2016 / AS A SENIOR
- Third Team All-Big Ten
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Individual Game-by-Game Stats
- Wood started all 54 games, all at first base, as the only Boilermaker to do so in 2016
- Recognized as the team's offensive player of the year
- Finished his career with 203 hits and 110 RBI as a four-year starter
- Also finished his career as Purdue's all-time leader with 55 career hit by pitch
- Connected for a team-high 12 home runs, the most by a Boilermaker in the BBCOR bat era (2011-present); total also ranked ninth in program history as the most by a Boilermaker since 2009
- Finished his career with 26 home runs, good for seventh in program history
- Batted .329 with a .472 OBP in Big Ten play, becoming the first Boilermaker to earn All-Big Ten honors since 2012
- Homered three times in the doubleheader at ETSU, becoming the first Boilermaker to go deep in both games of a twinbill since 2011
- Recorded an RBI in seven straight games in mid-March
- Connected for an extra-base hit in 10 straight games (March 12-April 1)
Homered in four consecutive games the from March 19-23, hitting nine home runs total in March - Connected for a grand slam in the home opener vs. Louisville
- Homered on Senior Day while reaching base safely three times and recording three RBI in the win vs. Cal State Northridge
- Finished the week of March 22-27 with 14 RBI after an 8-for-19, 6-XBH tear, reaching base safely 12 times that week
- Hot streak carried over to the opener of the Penn State series when he had two doubles and three more hits, giving him a .593 OBP and 1.182 slugging percentage over the six games (11-for-22, 8 XBH)
- Hit safely in all three games of the season-opening Atlanta Challenge as well as series vs. Ohio, Nebraska, Northwestern and Minnesota
- Also drove in a run and scored a run in all three games vs. Ohio
- Signed with the Windy City ThunderBolts of the independent Frontier League in June
2015 / AS A JUNIOR
- Big Ten Player of the Week (March 9)
- Individual Game-by-Game Stats
- Wood played in all 54 games, starting 52 times
- Started 51 games at first base and one at designated hitter
- Also pitched in relief three times, striking out 13 of the 32 batters he faced
- Recognized as team MVP and offensive player of the year after becoming the first Boilermaker since 2007 to win the team triple crown
- Also led the team in hits, doubles, slugging and on-base percentage
- Named second team all-conference by College Sports Madness
- Enjoyed a monster series at Oklahoma (9-for-11, 3 XBH, 2 BB, 7 RBI, 4 runs) to become the first Boilermaker to win Big Ten Player of the Week honors since
- Played against his younger brother Brad, Northern Illinois' starting third baseman, as Purdue squared off against the Huskies the weekend of March 13-15
- Struck out seven of the 15 batters he faced to help the Boilers record 15 K's in the series finale victory at Western Carolina
- Homered twice at Oklahoma, in consecutive games vs. Iowa, and in games against IPFW and Michigan State
- Hit safely in all three games of the series at Illinois for the third straight year
- Also hit safely in all three games of the Oklahoma, Northern Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska series
- Had 12 productive plate appearances in his 14 trips to the dish at Oklahoma, recording multiple hits in all three games and his first career four-hit effort in the rubber game
- Registered a season-high four RBI in the series-opening win at Oklahoma
- Posted a 10-game hitting streak from March 29 through April 15 and a 13-game reached safely streak from Feb. 21 through March 15
- Reached base safely in the first 10 Big Ten games of the season and the final eight games of the year overall
- Drove in a run in five straight games from April 18-24
- Struck out five over 2 1/3 innings of one-hit relief in the home-opening win vs. Iowa
- Among the Big Ten leaders, ranked 12th in on-base percentage as well as 15th in batting average and slugging percentage
- Was second in the Big Ten in putouts
- Ranks third in program history with 38 career hit by pitch
- Reached base 52 percent of the time when leading off an inning
- With a runner on third and less than two outs, plated that runner in 11 of his 16 opportunities (69 percent)
- Batted .342 at Alexander Field and a team-best .439 in midweek action Batted .455 in Purdue victories, nearly .100 points higher than any teammate
- After big series at Oklahoma, March (.386, 13 RBI) turned out to be his most productive month of the season
- Was 8-for-21 with a .519 on-base percentage during the six-game April homestand
2014 / AS A SOPHOMORE
- Individual Game-by-Game Stats
- Wood played in 46 games and started 45 times
- Missed only the Michigan series and the midweek game at Indiana State due to a violation of team rules
- Led the team with a .302 batting average, 14 hit by pitch and a .390 on-base percentage while also ranking second on the team in hits, doubles and home runs
- Made 40 starts at first base and two at designated hitter
- Also started on the mound as the pitcher/DH three times
- Started games on the mound at Tennessee, Rice and Illinois State
- Pitched in 10 games total
- Ranked second in the Big Ten in hit by pitch through the end of the regular season and third overall...
