2022 Baseball Roster
Hood, Josh
Auburn Regional Preview: Elliott Avent on ACC PM
Thursday, May 29
Game Three Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Tuesday, June 11
Game Two Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Sunday, June 09
Game One Press Conference - Athens Super Regional
Saturday, June 08
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 (Last School):
- St. Augustine Prep (Penn)
Bio
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