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Rankin Woley Season 2020

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Rankin Woley Season 2020

PositionIF
Weight210 lbs
Height6-0
ClassSenior
HometownAtlanta, Ga.
Previous SchoolLSU/Chattahoochee Valley

HONORS AND AWARDS
Senior CLASS Award Finalist (2021)
Senior CLASS Award First Team All-America (2021)
H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Nominee (2021)
NCBWA Second Team Preseason All-America (2021)
Collegiate Baseball Third Team Preseason All-America (2021)
Preseason All-SEC First Team (2021)
Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-America (2020)
SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2020)
CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-America (2020)
CoSIDA Academic All-District (2020-21)

2021 – FIFTH YEAR 
Named NCBWA Second Team Preseason All-America, Collegiate Baseball Third Team Preseason All-America and First Team Preseason All-SEC ... appeared in 50 games and started all of them at third base … was second on the team in batting average (.320), doubles (12), sacrifice flies (3) and on base percentage (.404) … was third on the team in hits (63), total bases (105) and walks (24) … added 31 RBI and 36 runs scored … hit .325 in SEC play … went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer and four RBI in the first game of the season vs. Presbyterian (Feb. 19) … went on a career-best, 12-game hit streak from Feb. 28-Mar. 21 ... went 20-for-48 (.417) during the span … was 2-for-2 with a double, home run, RBI and scored a career-high five runs in the win over Boston College (Mar. 6) … was 3-for-3 with two runs and a double against UAB (Mar. 9) … was 7-for-13 with two doubles, a RBI and a run scored in the Ole Miss series (Mar. 19-21) … was 5-for-10 with two home runs, three RBI and five runs scored in the series win against Texas A&M (May 15-18) … went 3-for-5 with a double, a homer, three runs and a career high five RBI in the win over UNA (May 18) … was 4-for-5 with a double, home run, three RBI and a run scored in the win at Missouri (May 20) … Senior CLASS Award Finalist and First Team All-America ... Auburn's H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete Nominee and a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree … named to the 2021 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll. 

2020 – SENIOR YEAR
Played and started in all 18 games at third base … led the team in doubles (eight) and RBI (22) and was tied for the team lead with a .412 batting average … ranked second on the team in hits (28) and tied for second in home runs (two) … ranked tied for second in the league in doubles, third in hits, tied for third in RBI and tied for eighth in average and total bases … also ranked in the top 20 in the NCAA in hits, doubles and RBI … turned in a career-high four hits with two doubles in the second game of the season vs. Illinois-Chicago (Feb. 15) … matched a career high with four RBI and turned in two more doubles vs. Oakland (Feb. 19) … six of his eight doubles came in the first five games of the season … turned in multiple hits in five straight games (Feb. 28 – Mar. 7) and went 11-for-19 with seven runs, two doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI during the span … capped off his multi-hit performances by going 3-for-4 with three runs, a double, homer and four RBI in the series clincher vs. Chicago State (Mar. 7) … drove in two or more runs in his third straight game in the series finale against the Cougars (Mar. 8) ... named the SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year and CoSIDA Academic All-America ... tabbed Third Team All-America by Collegiate Baseball ... became the second player in program history to be named All-America and Academic All-America in the same season (Casey Dunn, 1999) ... named to the 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll. 

2019 – JUNIOR YEAR
Played in 64 games and earned 64 starts at first base in his first season on The Plains … led the team with 17 doubles and while ranking second in hits (71) and RBI (45) and third in average (.277) … collected 20 multi-hit efforts and 13 multi-RBI performances … reached base in 17 straight games to start the season and led the team with a .348 average … drove in 18 runs in his first 16 games in an Auburn uniform … turned in three-straight multi-hit games on back-to-back occasions from Feb. 17-20 and Mar. 1-2 … led everyday position players with a .996 fielding percentage at first base … went 1-for-3 with two runs, a walk, double and two RBI in his Auburn debut in the season opener vs. Georgia Southern (Feb. 15) … went 3-for-3 with a run, double, triple and two RBI vs. Alabama A&M (Feb. 19) … hit his first home run as an Auburn Tiger in the series finale at UCF (Feb. 24) … went 6-for-13 with three runs, three doubles and six RBI vs. Cincinnati (Mar. 1-2) … hit a pair of doubles and matched a season-high with three RBI in the middle game against the Bearcats … collected four hits and drove in five runs in three games vs. UTSA (Mar. 8-9) … went 2-for-3 with two runs, a walk and a home run in the series opener at Mississippi State (Mar. 22) … matched a season-high with three hits at Georgia Tech (Apr.16) … went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI in the series opener vs. Alabama (May 3) … hit .314 and drove in nine runs in eight NCAA Tournament games … went 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBI In the tournament opener vs. Coastal Carolina (May 31) … hit a RBI single with two outs in the ninth to keep the game alive before Steven Williams’ walk-off home run vs. Georgia Tech (Jun. 1) … delivered the go-ahead, bases-clearing double in the eighth inning of Auburn’s come-from-behind win in the super regional opener at North Carolina (Jun. 8), marking fourth straight game with a RBI … went 3-for-6 with two more RBI in the decisive game three in Chapel Hill (Jun. 10) … went 1-for-3 with a walk and run in the College World Series opener vs. Mississippi State (Jun. 16) … has appeared in three straight world series – 2017 at LSU, 2018 at Chattahoochee Valley, 2019 at Auburn ... named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll and earned the NCAA Elite 90 Award for holding the highest GPA on the team.

JUNIOR COLLEGE
Played for Adam Thomas at Chattahoochee Valley … hit .460 with 27 doubles, 11 home runs, 93 RBI and 58 runs scored … set the single-season record for hits (93), doubles and RBI … had multiple hits in 31 of 60 games played and drove in multiple runs in 26 contests … was named NJCAA First Team All-American and the Alabama Community College Conference Player of the Year … led his team to the ACCC Championship and was named to the ACCC All-Tournament Team … earned All-Region Southeastern District First Team honors … made the NJCAA Academic Honor Roll.

2017 – FRESHMAN AT LSU
Played in 26 games and earned eight starts for the national runner-up Tigers … hit .267 with four doubles, one triple, five RBI and eight runs … collected a double and two RBI in win vs. Grambling (Apr. 4) … went 2-for-5 with a triple and RBI vs. Maryland (Feb. 25) … doubled, drove in a run and scored two runs the following day against the Terrapins … was a member of the 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year starter and two-way player for Chad Laney at The Westminster School … completed his career as the school’s all-time leader in every offensive category, including 30 home runs … was rated as the No. 141 player in the country by Perfect Game … recorded 10 homers, a .941 slugging percentage and a .578 on-base percentage … also posted a 1.05 ERA with 32 strikeouts and five saves in 20 innings pitched … led Westminster to its first baseball state championship in 41 years in 2016 … named 2016 3A Player of the Year, First Team All-State, Louisville Slugger All-American and to the USA today All-USA Team … also led the school to its first football state championship in 37 years as a two-way starter at quarterback and safety … was a member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Son of Darrin and Rena Woley … has three siblings, Grayson, Turner and Hayes … comes from a line of athletes – father, Darrin was on the swimming and diving team at Arizona State; grandfather, Paul, was a record-setting track & field athlete at Missouri-Rolla; great grandfather, Lewis Critchlow, played in the St. Louis Cardinals organization … enrolled in College of Business.  

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Junior
2019

IF
6-0 / 210 lbs
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Graduate Student
2021

IF
6-0 / 210 lbs