- Delivered the game-winning RBI with a walk-off single in the 13th inning of the series-opening win against Ohio State
- Had three hits in the finale of the OSU series
- Recorded four straight two-hit games from April 6-12
- Reached base safely in 24 straight games in which he batted from March 17 through May 3
- Reached base safely in 40 of the 45 games in which he batted overall
- With 28 career hit by pitch, already ranks seventh in program history
- Homered against Illinois, Louisville and Minnesota
- Hit safely in all three games of the Illinois (5-for-10), Michigan State (5-for-14), Minnesota (3-for-13) and Iowa (5-for-13) series
- Batted .333 with no errors in Big Ten play
- Reached base safely 40 percent of the time when leading off an inning
- Batted .333 with runners in scoring position to share the team lead, including .450 in conference play
- Batted a team-best .364 at Alexander Field
- Led the way with a .319 average in Big Ten road games
- Started the season strong with four of his first six hits going for doubles while only striking out once in 23 plate appearances in February
- Doubled in four straight games in February
- Batted .340 in April
- Reached base safely in eight of his 15 plate appearances in the three-game season series with Butler
- Reached base safely in seven of his 12 plate appearances in the Illinois series and has now hit safely in all six games he has played at Illinois Field as a Boilermaker
- Team-best 5-for-12 in the Ohio State series
- Retired the first seven batters of the game in order and struck out four over three innings of one-hit ball as the starting pitcher in the win at Illinois State
- Struck out five over four innings of relief at Indiana
- Closed out the road win at Butler with a scoreless ninth inning
- Pitched the final 2 1/3 innings of the 16-inning marathon at Southern Illinois
2013 / AS A FRESHMAN
- Big Ten All-Freshman Team
- Wood played in 46 games and started 44 times
- Started games at designated hitter (38), pitcher (7), right field (3) and first base (2)
- Started all 24 Big Ten games
- Was the first Purdue starting pitcher to also bat in the lineup since 2003
- Established a new Purdue freshman batting record by getting hit by a pitch 14 times
- Was relegated to a designated hitter role for much of the season after suffering a forearm injury in the second inning of his second start on the mound (Feb. 24 vs. Samford)
- Returned to the mound April 13 at Illinois for an inning of relief and to the rotation April 21 against Nebraska
- Did not start again as a position player until May 8 at Ball State
- Did not play the entire weekend series at Samford after suffering the injury the Sunday before
- Impressed in his collegiate debut on the mound, working seven innings of four-run ball against College World Series qualifier Louisville at the season-opening Big East/Big Ten Challenge
- Didn't allow Louisville to score after the third inning and struck out two of the final three batters he faced in the top of the seventh to keep the game tied
- Started the finale of each of the final five weekend series of the season but was always on a limited pitch count
- Led the team with five home runs, 32 runs scored and 14 hit by pitch
- Batted third in the lineup a team-high 22 times
- Had two hits and at least one RBI in all three games of the Illinois series Recorded an RBI in a team-high five consecutive games in mid-April
- Scored a run in all three games of the Southern Illinois series
- With a runner on third base and less than two outs, plated the runner in eight of his nine opportunities
- Homered against Mississippi State, Illinois, Illinois-Chicago, Michigan State and Eastern Michigan
