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Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Logan Wood selected as 2020 Gatorade Michigan Baseball Player of the Year
Even without a senior season, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s pitcher Logan Wood still brought home the hardware, garnering Gatorade Michigan Baseball Player of the Year honors, it was announced Thursday.
“Thank you Gatorade for this prestigious award!” Wood tweeted out Thursday afternoon. “Also want to say thanks to all my coaches and teammates and (Aaron Wilson, Michigan Scouting Director for Prep Baseball Report). Lastly, thanks to everyone else who has helped me throughout my career.”
He’s the first Eaglet to win Gatorade Player of the Year honors, but the eighth Catholic League player to win it since 2003. Wood joins a fraternity of winners from Michigan that include eventual big-leaguers D.J. LeMahieu, Zach Putnam, Nate McLouth, Drew Henson, J.J. Putz, Steve Avery, and newly-minted Hall of Famer Derek Jeter.
Wood was a member of the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association’s Dream Team as a sophomore and junior, leading St. Mary’s to a state title last spring, throwing a two-hit shutout against Muskegon Oakridge in the semifinals. The University of Michigan commit earned 2020 Preseason All-America honors from both Collegiate Baseball News and Perfect Game. Last summer, he threw 16 shutout innings in elite tournament play as a member of the 2019 Perfect Game WWBA and Elite national championship squads.
He finished his St. Mary’s career with a 23-5 record and 324 strikeouts in 212.2 innings pitched.
Having earned the state honors from Gatorade, Wood is now in the running for Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year honors, to be announced this month.
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GATORADE MICHIGAN BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS
2020 — Logan Wood, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
2019 — Colin Czajkowski, Woodhaven
2018 — Spencer Schwellenbach, Saginaw Heritage
2017 — Steve Mann, Detroit Country Day
2016 — Tommy Henry, Portage Northern
2015 — Luke Shilling, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
2014 — Kory Young, Rockford
2013 — Jackson Lamb, Temperance Bedford
2012 — Brett Sunde, Madison Heights Bishop Foley
2011 — Joel Seddon, St. Clair
2010 — Jack Livingston, Portage Northern
2009 — Pat Biondi, Dearborn Divine Child
2008 — Tyler Mills, Mt. Pleasant
2007 — D.J. LeMahieu, Birmingham Brother Rice
2006 — D.J. LeMahieu, Birmingham Brother Rice
2005 — Zach Putnam, Ann Arbor Pioneer
2004 — Doug Pickens, Birmingham Brother Rice
2003 — Dan Kapala, Royal Oak Shrine
2002 — Randy Frye, Lake Orion
2001 — Brian Miller, Charlotte
2000 — Nate McLouth, Whitehall
1999 — Bob Malek, Redford Detroit Catholic Central
1998 — Drew Henson, Brighton
1997 — Ryan Anderson, Dearborn Divine Child
1996 — Bryan Cranson, Bronson
1995 — J.J. Putz, Trenton
1994 — Steve Hornsberger, Brighton
1993 — Jason Middlebrook, Grass Lake
1992 — Derek Jeter, Kalamazoo Central
1991 — Ron Hollis, Brighton
1990 — Jeff Miller, Harper Woods Notre Dame
1989 — Dennis Konuszewski, Bridgeport
1988 — Steve Avery, Taylor Kennedy
1987 — Grady Davidson, Detroit King
1986 — Lawrence Wendt, Romeo
