2009 and 2010 ACC Honor Roll
Tall, imposing lefty with an outstanding frame … Has a nice delivery and showed improved skills and strength during his first three seasons on the Flats … Contributed greatly in a setup role in 2010 … Will be relied on as a effective lefty out of the bullpen in 2011.
2010
Made 13 appearances out of the bullpen, posting a 0-0 record and a 2.03 ERA … Allowed only three earned runs in 13.1 innings … Did not allow an earned run in 10 of his 13 outings … Had 17 strikeouts and issued just six walks … Yielded only six hits all season (.136 opponent batting average) … Held opponents to a .200 batting average with runners on base … Pitched 7.2 innings before allowing his first earned run … Had four outings before giving up his first hit … Struck out two in an inning of relief at No. 17 UNC (3/27) … Retired the side, adding a strikeout against Duke (4/3) … Had two strikeouts in a shutout inning against No. 16 Clemson (4/18) … Pitched a season-high 2.0 innings at Boston College (5/22), allowing one run on one hit … Pitched 1.2 shutout innings with two strikeouts against Alabama in the NCAA Atlanta Regional (6/7).
2009
Appeared in eight games on the season, six of which were scoreless outings … Posted a 5.40 ERA … Had 11 strikeouts in 8.1 innings pitched … Faced the minimum while striking out two in two innings of work against Mercer (3/10) … Finished off the series against North Carolina (4/5) by forcing the only batter he faced to ground out.
2008
Appeared in 20 games, all in relief, in his first season at Georgia Tech … Went 3-0 with a 4.08 ERA … Thirteen of his 20 outings were scoreless appearances … Did not allow a run in his last seven games – Last run given up came in mid-April … Struck out 20 in 17.2 innings of work … Tossed a perfect ninth inning against Rutgers (3/2) … Had scoreless outings against Mercer (3/19) and Maryland (4/19) … Tossed a scoreless ninth inning against No. 8 Georgia (5/7) in Athens to help the Jackets clinch the regular-season series … Struck out two of the four batters he faced against Clemson (5/11) … Struck out two in an inning of work against Miami in the ACC Championships (5/21) … Worked two innings in relief in the NCAA Athens Regional, giving up no runs on one hit while striking out two vs. Lipscomb (5/31) and Georgia (6/2).
High School
Four-year letterwinner for coach Cliff Shelton at Greater Atlanta Christian … Helped GAC to the semifinals of the state tournament and the region championship in 2004 … Tabbed an Atlanta Braves 400 Club Metro All-Star in 2007 … Earned first-team all-region and all-county honors his senior year … Tabbed the East Cobb Astros’ Pitcher of the Year in 2004 and 2005 … Member of the Senior Team Georgia squad that won the Sunbelt Classic in 2007 … Earned 16 wins while recording 267 strikeouts in his career at GAC … Also lettered three years in basketball for coaches Ron Bradley and Tom Kelsey … Led the basketball team to the quarterfinals of the state championships in 2005 … Named the GAC MVP his senior year after earning first-team all-region honors in 2007 … Also a first-team member of the Gwinnett Tip Off Club’s Team of the Year in 2007 … Four-year member of the honor roll that graduated with a 3.9 GPA … Also a member of Mu Alpha Theta and the Beta Club.
Personal
Full name is Taylor Anthony Wood … Born April 10, 1989 … Son of Mark and Becky Wood … Cousin of former Yellow Jacket standout Blake Wood, who was drafted in the third round of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft by the Kansas City Royals and pitched with the Single A Burlington Bees in 2007 … Management major at Georgia Tech.
Career Statistics
Year ERA W-L App/GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA BK 2008 4.08 3-0 20/0 0 0/1 0 17.2 21 9 8 8 20 1 1 2 83 .292 3 1 0 2 1 2009 5.40 0-0 8/0 0 0/0 0 8.1 6 5 5 5 11 2 0 2 36 .200 1 0 1 0 0 2010 2.03 0-0 13/0 0 0/0 0 13.1 6 5 3 6 17 2 0 1 52 .136 2 0 2 0 0 TOTAL 3.66 3-0 41/0 0 0/1 0 39.1 33 19 16 19 48 5 1 5 171 .226 6 1 3 2 1
