Missouri State

Honors
• Honorable mention all-MVC (2022)
• MVC All-Tournament Team (2022)
• MVC All-Defensive Team (2021)
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
• MVC Honor Roll (2019-20)

Senior (2022)/Career Summary
Started all 60 games on the infield as a senior and all 121 in his career...Batted .315 with eight homers and 49 RBI in his final season...Ranked ninth in the MVC with a .429 on-base percentage, seventh in walks (33) and fifth in hit by pitch (13)...Reached safely in 56 of 60 games...Batted .478 with two homers and nine RBI in the MVC Tournament...Finished career with a .283 average, 10 homers, 25 doubles and 70 RBI.

2021 (Senior)
Missouri State’s starting third baseman in all 44 games, earning MVC all-Defensive Team honors with a .956 fielding percentage, including a .984 mark with only one error in 24 league contests...Batted .243 with seven doubles, a home run, 14 RBI and 14 runs scored...Drew 30 walks to rank second on the team...Had six multi-hit games, including a 3-for-5 effort with a homer at SEMO (March 30)...Scored a season-best three runs at Central Arkansas (March 7)...Drove in multiple runs on four occasions, with a high of three at Evansville (April 18) and against Valparaiso (May 21)...Logged a season-best eight-game hit streak from May 2-15...Played error-free in the season’s final 16 games, converting 41 total chances over that span...Stole home in the April 3 win at Missouri.

2020 (Junior)
Started in each of MSU’s 17 games - 11 at third base with others at shortstop, second base and designated hitter ... Ranked second on the team with a .266 batting average (17-for-64), adding 11 runs and seven RBIs ... Collected five multi-hit games and at least one base knock in 12 of 17 outings ... Hit safely in the first nine games of the season, the longest hitting streak for any MSU player on the year ... Drew nine walks to finish second on the club with a .360 on-base percentage ... Drove in a season-high four runs and hit his only homer of the season at Oral Roberts (Feb. 25) ... Had a pair of RBIs and scored twice in a 2-for-5 day versus SIU Edwardsville (March 11).

Background
Joined the Bears after earning all-district honors for Jefferson College (Mo.) as a sophomore in 2019...Batted .307 with 49 RBI and 20 steals for a Vikings club that went 47-10 and claimed a MCCAC title that season...Earned Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and Collegiate Baseball Division I Freshman All-American honors as a freshman at Murray State, where he hit .376 with five home runs and 46 RBI and ranked fifth nationally with a .520 on-base percentage for the Racers...Named to a pair of Missouri Class 5 all-state squads as a prep standout at Jefferson City High School, he earned an ABCA/Rawlings All-America nod, as well as Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year and the MHSBCA’s player of the year in 2017 after leading the Jays to a state title.

Personal
Grant Wood is the son of Travis and Sarah Wood...Born Dec. 4, 1998, in Jefferson City, Mo....Majoring in general business at MSU.