STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2022-23 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award
» 2022-23 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2022-23 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2022 Associate's in Social Sciences (Palomar College)
2023 (Junior): Made 19 appearances, totaling 24.2 innings and finishing with 16 strikeouts, a 2.55 ERA and a 3-1 record with four saves ... Closed out the final 1.2 innings of a 4-3 walk-off win over No. 15 Augustana (Feb. 2). Got his first win after entering into a two-out seventh-inning jam and inducing a ground out before a walk-off 4-3 win over CUI (Feb. 24). Recorded second win with 1.0 inning of relief work in a 6-4 win over No. 11 PLNU (March 6). Got first save after closing out the final two outs of a 14-12 win over HPU (March 25). Closed out 2.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts for another save in a 7-4 win over Academy of Art (April 5). Entered in T9 and put three batters down in order to close out the save in a 7-5 win against HPU (April 21). Finished final inning of the season with another save to preserve a 5-4 win over HPU (April 30).
2022 (Palomar College): Played in 17 games with one start for the Comets, finishing with a 1-1 record and one save and 24 strikeouts in 38.2 innings pitched. Helped the Comets to a Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Championship and a Final Four finish in the California Community College Athletic Association.
2020-2021* (Orange Coast College): Played in six games in one season for the Pirates, finishing with one save and seven strikeouts in 7.0 innings pitched.
*Student-athletes were not charged with use of a season of eligibility for the 2020-21 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» Spent a year at Palomar College (California) playing for coach Ben Adams
» Spent first two years at Orange Coast College (California) playing for coach John Altobeli and Nate Johnson
» 2019 graduate of University City High School (California)
» Played three seasons of varsity baseball for coach Richard Frink
» Also participated in water polo and golf
» Played club for Trosky Redbirds
PERSONAL
» Nickname is "Woody"
» Born June 2001 in California
» Parents: Audrey and Mark Wood
» Has two younger siblings
WHY HAWAI‘I HILO
» "I've always wanted to come to Hawai‘i and learn more about the culture."
FAVORITES
» Hobbies: Surfing, Skating, Snorkeling
» Sports Moment: Getting all the way to the Final Four in California Junior College baseball.
» Sports Teams: San Diego Padres
» Movies: White Chicks
» Shows: Wipe Out, Impractical Jokers
» Musicians: Mac Miller, Sublime, Bob Marley
