Connor Hood

Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-11
Weight:
185
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Shrewsbury, Pa.

** 2021 BIG EAST ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM **

2021: BIG EAST All-Tournament Team ... Missed the first half of the season due to injury but propelled the Pirates in conference play ... Hit .316 in 24 games with a .396 on-base percentage ... Posted a .989 fielding percentage ... Went 2-for-2 with an RBI in his first game of the season at Villanova on April 17 ... Racked up three hits and an RBI against Georgetown on May 2 ... Went 4-for-8 with two RBI and a run scored in two BIG EAST Tournament games ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2020: Played and started in all 14 games ... BIG EAST Player of the Week (Feb. 17) ... Hit .305 with 10 RBI ... Had five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... Went 6-for-14 (.429) with five RBI and three runs scored the first weekend of the season ... Went 2-for-4 against No. 18 Wake Forest on Feb. 14 ... Had a bases clearing, three RBI double to put the Pirates ahead, 4-2, in the win over Illinois on Feb. 15 ... Went 4-for-5 with two RBI at Liberty on Feb. 23 ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored at Saint Mary's on March 6 ... Went 2-for-4 with three runs scored against Fairleigh Dickinson on March 11.

2019: Appeared in all 53 games, making 52 starts... Starting second baseman... Batted .235 with one home run and a career-high 22 RBIs... Stole two bases in two attempts... Had 11 multi-hit games... Had four multi-RBI games... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a stolen base vs. Creighton in the BIG EAST Championship on May 23... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored at St. John’s on May 17... Belted a three-run home run at Xavier on May 4... Went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, a sacrifice fly and a run scored at Lafayette... Went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in game two of a doubleheader vs. Butler on April 27... Went 2-for-5 with an RBI in game one of a doubleheader vs. Butler on April 27... Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI at Rider on April 9... Went 3-for-5 with an RBI at FDU on April 2... Drove in three runs, going 2-for-6 with a run scored at Wagner on March 19... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored vs. Saint Joseph’s on March 15... Drove in two runs vs. Kansas on March 13... Reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs, a walk and a run scored vs. Bucknell on March 12... Went 2-for-4 in game one of a doubleheader at Virginia on March 2... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with two walks and two runs scored at FDU on Feb. 22... Reached base twice with a single and a walk vs. Ohio State on Feb. 15... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2018: Appeared in 39 games, making 27 starts... Showed versatility starting games at both first and second base... Batted .257 with one home run and 20 RBIs... Stole four bases in six attempts... Had six multi-hit games... Had five multi-RBI games... Went 2-for-2 with a double, an RBI, a sacrifice fly and a run scored after entering in the sixth inning at Georgetown in game two of a doubleheader on May 19... Reached base four times, going 2-for-2 with two walks, a double, an RBI and three runs scored vs. Saint Peter’s on May 1... Had four productive at bats, going 1-for-1 with a walk, a sacrifice bunt, a sacrifice fly and an RBI at Butler on April 22... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored at Butler on April 20... Went 3-for-5 with a double, a walk, two RBIs and four runs scored at Princeton on April 11... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on April 9... Went 2-for-2 with a double, a sacrifice fly and three RBIs in game two of a doubleheader vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on April 8... Went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs in game one of a doubleheader vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on April 8... Drove in two runs with a triple at Hawaii on March 24... Connected on a two-run home run, the first of his career, for his first hit of the season at Oklahoma State on March 18... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2017: Appeared in 25 games and made 17 starts... Primary back-up third baseman... Batted .159 with eight RBIs and four stolen bases in six attempts... Walked twice with a sacrifice fly, an RBI and a stolen base vs. Wagner on April 5... Went 2-for-4 in game two of a doubleheader vs. LIU-Brooklyn on April 1... Reached base twice, going 1-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base and two runs scored in game one of a doubleheader vs. LIU-Brooklyn on April 1... Had an RBI double, a stolen base and two runs scored vs. Princeton on March 29... Delivered a two-RBI double vs. San Diego State on Feb. 25... Made his collegiate debut and went 1-for-3 with a walk vs. Michigan in game two of a doubleheader on Feb. 18... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

High School / Personal: Attended Susquehannock High School in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania... Four-year letter winner as a shortstop and a right-handed pitcher... Four-time YAIAA First Team All-Star... Named Gametime PA First Team All-Star as a senior... Named a Rawlings/Perfect Game Mid Atlantic Region Honorable Mention as a senior... Ranked as the No. 1 third baseman in the 2016 class by Prep Baseball Report... Perfect Game USA Underclass Honorable Mention as a junior... Batted .429 with 12 RBIs as a senior... Batted .458 as a junior... Helped guide Susquehannock to back-to-back district tournament appearances as a freshman and sophomore... Two-time member of the WWBA Wold Championship All-Tournament Team... Finished his career ranked second all-time in career hits... Finished with a four-year batting average of .424... Two-time National Honor Society member... Graduated Magna Cum Laude from high school... Member of the Ski Club... Born Oct. 2, 1997.