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  Josh Wright

Josh Wright

Player Profile

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Bridgewater, VA

High School:
Turner Ashby HS

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 195

Position:
INF

Birthdate:
02/07/1989

B/T:
R/R

05/22/2012

Wright, Tutwiler and Eldridge Earn All-CAA Honors

Wright and Tutwiler named third team- Eldridge on All-Rookie

05/19/2012

Baker & Shelton Drive in Two Runs In ODU's 12 Inning Loss To Georgia State

Baker has four hits .429 for the series with six RBI's

05/18/2012

Panthers Defeat Monarchs, 8-6

Baker knocks in three and Perez has two hits

05/17/2012

Ali Pitches ODU Over Georgia State

Wright and Shelton Homer for Monarchs

05/16/2012

ODU Hosts Georgia State In CAA Season Series Finale Thursday

Thursday and Friday at 6, Saturday at 1 p.m.

2012: Third-Team All-CAA shortstop...Co-All-time Homerun leader in ODU history (Sharing with ODU Hall of Famer Tony Gsell ('99) Pre-season CAA Player of the Year...Went 4-6 in a game vs. George Mason...10 games with 2 or more hits...scored two or more runs in a game 9 times...Seventh on the CAA in stolen bases...Fifth in the CAA in runs scored...Reached base 34 straight games...14 multiple hit games...8th All-Time at ODU in career stolen bases...Hit by pitched balls 27 career times (7th all-time at ODU), 11 this season...Josh Wright was presented the Ralph Guzzo Award by the Chesapeake Athletic Club as the Most Outstanding Monarch....Selected team MVP for second straight year...

2011: First Team All-CAA Shortstop...Second Team VaSID All-State...Three-time CAA Player of the Week...Career tying 5 RBI vs. W&M, James Madison and Norfolk State...Career high tying four hits vs. Delaware (5-8)....Hit two homers in a game vs. VCU (4-1)...hit .440 with 8 homers and a .798 slugging pct in 29 CAA games...Currently tied for sixth at ODU wtih 30 career homers...Second in CAA in triples...ODU starting shortstop... 2010Hit two homers in a game at Mason...Five RBI in a game vs. Norfolk State...Four hits in a game vs. Georgia State...Nine multiple hit games... 2009:ODU Homerun leader with 11...CAA All-Rookie Team selection...Knocked in five runs in a game vs. Georgia State, four runs in a game vs. VCU and VMI...Hit grandslams vs. Georgia State and VMI...Slam vs. VMI was a walk-off gamewinner...Four hits in a game vs. Akron...Played firstbase in all but one game...Played second vs. Liberty...Led ODU with 49 RBI...CAA Rookie of the Week twice...14 multiple RBI games...Stole 12 bases... HIGH SCHOOL: First team all-State selection....Team won back to back State titles....Also lettered in basketball....

PERSONAL: Birthdate: Feb. 7, 1989...Father: Sherril Wright...Brother of Megan (27) and Morgan (24)...Major: Business Management with Marketing minor (graduated in 2012) ... Nickname: "Joshua"...Favorite Sports Personality: Ted Williams....Person in history would most like to meet:George Washington...

YR  G/GS    AB   R  H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  SB    BB  SO  SLUG OBPCT BA
09  48/43   175  33 46  49   7   0  11  12-14  7   44  .491 .305 .263
10  43/43   170  27 45  29  10   1   7  5-6    6   46  .459 .311 .265
11  53/52   198  53 73  44  16   5  12  18-21  26  36  .682 .454 .369
12  53-53   204  50 60  26  15   3   7  19-22  27  46  .500 .405 .294
TLS 197/191 747 163 224 148 48   9  37  54-62  66 172  .456 .364 .300