Hunt Woodruff

Hunt Woodruff

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Dallas, Texas

High School:
Highland Park HS

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 180

Position:
C

Experience:
2L

B/T:
R/R

Career Honors:
• Two-time Academic All-Conference performer.
• Named to the Al Ogletree Classic All-Tournament team.

Career Numbers:
• Base hit in 29-of-56 games
• On-base in 37-of-56 games
• 11 multi-hit games
• 6 multi-RBI games

2007 (Sophomore):
• Battled a shoulder injury that limited him to 34 games played.
• Started 21 contests (two in left field, seven at catcher and 12 as the DH).
• Finished the season with a .273 batting average.
• Of his 21 hits on the year, four went for doubles and two for home runs.
• Played flawless defense in 75 chances in the field, running his errorless streak to 185 chances over his last 64 games played.
• Nine of his 12 total RBIs came with two outs.
• Appeared in 14 conference games and hit .364 with three doubles, one home run and 11 RBIs.
• Collected just one hit in his first eight games (1-for-15).
• Busted out of his slump with a 3-for-3 day at the plate with a double and a home run against UC Santa Barbara on March 31.
• Had a career-long six game hit streak from April 28-May 6 in which he raised his average from .257 to .321.
• Hit .429 (9-for-21) during the streak with four runs scored and nine runs driven in.
• Streak started with a 1-for-2 day at the plate against San Diego State in which he scored a career-high three runs, drove in two and hit his second home run of the year.
• Streak also started a stretch of 10 straight starts for Woodruff.
• Had three straight two-hit contests.
• Drove in three runs in back-to-back contests against Utah (May 4-5).
• Slumped the remainder of the way with just three hits in his final 21 at-bats (.143).

2006 (Freshman):
• Appeared in 32 games, making 18 starts.
• Tallied a base knock in 15 games and reached base safely in 21.
• Totaled five multi-hit games and three multiple RBI games.
• Hit .262 on the season with six extra-base hits.
• Made collegiate debut as a defensive replacement on Feb. 10 against No. 12 Tulane.
• Earned his first start on Feb. 11 against Houston.
• First career hit was an RBI double against Texas State (Feb. 14).
• Hit a blistering .455 (5-for-11) in the Al Ogletree Classic (Feb. 17-19).
• Had season-long five game hitting streak in which he hit .400 (8-for-20).
• Picked up a pinch-hit triple against UT-Arlington on April 25.
• Hit his first career home run on May 18 against New Mexico.
• Started the final two games of the series and collected three hits and four RBIs, including a career-high three on May 20.
• Came off the bench and picked up two hits in the NCAA Regional game against Wichita State on June 3.
• Was 2-for-4 as a pinch-hitter.
• Committed just one error in 116 chances, finishing the season without an error in his last 110 chances.

Highland Park High School:
• Was a first-team all-district player all four years of high school.
• Named all-state as a junior and senior.
• Selected to play in the 4A/5A THSBCA North/South All-Star Game as a senior.
• Hit 16 career home runs.
• Had a cumulative batting average of .360 and hit .420 as a senior.

Personal:
• Parents are Kevin and Lisa.
• Has two older sisters, Whitney and Meredith.
• Is a Pre-Medicine major.

Career Highs:
Hits: 3, twice
vs. Stephen F. Austin 2/19/06
vs. UC Santa Barbara 3/31/07
Runs: 3 vs. San Diego State 4/28/07
HR: 1, three times
@ New Mexico 5/18/07
vs. UC Santa Barbara 3/31/07
vs. San Diego State 4/28/07
RBI: 3, three times
@ New Mexico 5/20/06
@ Utah 5/4/07
@ Utah 5/5/07
SB: 1 @ New Mexico 5/19/06
BB: 2 vs. San Diego State 4/1/07
Hitting Streak: 6 games, 4/28-5/6/07