- Batted a team-best .324 with 10 extra-base hits and team-highs on-base ercentage (.463) and runs scored (18) in true road games
- Batted .356 (16-for-45) in Big Ten road action
- Reached base safely in seven of his 12 plate appearances, scoring four times, at the Mississippi State tournament
- Finished the Illinois series 6-for-10 with three free passes, four RBI and four runs scored while hitting for the cycle over the course of the weekend
- Recorded eight RBI over the course of the three-game season series with Illinois-Chicago thanks in part to a big game (3-for-5, 2B, HR, 5 RBI) in the midweek date at Alexander Field
- Reached base safely in seven of his 14 plate appearances and also worked four innings of one-run ball on the mound in the series at Michigan State Batted .310 (18-for-58) with seven extra-base hits and a team-high 14 RBI in April
- Walked and scored three times each in the spring break trip win at Cincinnati
- Had three hits in Big Ten wins against Penn State and Northwestern
- Delivered the big hit in the game two win at Evansville, a two-out, two-run double to break open a scoreless game in the sixth inning
- Finished the season have reached base safely in eight straight games
2012 / AS A REDSHIRT
- Redshirted due to injury
High School
- Wood was a four-year varsity starter at St. Laurence High School in suburban Chicago Burbank, Ill
- Two-time First Team All-State honoree as an upperclassman finished his high school career with .445 batting average and 31 home runs
- Batted .538 with 14 home runs and 56 RBIs while also posting a 7-2 record with 73 strikeouts, a 1.72 ERA and a .162 batting average against in 53 innings pitched to earn Catholic League MVP honors as a junior
- Did not pitch as a senior due to an elbow injury but still batted .476 with 18 extra-base hits and 31 RBIs
- Lawless Award winner as the Catholic League's most outstanding senior... Reporter Newspaper Player of the Year as a junior after tossing three one-hitters
- Three-time all-conference and all-area honoree recognized as a sophomore after batting .385 with 44 RBIs
- Led St. Laurence to three straight Catholic League titles from 2009-11 and regional titles in 2009 and 2011
- Four-year leader scholar award recipient
Personal
- Major: Movement and Sport Science
- Full name is Kyle Michael Wood
- Born April 17, 1993 in Chicago
- Son of Mike and Lynn Wood
- Family also includes younger siblings Brad and Ashley
- Brad plays baseball at Northern Illinois
Purdue Personal Preferences
Favorite Pro Team: St. Louis Cardinals
Favorite Coach: Bill Cowher
Favorite Pro Stadium: United Center
Favorite Field He's Played On (Other Than Purdue): Fenway Park
Favorite Sporting Events: College Football Bowl Season
Toughest Pitcher for Him to Face Among Teammates: Hunter Hollis
MLB Pitcher He'd Like to Face: Aroldis Chapman
Person He'd Most Like to Have Dinner With: Jennifer Aniston
In His MP3 Player: Katy Perry
Last Concert He Attended: Florida Georgia Line
Favorite Author: Suzanne Collins
Favorite Actor, Actress & Director: Will Ferrell, Jennifer Aniston & Clint Eastwood
Favorite Movie to Watch on Team Bus: The Other Guys
Favorite TV Series: Breaking Bad & Sons of Anarchy
Favorite Month: April
Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving
Favorite Meal: Steak & Baked Potato
Favorite Purdue Building: Mackey Arena
Favorite Big City: Chicago
Unique Travel Locale: Cancun, Mexico
Foreign Country He'd Most Like to Visit: Ireland
Favorite Outdoor Activities: White Water Rafting & Swimming
Another Sport He Enjoys Playing: Football
Favorite Thing About Alexander Field: Hitting Facility
Enjoyed this Professor's Class: Jan Cover, Philosophy
Most Memorable Moment at Purdue: Winning 2012 Big Ten Title vs Michigan
Furry Friends: Bailey, Black Lab & Heller, German Shepherd