Baseball
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- Assistant Coach
A three-year professional baseball player in the Kansas City Royals organization, Ryan Wood joined the Bucknell baseball staff in January of 2014. Following his professional playing career he returned to his alma mater, East Carolina, to serve as a student assistant coach for one year while finishing his degree requirements.
An All-America selection at East Carolina in 2009, Wood helped the Pirates to three NCAA Regional appearances (2007-09), one Super Regional (2009), the 2009 Conference USA regular season title and a combined 161-90 record, which included three 40-win seasons.
During his four-year career, Wood started 226 of 237 games for the Pirates boasting a .328 average with 285 hits, 35 home runs, 154 RBI and produced 82 multi-hit games ranking among the all-time leaders in school history. At the close of his career, Wood also held the program standards for runs (225), walks (151) and assists (655).
Wood, an 11th round selection in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft, by the Royals, closed out his senior season earning First Team All-Conference USA honors.
As a junior, he started all 62 games batting .306 with 13 home runs, 51 RBI, 70 runs, 10 doubles and was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 42nd round of the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
In 2007, Wood ranked third on the team with a .318 average, where he belted five home runs, drove in 23, scored 41 runs and led the club with 38 walks and a .432 on-base percentage. He started 57 of 61 games as a middle infielder ranking fourth in the league in assists (174).
During his rookie season with the Pirates, Wood earned C-USA All-Freshman Team honors after batting .289 with three round trippers, 23 RBI and scoring 27 runs. He started 41 of 48 games at second base.
The Woodbridge, Virginia, native graduated in December of 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in communications (media studies).
