Transfer Outfielder Wood Expects to Lend Speed to the OF, Base Paths
During the baseball transfer portal, coach Jay Uhlman wanted to strengthen an already solid outfield. Uhlman feels he did just that when he signed graduate student Tye Wood to play what is his final year of eligibility at Tulane.
Played his last two seasons at the University of New Mexico after starting his collegiate career at perennial junior college powerhouse, Iowa Western. In 2025 at UNM, he batted .317 on the season with 53 runs, 51 hits, 14 doubles, a triple, five home runs, 32 RBIs, 34 walks, an on-base percentage of .448 with 82 total bases and seven stolen bases. Was named the Mountain West Player of the Week (4/15). In 2024, batted .325 on the season with eight doubles, four triples and three home runs. Ranked 44th in the nation and No. 2 in the MW in on-base percentage (.488). Stole 20 bases, the second-most in the MW and most by a Lobo in a single season since Josh Melendez in 2012 (23). Earned the start in right field on Opening Day against Oregon State (2/16/24) for his D-I debut, finishing with a hit and a run … Finished the season with 12 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games. Hit a grand slam for a career-high four RBIs against Hofstra (March 3). Wore 15 HBP on the season in total, the fourth-most in a single season in program history.
In 2023 (at Iowa Western): Saw action in 44 games, posting a .413 batting average…scored 59 runs and drove in 29…Stole a league-leading 23 bases for the second year in a row … Named First Team All-Region for second consecutive season. In 2022 (also at Iowa Western): Played in 44 games and batted .375 on the season with six doubles, four triples and a homer … stole 23 bases … drove in 21 runs with a .375/.500/.508 slash line … Named First Team All-Region following the season’s conclusion.
We got to catch up with the Kansas native this week as Tulane counts down its starting weekend to just a week away.
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Doug has covered a gamut of sporting events in his fifty-plus years in the field. He started doing sideline reporting for Louisiana Tech football games for the student radio station. Doug was Sports Director for KNOE-AM/FM in Monroe in the mid-80s, winning numerous awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association for Best Sportscast and Best Play-by-Play. High school play-by-play for teams in Monroe, Natchitoches, New Orleans, and Thibodaux, LA dot his resume. He did college play-by-play for Northwestern State University in Natchitoches for nine years. Then, moving to the Crescent City, Doug did television PBP of Tulane games and even filled in for legendary Tulane broadcaster, Ken Berthelot in the only game Kenny ever missed while doing the Green Wave games. His father was an alumnus of Tulane in the 1940s, so Doug has attended Tulane football games in old Tulane Stadium, the Superdome, and Yulman. He was one of the 86,000 plus on December 1, 1973, sitting in the North End Zone to seeTulane shutout the LSU Tigers, 14-0. He was there when the Posse ruled Fogelman and in Turchin when the Wave made it to the World Series. He currently is the public address voice of the Tulane baseball team.