North Carolina State University Athletics
2022 Baseball Roster
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Friday, May 22
A Look Back at the Career of Elliott Avent
Friday, May 22
Legendary NC State Head Coach Elliott Avent Announces His Retirement
Thursday, May 21
2025 Victory Over Cancer Recap
Wednesday, April 22
Jersey Number 7
Josh Hood
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Vineland, N.J.
- B/T:
- R/R
- Major:
- History
- High School:
- St. Augustine Prep (Penn)
2022 - Redshirt Junior Season
2021 Second-Year Sophomore Season (At Penn)
2020 Sophomore Season (At Penn)
2019 Freshman Season (At Penn)
High School / Prep Career
- Started all 57 games on the year (one of three players to do so), splitting time between third base and shortstop
- Batted .268 with 62 hits and 52 RBIs, including 14 doubles and 13 home runs
- Finished second on the team in RBIs and third in doubles and homers
- Turned in 16 multi-hit performances, highlighted by a career-best four-hit day on March 20 at Florida State
- Tallied 11 multi-RBI outings, highlighted by 5-RBI outings on April 26 vs. East Carolina and May 1 vs. Radford
- Named one of Collegiate Baseball’s National Players of the Week on May 2 after helping NC State go 4-0 against ECU/Radford the week before as he went 5-for-16 on the week with four homers, a double and 11 runs batted in
- In the team’s 12-3 win over East Carolina on April 26 he hit his first career grand slam
- Had his first career multi-homer game on May 1 vs. Radford
- Held a 10-game reached base streak to start the season
- Drove in the game-winning runs on April 12 vs. UNCW and April 15 vs. Boston College for the walk-off victories
2021 Second-Year Sophomore Season (At Penn)
- Sat out the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was granted a redshirt for the year
- Drafted in the 20th round of the 2021 MLB Draft to the Boston Redd Sox
2020 Sophomore Season (At Penn)
- Started all eight games at shortstop in a season shortened by the COVID-19 outbreak
- Ranked second on the team with 10 hits
- Tied for first on the team with three doubles
- Totaled six RBI, good for third-most on the team
- Finished the season with a .263 batting average
- Tied for second on the team with five runs scored
2019 Freshman Season (At Penn)
- Unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a First-Team All-Ivy selection
- Started all 41 games at shortstop, was one of five players to start every game for Penn
- Led Penn with 8 home runs and 25 extra-base hits
- Fourth on the team with 60 hits and a .331 batting average (60-for-181)
- Second on the team with 42 runs scored and 42 RBI
- Led Penn with 28 RBI in Ivy League play
- Named USA Baseball’s Golden Spikes Performance of the Week after going 4-for-5 with two doubles, two home runs, five RBI, and three runs scored in Penn’s 16-12 win over Harvard (March 23)
- Ranked fourth on the team with 17 multi-hit games
- Led Penn, posting five games with four or more hits, including one five-hit performance against Winthrop (March 10)
High School / Prep Career
- Helped team to Non-Public A state championship (2018)
- Helped team to three straight South Jersey Non-Public A championships (2016-18)
- Helped team to Diamond Classic championship (2017)
- Named Nj.com, PBR New Jersey, Daily Journal, and AC Press player of the year (2018)
- First-team All-South Jersey and all-state
- Graduated with Presidential Honors