16  John Wooten
	Class: Junior Hometown: Goldsboro High School: Eastern Wayne Height / Weight: 6-4 / 198 Position: INF Birthdate: 01/19/1991 Experience: 2VL B/T: R/R

An all-conference candidate that is very athletic around the bag and can hit for power ... Overall solid defender that could open the season playing either first, third or left field ... 2010: Earned C-USA All-Freshman Team honors after batting .311 (69-for-22) with nine home runs and driving in 40 runs ... Started 54 of 55 games played (18/1B, 9/3B, 24/SS, 2.LF, 1/RF) ... Roped 10 doubles, scored 39 runs and swiped 3 of 4 bases ... Ranked third on the team with 19 multi-hit and 13 multi-RBI games ... Homered in first collegiate at-bat vs. No. 2 Virginia (2/20) ... Started the season with a home run in first three college games (UVA-2, ODU-1) ... Recorded a pair of game-winning RBI both in league play (UAB-4/18 and UCF-5/15) ... First career game-winning RBI (UAB) was in the bottom 12th on a single ... Hit first career grand slam at Memphis (4/10) ... Drove in two runs in each of his first three collegiate games ... Had a pair of four-hit games (High Point-3/17 and Tulane-4/3) ... Scored multiple runs nine times with a career-best three against UAB ... From Apr. 10 to May 7 recorded at least one hit in 15 of 16 games including a career-best nine game hit-streak ... During nine-game hit streak batted .307 (12-for-39) with a home run, seven RBI and eight runs ... Also added a six-game hit streak ... Career-best four RBI was against Memphis (4/10) where he hit one of ECU's five grand slams ... Belted a pair of home runs against Houston (3/21) ... Five of nine home runs were in league play (Memphis, UCF and Houston/3) ... Non-conference home runs were against UVA (2), ODU and Gardner-Webb ... Swiped bases against High Point, UAB and Southern Miss ... Committed 21 errors in 300 chances for a .930 fielding percentage ... In league play batted .314 (32-for 102) with five homers, seven doubles, 21 RBI and 17 runs scored ... Recorded at least one hit in 18 of 24 league games including a six and five-game hit streaks... Hit anywhere from second to eighth in the lineup with team-best 31 games in the cleanup spot ... Dropped down four sac bunts (second-most on the team) ... Thirty-seven of 40 RBI were with runners on base ... Batted .325 or better as a leadoff (.325) and with the bases empty (.330) ... Six of nine home runs were with runners on ... Posted a .318 average or higher when hitting in the first (.357), third (.500), fourth (.348), seventh (.318) and 10th or later (.500) innings ... Collected double-digit hits in the first (10) and third innings (17/team-best) ... Batted .308 (4-for-13) in three post-season games with a run scored ... Enjoyed slightly greater success playing inside Clark-LeClair Stadium (.333/41-for-123) than on the road (.279/24-for-86) ... Seven of nine home runs were at home ... Batted .309 during day games and .314 at night ... Appeared in 10 games against nationally-ranked opponents batting .244 (10-for-41) with two home runs and five RBI ... 2010 Summer: Played alongside current Pirate Mike Wright in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Harwich Mariners ... Batted .211 (20-for-95) in 31 games with four RBI ... Smacked his lone home run of the season against the Brewster Whitecaps ... Eastern Wayne High School: Drafted in the 20th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the San Diego Padres (pick 594) ... Earned four letters (all baseball) under former Pirate and current Warriors Head Coach James "Jabo" Fulghum that captured the 2008 Eastern Carolina Conference title ... Earned ECC All-Conference honors four-straight years ... Named ECC Player-of-the-Year (2008-2009) ... Selected as the 3A State Player-of-the-Year ... Helped the Warriors to a 35-14 four-year conference record ... Batted .301 as a freshman and .321 during sophomore campaign ... Named ECC Player-of-the Year, all-state and team MVP as a junior after batting .551 and helping the Warriors to a 21-7 overall record ... Batted .531 as an all-state performer during senior campaign ... Ranked as the No. 15 prospect in North Carolina by Impact Baseball heading into senior season... Played fall baseball for the Dirtbags under head coach Andy Partin ... Member of Post 11 American Legion squad that reached the state playoffs in 2008 under coach Brad Reeves ... Personal: Full name John Marvin Wooten ... Born Jan. 19, 1991 in Goldsboro, N.C. ... Son of Sonny and Joyce Wooten ... Has two siblings (Graham and Melissa) ... Father played first base for the Pirates (1975-77) under George Williams and Monte Little before spending time in the Kansas City Royals organization ... Mother played tennis at ECU (1975-77) ... Brother Graham played for current ECU skipper Billy Godwin at Louisburg College (2003- 05) ... Intended major is undecided ... Fall 2009 ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll recipient ... Named to the 2009-10 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

CAREER HIGHS - at-bats: 6 (three times, last vs. Rice 4/25/10); hits: 4 (twice, last vs. Tulane-1 4/3/10); RBI: 4 vs. Memphis (4/10/10); home runs: 2 vs. Houston (5/21/10); stolen bases: 1 (three times, last vs. Southern Miss 5/27/10).