Will Piwnica-Worms Bio

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Will Piwnica-Worms

Player Profile:

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

2010

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

2009

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

High School

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

Personal

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

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