Will Hodges

Outfielder-Designated Hitter
Sophomore
Oak Park, Ill. (Aurora-West Aurora), 6-0, 184, Bats Left, Throws Right

2008:  Played in 37-of-46 games and made 21 starts, seven in centerfield, five in leftfield and nine as the designated hitter…batted .221 with five doubles, two triples, four home runs and 20 RBI…hit a home run at Miller Huggins Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.,, a former New York Yankees spring training site, that cleared the 435-foot mark in right-center field.

High School:  Named honorable mention All-DuPage Valley Conference his sophomore year on a regional-championship team at West Aurora High School and led the team in batting (.477), on-base percentage (.574) and slugging percentage (school-record 1.023)…his freshman-year team at Aurora West won a conference title…transferred to Naperville North High School for his junior season, ranked third in DuPage County batting with a .500 average and played on a regional-championship team…coached by Carl Hunckler…transferred back to Aurora West High School for his senior year and coached by John Reeves…in football, named honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore at Aurora West.

Personal:  Business administration major…born Jan. 14, 1989.