Wil Hoyle

Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-9
Weight:
170
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Durham, N.C.
High School:
Jordan
B/T:
S/R

2022: Saw action in 53 games, starting 50 at second base ... hit .201 with four doubles and four home runs ... tallied 17 RBIs ... tied teammate Alex Mooney with 12 stolen bases to lead the team ... showed selectivity early in the season, opening the year with a seven-game on-base streak as he drew a walk in each outing ... recorded a pair of RBIs in a 1-for-3 outing against Bucknell (3/6) ... went 2-for-4 with a double against UMass Lowell (3/8) ... went 4-for-7 with a run scored, a RBI and two stolen bases in two games played against North Caroline (3/19-20) ... finished 2-for-3 with a walk versus Miami (4/2) ... hit a two-RBI home run at Wake Forest (4/9) ... went 2-for-5 with a career-high two home runs and three RBIs in the series-clinching victory at Georgia Tech (4/24) ... connected on a grand slam at Pittsburgh (5/8), the first of his career ... went 2-for-3 with a dobule at Virginia Tech (5/19).

2021: Saw action in 47 games, starting 33 at second base … hit .227 with eight doubles, a triple and three home runs … tallied 13 RBIs … opened the season with two doubles and a walk at Coastal Carolina (2/20) … went 2-for-3 with a RBI and a stolen base against Boston College (2/27) … recorded a hit in four consecutive games from Pittsburgh (3/6) to NC Central (3/26) … hit his second career home run against East Carolina (3/9) … finished 2-for-2 with two runs scored against UNC Greensboro (3/23) … hit home runs in back-to-back games, at North Carolina (4/12) and versus Campbell (4/13) … finished 2-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs in the game against Campbell (4/13).

2020: Saw action in 13 games in the 2020 season that was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, making nine starts at second base … reached base safely in eight of his nine starts … recorded his first career triple in the series opener with Cornell (2/21), coming off the bench as a sub at second base … recorded a multi-hit performance in the midweek matchup with Air Force (2/24), finishing 2-for-4 with two runs scored in his first start of the season … posted a multi-RBI outing in the opening game of the CambriaCollegeClassic against Purdue (2/28), closing out the contest 1-for-2 with two RBI … notched his first career home run in the final game of the CambriaCollegeClassic against Iowa (3/1), posting a solo shot as part of his 1-for-4 effort … extended his hitting streak to seven games in the second game of the series with Florida State (3/7), finishing 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored.

2019: A key reserve for the Blue Devils, seeing action in 27 contests including six starts … made his collegiate debut in game two against Lehigh (2/16), entering as a pinch-hitter late in the ballgame before seeing time at second base … made his first career start in the series finale against Northwestern (2/24) at second base … picked up his first career RBI against Notre Dame in the ACC Baseball Championship (5/21), closing out the ballgame with a pair of walks in the reserve effort … earned the start at shortstop in the ACC Baseball Championship against Georgia Tech (5/24) finishing 1-for-4 … started all three games in the Morgantown Regional at shortstop, filling in for injured Ethan Murray.

2018: Did not see game action ... Played for the Wilmington Sharks of the Coastal Plain League over the summer.

High School: Chosen by the Oakland Athletics in the 38th round (No. 1131 overall) of the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft ... Tabbed 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game All-America Honorable Mention and Atlantic All-Region Second Team ... Hit .360 with 14 RBI, five doubles, three triples and 23 stolen bases as a senior at Jordan High School ... Batted .408 with nine doubles and 27 stolen bases his junior season ... Listed among the top 500 overall prospects in the 2017 recruiting class by Perfect Game ... Member of the National Honor Society, French Honor Society and Tri-M Honor Society ... AP Scholar.

Personal: Born Wilson Smith Hoyle IV on April 1, 1999 in Durham, North Carolina ... Son of Wilson and Kate Hoyle ... Has one older sister, Lindsay ... Father played football at Wake Forest from 1985-89.

Last updated 10/7/2021