Will Atwood

Will Atwood Career Stats 2008 – Appeared in 16 games with 12 starts … Finished with a 5-4 record and a 5.25 ERA in 82.1 innings pitched … Struck out 67 batters and walked 34 on the year … Opponents hit .266 against him … Pitched first career complete game and retired the last 15 batters he faced as South Carolina defeated Florida 6-5 (5/3); tied career-high with seven strikeouts … Went seven innings and allowed five runs on six hits to pick up win in 8-6 victory over Auburn (4/12); struck out six to one walk … Quality start at Georgia with career high 7.2 innings vs. Bulldogs; allowed five runs, two earned on five hits with five strikeouts and two walks (4/5) … Won start vs. Kentucky in 13-7 victory (3/29); allowed five runs on six hits in six innings of work, tied season-high with seven strikeouts … Tied career-high with 7.0 innings pitched and allowed just one run on four hits with five strikeouts in 4-1 win vs. Mississippi State (3/22) … Earned first win of the year with season-high 6.2 innings of work allowing five runs on eight hits with career-high eight strikeouts in 16-7 victory at Vanderbilt (3/15) … Pitched four scoreless innings in first start of the year vs. Duquesne (3/8) … Pitched 1.2 scoreless innings of relief in 10-1 win vs. Clemson (3/1) … Pitched one scoreless inning in 12-0 win over UNC Asheville (2-27) 2007 – Appeared in 25 games with three starts compiling a 2-2 record with a 4.91 ERA in 55 innings pitched … Also earned one save on the year … Struck out 41 batters with 19 walks allowed … Struck out all three batters he faced in 9-1 win over Wofford in NCAA Regional (6/1) … Picked up win with two hitless innings of work in 14-13 victory vs. Georgia (5/19) … Earned a save in 4-2 win over Clemson; pitched one inning and allowed just one run on one hit with one strikeout (4/18) … Quality start in first start of the season; limited Florida to two runs on six hits while striking out five in a career-high seven-inning effort (4/7) … Pitched 1.1 scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts in 13-1 win at Wofford (3/21) … Pitched a scoreless inning of relief and picked up first win of the season in 3-2 victory over Clemson (3/4) … Pitched three scoreless innings out of the bullpen allowing just three hits in 8-5 win over Eastern Michigan (2/24) … 2007 SEC Academic Honor Roll member. 2006 – Appeared in 14 games with eight starts compiling a 4-2 record with a 5.47 ERA in 49.1 innings pitched … Earned victory in 9-2 win over Tennessee allowing just two runs on four hits in 5.1 innings of work tying a career-high with five strikeouts (5/14) … Pitched a career-high 6.2 innings and allowed just one run on four hits to pick up the win in 11-2 victory over The Citadel (4/19) … Hurled three scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts in 6-3 win over Charleston Southern (3/21) … Earned first career win with five innings of three-hit ball allowing just one run in an 8-2 victory over Yale (3/15) … Made first career appearance and pitched one scoreless inning of relief in 7-0 win over Radford (2/17) … Pitched in the summer for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, earned All-Star honors with his team reaching the playoffs, played on same team with Gamecock teammate Trent Kline.

HIGH SCHOOL – Played four years at Greenville High School under coach Dave Delgado … Was named 2005 South Carolina AAA Player of the Year … Member of 2004 & 2005 South Carolina AAA All-State team … Played on the 2005 SC/NC Select All-Star Team … Played for Palmetto Sand Gnats and coach Mark Bonnette over the summer … Pitched his Greenville HS team to the 2005 AAA State Championship.

PERSONAL – Born William Miller Atwood 1/13/87 … Parents are Ken and Tammie Atwood … Father played baseball at Erskine College … Chose Carolina because ‘it felt right’ … Hobbies are hunting and fishing … Favorite actor is Matt Damon … Favorite actress is Charlize Theron … Favorite food is tuna sandwich.