Bio
2011
- Tabbed Capital One Academic All-District III
- Named to the All-ACC Academic Baseball Team
- An ACC Academic Honor Roll selection
- Started 52 of 54 games in which he appeared
- All 52 starts came in center field
- Hit .264 with 52 hits, 31 RBI and 32 runs scored
- Had a team-best 15 doubles
- Had two homers and two triples
- Posted a .391 slugging percentage
- 21 of 31 RBI came in ACC games
- Stole a team-high 21 bases in 23 attempts
- Finished the year with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, committing no errors in 144 chances
- Had 12 multi-hit games, with a season-high four hits against Clemson
- Had three-hit games against La Salle, North Carolina, Wofford and Wake Forest
- Had six multiple-RBI games, with a season-high three RBI against Clemson and Wake Forest
- Hit home runs against Boston College and Miami
- Had a four-game hitting streak
- Tabbed ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III
- Named to the All-ACC Academic Baseball Team
- An ACC Academic Honor Roll selection
- Started all 56 games in center field
- Hit .313 with 68 hits, 44 RBI and a team-high 49 runs scored
- Hit .371 with runners in scoring position
- Posted a .516 slugging percentage with 16 doubles, six homers and a team-high five triples
- Had a team-high 27 extra-base hits
- Batted .298 in Duke's 30 ACC games
- Drew 20 walks on the way to a .386 on base percentage
- Stole 10 bases
- Made only one error in 153 opportunities in the outfield
- His one error came against Virginia Tech on May 14, snapping a 109-game errorless streak
- Totaled 18 multi-hit games including two four-hit outings
- Drove in two or more RBI eight times with three four-RBI outings
- Hit in the 3-4-5 spots in the batting order in 42 of his 56 games
- In the series against North Carolina, hit .500 (7-for-14) with five RBI, a double, a triple and a home run
- Doubled three times and drove in three runs against Davidson
- Played for the Orleans Firebirds in the Cape Cod League, starting 34 of the team's 44 games in the outfield
- Named to the ACC All-Academic Baseball Team
- Appeared on the ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Named to the Ping! All-Freshman Baseball Team
- Started all 59 games for Duke in center field
- Hit .317 with 30 RBI and 37 runs scored
- Hit 13 doubles, four triples and three home runs
- Went 7-for-11 stealing bases
- Made just one error, which was in his second game, and ended the season on a 57-game errorless streak
- Ranked second on the team with 24 multi-hit games
- Hit all three of his home runs against ACC teams
- Hit his first career home run in a series-clinching 10-9 win over No. 1 North Carolina
- Had 12 multi-hit games in a 16-game span from March 20 to April 8
- Had multiple hits in five consecutive games from March 29 to April 4
- Went 2-for-5 with three RBI in a 10-7 win over No. 17 Clemson
- Hit .308 with runners in scoring position
- Drove in 10 two-out RBI
- Went 5-for-13 with a triple and home run in the series against No. 1 North Carolina
- Played with the Brainerd Lunkers in the Northwoods League during the summer
- Hit .210 with 10 RBI and 16 runs while playing 42 games
- A four-year letterwinner at Ladue Horton Watkins
- A first-team all-state selection, first team all-metro and first team-all conference choice as a senior
- Tabbed Suburban East Player of the Year as a senior
- Tabbed the third best prospect in Missouri by Perfect Game USA
- Named first team all-conference as a sophomore, junior and senior
- Batted .455 with 22 extra-base hits, including 10 doubles, 10 home runs and two triples as a senior
- Drove in 35 RBI, scored 30 runs and stole six bases
- Went 7-1 with a 1.70 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 45 innings during his senior year
- Set school records for career home runs (14), season home runs (10) and wins in a season (7) during his senior year
- Batted .411 with 25 RBI, 27 runs and 14 extra-base hits as a junior
- Went 2-0 with a 0.72 ERA as a junior
- Hit .463 as a sophomore and went 1-1 with a 3.45 ERA
- Also lettered three years in soccer and twice in football
- Set school records for career goals (48) and goals in a season (21)
- Named Suburban South Conference Player of the Year and first-team all-state in soccer as a senior
- Was a kicker and punter on the football team
- Named first-team all-conference as a sophomore and second-team as a junior
- A member of the National Honor Society
- Earned a spot on the 4.0 Honor Roll for three years
- Earned the St. Louis Post Dispatch Scholar-Athlete Award
- Collected the Dartmouth Book Award as a junior
- Born William David Piwnica-Worms on April 1, 1990
- The son of David and Helen Piwnica-Worms
- Has a sister, Katie
- Uncle, Bill Piwnica, played shortstop at the University of Minnesota from 1979-83 and earned All-Big Ten honors twice
- Uncle, Mark McKenzie, is the head coach at Concordia University and coached the USA Baseball 16U National Team in 1998
- Uncle Mark was also an assistant coach on the USA Baseball 16U National Team in 2008
Piwnica-Worms' Overall Batting Statistics | |||||||||||||||
Year | Avg | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | OB% | SB-A |
2009 | .317 | 59-59 | 218 | 37 | 69 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 30 | .454 | 7 | 9 | 39 | .357 | 7-11 |
2010 | .313 | 56-56 | 217 | 49 | 68 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 44 | .516 | 20 | 8 | 25 | .386 | 10-16 |
2011 | .264 | 54-52 | 197 | 32 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 31 | .391 | 13 | 11 | 40 | .333 | 21-23 |
Career | .299 | 169-167 | 632 | 118 | 189 | 44 | 11 | 11 | 105 | .456 | 40 | 28 | 104 | .359 | 38-50 |