#16 TAYLOR WOOD

• Infielder
• Junior, 2L
• 6-0, 170, R/R
• Fernandina Beach, Fla. (Fernandina Beach HS)
  

Summer of 1999 - Played for Washington Senators in the Clark Griffith League...The Senators claimed the AAABA Championship...Earned AAABA Tournament Most Valuable Player honors with .482 average in tournament play...1999 - Played in 17 games with 15 starts...Hit .283 with two HR and 10 RBI...Hit ninth-inning, game winning home run to win game over Vanderbilt 5-4 as part of career-high four hit night...Collected nine hits in three-game series against Vanderbilt...Had two RBI in first start against Kentucky...Also pitched in seven games out of the bullpen...Did not have a decision in six innings...Recorded a 15.00 ERA and eight strikeouts...1998 - Saw action in six games with four starts...Hit .273 with one RBI...First career hit came against Mercer...PREP - A 1997 graduate of Fernandina Beach High School where he was coached by Ken Roland...1997 First Team Class 4A All-State selection (INF)...All-First Coast selection by the Florida Times-Union...Co-Player of the year in Nassau County with UF teammate Matt Heath as selected by the Fernandina Beach News Leader...Four-year letterwinner and three-year starter...Career average of .370 and 10-1 record with a 1.63 ERA...Recorded 106 career hits, ranking second on the school all-time charts...Hit .372 as senior with three home runs and 27 RBI...Also had six doubles, five triples and 26 stolen bases...Posted a 5-1 record on the mound with a 1.92 ERA...Played in the 1997 FACA All-Star Classic...Hit .414, second-best in school history, during junior season...Played on Florida Express AAU squad, earning second-place national finish and all-tournament accolades....MAJOR - Advertising.