Texas Border Business
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros baseball team learned on Friday that infielder Andy Atwood, who played with the program from 2019-21, signed with the Chicago White Sox organization and has been assigned to their single-A team the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers.
Atwood was in his second season with the Great Falls Voyagers of the Pioneer League where he was batting .333 (32-for-96) with three home runs, 20 RBI, six doubles, 24 runs scored, and eight stolen bases in 23 games.
Last season for Great Falls, Atwood hit .296/.360/.421, going 26-for-88 with three doubles, four triples, 12 RBI, 15 runs scored, and two stolen bases in 27 games.
“It’s funny how things work out when you don’t give up,” Atwood said. “I would like to say thank you to all the coaches at UTRGV for developing me and believing in my dreams.”
Atwood started all 58 games in 2021, hitting .341/.450/.561 with 10 home runs, 11 doubles, two triples, 34 RBI, 50 runs scored and eight stolen bases en route to All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) First Team honors. The 10 home runs tied for 10th-highest single-season total in program history. Atwood led the WAC in total bases (115) while ranking second in slugging and times hit by a pitch (13), third in hits (70) and runs scored, fourth in on-base percentage, and fifth in hitting.
Atwood came to UTRGV after two seasons at Oregon State, where he helped his team to the 2017 College World Series. After redshirting the 2018 season, Atwood hit .303/.406/.412 with two home runs, five doubles, one triple, 12 RBI and 27 runs scored in 30 games to help the Vaqueros win the 2019 WAC Championship.
He then hit .309/.400/.500 with one home run, four doubles, three triples, 11 RBI and 16 runs scored in 18 games in 2020.
Atwood completed his Bachelor of Science in Psychology in May 2019 and his Master of Educational Leadership in May 2020.
