2021 Baseball Roster
Roster
Wood, Gene

Jersey Number 16
Gene Wood
- Position:
- INF
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Hometown:
- Flowood, Miss.
- High School:
- Jackson Preparatory School
- Prev School:
- Alabama
Bio
Career Honors
• 2021 2nd-team All-Big 12
• 2021 1st-team Academic All-Big 12
2020 (Senior)
Played in and started all 15 games in a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic... made 11 starts in right field and four as the first baseman... ranked second on the team with a .353 batting average... boasted a .514 on-base percentage and a .706 slugging percentage... led the team and ranked second in the Big 12 with five home runs... totaled 14 RBIs on the season... reached base safely in 13 games and tallied a hit in 10... tallied six multi-hit games and four multi-RBI contests... homered twice as part of a three-hit game against Kentucky (Feb. 16)... hit third home run of the season and drove in three runs as part of a three hit game against Abilene Christian (Feb. 18)... scored twice and drove in a run in the series-opener at Minnesota (Feb. 22)... collected a hit in each of the final two games at Minnesota (Feb. 23-24)... doubled as part of a two hit game against Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 26)... tallied two hits, including a double, in the series finale against Cal (March 1)... went 2-for-5 with three RBIs in the midweek game against UT Arlington (March 3)... homered in the contest at USC (March 6)... doubled, homered and drove in two in the win at No. 2 UCLA (March 7)... collected an RBI-single in the final game of the season against Vanderbilt (March 8).
Alabama
Appeared in 76 career games, making 39 starts over four years at Alabama… record 29 hits in his Crimson Tide career… tallied one home run and drove in 12 runs… was a four-time academic All-SEC performer.
High School
Earned four letters at Jackson Preparatory School… ranked as the seventh-best player in the state according to Perfect Game USA… named to the Dandy Dozen as a senior while also earning Rawlings All-American Team honors that same season… helped lead the Patriots to three consecutive state championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015… selected as team MVP his junior season… set school records for batting average and runs in his third season, owning a .606 average and accumulating 68 runs ... his 68 runs led the nation for prep players and helped earn him 2014 All-Metro and MAIS All-State honors.
Personal
Parents are Greg and Kelly… has two sisters, Marion and Carolyne… earned a degree, double majoring in management and marketing in May of 2019 from Alabama.
• 2021 2nd-team All-Big 12
• 2021 1st-team Academic All-Big 12
2020 (Senior)
Played in and started all 15 games in a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic... made 11 starts in right field and four as the first baseman... ranked second on the team with a .353 batting average... boasted a .514 on-base percentage and a .706 slugging percentage... led the team and ranked second in the Big 12 with five home runs... totaled 14 RBIs on the season... reached base safely in 13 games and tallied a hit in 10... tallied six multi-hit games and four multi-RBI contests... homered twice as part of a three-hit game against Kentucky (Feb. 16)... hit third home run of the season and drove in three runs as part of a three hit game against Abilene Christian (Feb. 18)... scored twice and drove in a run in the series-opener at Minnesota (Feb. 22)... collected a hit in each of the final two games at Minnesota (Feb. 23-24)... doubled as part of a two hit game against Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 26)... tallied two hits, including a double, in the series finale against Cal (March 1)... went 2-for-5 with three RBIs in the midweek game against UT Arlington (March 3)... homered in the contest at USC (March 6)... doubled, homered and drove in two in the win at No. 2 UCLA (March 7)... collected an RBI-single in the final game of the season against Vanderbilt (March 8).
Alabama
Appeared in 76 career games, making 39 starts over four years at Alabama… record 29 hits in his Crimson Tide career… tallied one home run and drove in 12 runs… was a four-time academic All-SEC performer.
High School
Earned four letters at Jackson Preparatory School… ranked as the seventh-best player in the state according to Perfect Game USA… named to the Dandy Dozen as a senior while also earning Rawlings All-American Team honors that same season… helped lead the Patriots to three consecutive state championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015… selected as team MVP his junior season… set school records for batting average and runs in his third season, owning a .606 average and accumulating 68 runs ... his 68 runs led the nation for prep players and helped earn him 2014 All-Metro and MAIS All-State honors.
Personal
Parents are Greg and Kelly… has two sisters, Marion and Carolyne… earned a degree, double majoring in management and marketing in May of 2019 from Alabama.
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