Taylor Wood Class: Freshman Hometown: Suwanee, Ga. High School: Greater Atlanta Christian Height / Weight: 6-7 / 215 Position: LHP Birthdate: 04/10/1989 B-T: R-L

High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Cliff Shelton at Greater Atlanta Christian ... Helped GAC to the semifinals of the state tournament and the region championship in 2004 ... Tabbed an Atlanta Braves 400 Club Metro All-Star in 2007 ... Earned first-team all-region and all-county honors his senior year ... Tabbed the East Cobb Astros' Pitcher of the Year in 2004 and 2005 ... Member of the Senior Team Georgia squad that won the Sunbelt Classic in 2007 ... Earned 16 wins while recording 267 strikeouts in his career at GAC ... Also lettered three years in basketball for coaches Ron Bradley and Tom Kelsey ... Led the basketball team to the quarterfinals of the state championships in 2005 ... Named the GAC MVP his senior year after earning first-team all-region honors in 2007 ... Also a first-team member of the Gwinnett Tip Off Club's Team of the Year in 2007 ... Four-year member of the honor roll that graduated with a 3.9 GPA ... Also a member of Mu Alpha Theta and the Beta Club.

Personal: Full name is Taylor Anthony Wood ... Born April 10, 1989 ... Son of Mark and Becky Wood ... Cousin of former Yellow Jacket standout Blake Wood, who was drafted in the third round of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft by the Kansas City Royals and pitched with the Single A Burlington Bees in 2007 ... Intends to major in industrial engineering at Georgia Tech.