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Smooth hitting, left-handed outfielder who is one of the top pure hitters in the Atlantic Coast Conference ... Line drive power to all fields and a gap-to-gap hitter ... A two-time All-ACC honoree, a third-team Academic All-American in 2006 and a two-time Academic All-District selection ... Was a mainstay in the middle of the Tech batting order as the starter in left field ... Played center field and hit primarily in the No. 2 spot in the lineup for the last 25 games of his career due to an injury to Tech's leadoff hitter and everyday center fielder Danny Payne.
Selected in the 26th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals, but elected to return to Tech for his senior year ... Finished his career ranked sixth in Tech history in hits (283), fourth in RBI (221), doubles (60) and at bats (868), 13th in total bases (369) and tied for third with 242 games played ... Joined Jason Varitek as the only players in school history with over 200 RBI and 200 runs.
2006: A third-team Academic All-America selection after earning first-team Academic All-District honors ... Also named Academic All-ACC and to the ACC Honor Roll ... Named to the Georgia Tech All-Academic Team and earned the ACC Scholar-Athlete, ACC Top Six for Service and Special Recognition Awards at the 2006 Yellow Jacket Celebration ... Earned the ACC's Postgraduate Scholarship ... Helped the Yellow Jackets to their third College World Series appearance in history ... Went 3-for-8 with four RBI and four runs in the season opening series at Georgia Southern (2/12-2/13) ... Went 4-for-4 with three runs and two RBI against Kennesaw State (2/17) ... Hit a seventh-inning, two-run homer to give Tech a 2-1 win over Northeastern (3/7) ... Was 5-for-9 with a home run at NC State (3/17-3/19) ... Went 4-for-6 in the series finale against the Wolfpack ... Went 5-for-13 at Virginia Tech (4/9-4/9) ... Went 4-for-5 with two RBI and three runs in Tech's 8-2 win over No. 25 Georgia (4/12) ... Went 4-for-13 with five runs scored vs. Clemson (4/14-4/16) ... Had seven RBI in three games at Florida State (4/21-4/23) ... Hit a game-tying home run vs. Georgia (5/11) in the ninth inning at Turner Field ... Hit two home runs, including a game-tying shot in the seventh inning, and had four RBI vs. Duke (5/12) ... Was 5-for-13 with seven RBI in the series against the Blue Devils ... Hit a home run in Tech's 14-5 win over Miami (5/19) ... Hit .333 (8-for-24) with a home run and six RBI in five ACC Tournament games ...
2005: A first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection ... Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District III Baseball First Team ... Hit safely in 47 of 60 games in 2005 ... Had at least one RBI in 33 games ... Tied a Georgia Tech record with three doubles against NC State (3/18) ... Had a season-long 12-game hitting streak snapped in the final weekend of the regular season at North Carolina ... Went 5-for-14 (.357) at the ACC Tournament ... Went 4-for-8 in the season opening series at Georgia Southern (2/12-2/13) ... Had seven RBI in three games vs. Iona (2/18-2/19) ... Went 7-for-11 with a home run and seven RBI in Tech's sweep of NC State (3/18-3/20) ... Was 5-for-11 with a home run and 11 RBI at Miami (3/25-3/26) ... Had two RBI in a 3-2 win over No. 16 Auburn (4/5) ... Went 5-for-5 with four runs scored vs. Winthrop (4/10) ... Went 3-for-4 in Tech's 12-2 win over Georgia (4/20) ... Went 6-for-12 in Tech's series win at Clemson (4/29-5/1) ... Was 5-for-10 with four runs and four RBI in Tech's sweep of Virginia Tech (5/13-15), and scored four runs in the first two innings of the Jackets' 27-2 win on Saturday ... Went 3-for-4 with three RBI in Tech's 18-2 win over Florida State in the ACC Tournament semifinals (5/28).
2004: A second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection ... Named to the 2004 CoSIDA Academic All-District III Baseball First Team ... The No. 3 hitter in the Tech batting order for much of the season ... Had a season-long 14-game hitting streak snapped on Apr. 20 against Winthrop ... Had 36 RBI in Tech's last 27 games ... Hit safely in 45 of the last 51 games ... Hit safely in 22 of the last 27 games, batting .400 (46-for-115) in that stretch ... Tech's leading hitter in the ACC Tournament, going 11-for-23 with a home run and six RBI ... Went 4-for-12 with a home run and three RBI in the NCAA Atlanta Regional ... Went 3-for-4 with a HR and 3 RBI on opening day at Georgia Southern (2/15) ... Tied a Georgia Tech record with three doubles against Purdue (3/17) ... Went 5-for-5 and scored four runs in that game ... Went 6-for-12 with a home run and six RBI in Tech's sweep at Florida State (4/23-4/25) ... Was 6-for-14 with four RBI in the sweep of Duke (5/7 -5/9) ... Had the game winning hit in the bottom of the ninth inning in Tech's 9-8 win in the second game of that series ... Went 8-for-17 with eight RBI in Tech's sweep of Maryland during the final week of the regular season, including four hits in each of the last two games of the series ... Played for the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod League during the summer.
2003: Started the final 17 games of the season in centerfield after spending the first part of the season as Tech's top reserve outfielder ... Appeared in 53 games, including 27 in the starting lineup ... Excellent pinch-hitter (9-for-16); posted a .545 average with four walks, 12 hits, including a triple and three homers, and 15 RBI as a substitute ... Had 11 multi-hit games and eight multiple-RBI games, including two games with five or more RBI ... Posted a .603 slugging percentage and a .493 on base percentage for the season ... One of Tech's top hitters with runners in scoring position (.400), with two outs (.387), with runners on base (.361) and with the bases loaded (.429) ... Reached base safely in 43 of 53 games ... Hit a pinch-hit walk-off home run in the 10th inning against Rutgers (3/8) ... As a late inning substitute against Maryland (3/23), he went 2-for-2 with a two-RBI triple and a grand slam home run for six RBI in the game ... Hit his second grand slam of the season against Georgia State (5/6) to break open a tie game, also scored three times and had another RBI in the game ... Drove in three runs with a double in the eighth inning in a 3-for-4 effort against Virginia (5/10) to break open a tie game ... Homered and drove in three runs against Duke (5/24) in the ACC Tournament.
Summer 2003: Played with Keene in the New England Collegiate Baseball League and was named the MVP of the league after batting .340 with six home runs and 28 RBI in 39 games ... Finished the regular season ranked among the league leaders in a variety of offensive categories: average (4th), hits (2nd), runs (3rd), and RBI (4th) ... Hit .577 (15-for-26) with two home runs and seven RBI in post season play.
High School: A four-year letterwinner for coach Alan Dyer at Roswell High School as an outfielder and pitcher ... Named the Fulton County Player of the Year and earned team MVP honors as a senior ... Owns the second highest batting average in school history (.467 as a junior) ... Played with the East Cobb summer baseball program from 1998-2002 ... Holds East Cobb single season records in home runs, hits and runs scored ... Helped the program win the AAU World Series in 1999 and the Connie Mack World Series in 2001 ... MVP of his East Cobb summer team in 2002.
Personal: Full name is Steven Eric Blackwood ... Born December 14, 1983 ... Parents are Lane Blackwood and Debbie Blackwood ... Majoring in Biology and wants to pursue a career in medicine ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2003, 2005 and 2006.
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