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37 Thomas Woodruff

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Clifton, Va.
	High School: Thomas Jefferson

	Height / Weight: 5-11 / 175
	Position: INF/OF

02/01/2016

Record Crowd Attends 2016 Step Up to the Plate

Crowd of over 1,000 watches as NCAA champions receive rings

07/15/2015

Virginia Has 314 Student-Athletes Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll

Conference has record 4,143 student-athletes recognized

06/29/2015

Waddell, Woodruff Named to All-ACC Academic Team

Waddell earns honor for second time, while Woodruff claims his first

06/24/2015

Virginia Defeats Vanderbilt, 3-0, to Force Game 3 in CWS Finals

Cavaliers and Commodores play for national championship at 8 p.m. Wednesday

06/07/2015

Return Engagement in Omaha Awaits Surging 'Hoos

By Jeff White (jwhite@virginia.edu)

06/23/2015

Virginia vs. Vanderbilt (CWS Game 2 - 06/23/15)

06/22/2015

Virginia vs. Vanderbilt (CWS 06/20/15)

Virginia vs. Vanderbilt in the CWS Finals

06/15/2015

A Championship Season in Photos: 2015 Virginia Baseball

Images from UVa's run through College World Series and to the national title

06/13/2015

College World Series vs. Arkansas (USATSI)

The team defeated Arkansas, 5-3 in the first round of the College World Series at Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

04/17/2015

Baseball vs. Miami (By Kelsey Grant)

2015
• Earned Elite 89 Award (highest GPA among all players competing at 2015 College World Series)
• Named to All-ACC Academic Baseball Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Played in 39 games, making 13 starts (eight in left field, three in right field, two at second base)
• Played in eight NCAA tournament games
• Went 3-for-4 with three singles in Game 2 start in CWS Finals against Vanderbilt (6/23); hit two-run single with two outs in sixth inning
• Scored game-tying run in ninth inning of Game 2 of super regional against Maryland (6/6)
• Appeared in all three regional games as a defensive replacement in left field
• Recorded career-best four hits and scored three runs in win against James Madison (4/8)
• Earned bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering on May 17

2014
• Appeared in 11 games off bench
• Scored winning runs in each of UVa's walk-off wins to begin College World Series
• Scored from third base on Daniel Pinero's sacrifice fly in bottom of 15th inning in UVa's 3-2 walk-off win over TCU (6/19)
• Scored from second on Mike Papi's game-winning double in ninth inning against Ole Miss (6/17)
• Pinch ran in ninth inning and scored run at Wake Forest (5/17)
• Singled and scored in win over Richmond (4/24)
• Singled and drove in run against William & Mary (4/16)
• Doubled in win over Princeton (3/20)
• Pinch ran and recorded first career stolen base at Duke (3/8)

2013
• Appeared in seven games as pinch hitter
• Drew pair of walks during the season
• Picked up RBI in win over Duke (5/11)

2012
• Appeared in six games
• Walked and scored a run in his first career appearance, a win over Monmouth (2/26)
• Posted first career hit vs. Marist (3/14), a pinch-hit RBI double

PREP
• Three-time Liberty District All-Conference honoree
• Named First-Team All-District at utility in 2011, second-team at shortstop in 2010 and honorable mention in 2009
• Hit .400 with just two strikeouts his senior season
• Named team's MVP in 2011 and Defensive Player of the Year in 2010
• Two-time Captain as well as two-time Coach's Award honoree
• Four-year letterwinner
• Four-time Scholar Athlete honoree
• Played for David Gardziel at Thomas Jefferson
• Named to National Honor Society
• Earned National Latin Exam Scholarship and was Latin Honor Society Vice President his senior year

PERSONAL
• Parents are Bob and Susan Woodruff
• Has sister, Hannah, and brother, Daniel