AS A SOPHOMORE (2011-12): Played and started in all 50 games … led the team in batting with a .370 average,while also leading the team in hits (71) and doubles (16) …was third on the team in runs scored (46) … had seven home runs and drove in 56 runs … was 12-of-15 in stolen bases… had a .563 slugging percentage and .436 on-base percentage… was 4-for-5 with three runs bated in and two runs scored in a victory over Hiwassee College (4/21/12) … was named to the Capital One NCAA Division II Academic All-America® Baseball Second Team, becoming the second YHC student-athlete named to the prestigious team.
AS A FRESHMAN (20010-11): Played and started in all 50 games ... led the team in batting with a .384 average, while also leading the team in runs scored (47), walks (33) and doubles(16) ... second on the team in hits with 66 ... had one home run and drove in 38 runs ... was 16-of-19 in stolen bases ... had a.494 slugging percentage and .495 on-base percentage ... went5-for-5 with six runs batted in and four runs scored in a victory over Mars Hill College (2/22/11).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner at Tuscola High School for coach Caleb McConell … also lettered in wrestling ... 2007 state qualifier in wrestling … selected in 2008 all-conference in baseball and wrestling as a sophomore ...earned all-conference, All-Western North Carolina in baseball and all-conference, all-region, all-state and took third at state in wrestling during junior year .. .as a senior, garnered all-conference, All-Western North Carolina, Tuscola High School Offensive Player of the Year baseball accolades, while named all-conference, regional champion, all-state, state semifinalist and conference Wrestler of the Year ... went 145-39 on the wrestling mat and was a five-times tournament most outstanding wrestler ... also a three-time high school take down champion ... a North Carolina Honors Graduate and Scholar ... member of National Honor Society, Fly-Fishing Club and Ecology Club.
PERSONAL: Born David James Atwood on Feb. 27, 1992 in Spruce Pine, N.C. … son of Stephen and Kaye Atwood ... has one brother, Daniel …biology major.
