine Richland High School… Helped lead team to a WPIAL State Championship in 2017… Was first-team all-section in 2017…Perfect Game Top 500 National Rank…Played travel ball with the Pittsburgh Diamond Dawgs.

PERSONAL
Son of Chris and Molly Wood…Has two older brothers, Andrew and Michael...Intends to major in business management…Hobbies include listening to music.