Scott Wingo

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Scott Wingo
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Current position
TitleAssistant coach/Recruiting coordinator
Team Manhattan
Conference SEC
Biographical details
Born (1989-03-25) March 25, 1989 (age 35)
Greenville, South Carolina
Playing career
2008–2011 South Carolina
2011 Arizona League Dodgers
2011 Ogden Raptors
2012–2014 Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
2014Arizona League Dodgers
Position(s) Second baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2015South Carolina (GA)
2016–2017 North Greenville (Asst)
2018–2019 Jacksonville (IF/H)
2020–2021 Notre Dame (IF/H)
2022–2023South Carolina (Asst.)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As player:
Awards
As player:

David Scott Wingo (born March 25, 1989) [1] is an American college baseball coach and former professional baseball second baseman. He is currently the recruiting coordinator for the Manhattan Jaspers. Wingo played college baseball at the University of South Carolina from 2008 to 2011 winning back to back NCAA College World Series titles in 2010 and 2011 under head coach Ray Tanner. He then pursued a professional career from 2011 to 2014.

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Playing career

Wingo attended Mauldin High School in Mauldin. He then attended the University of South Carolina, where he played for the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team. He was named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player for the 2011 College World Series. [2] [3]

Wingo was drafted by the Dodgers in the 11th round (344th overall) in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft. [4] He started his professional career with the Arizona League Dodgers but after 7 games was promoted to the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League. Combined, in 2011, he was in 38 games and hit .296.

Wingo spent his 2012 season with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in the California League. He played in 109 games with the Quakes and hit .246. He returned to the Quakes in 2013, and hit .227 in 101 games. Wingo spent 2013 with Rancho Cucamonga, where in 101 games, he hit .227/.371/.336 with 4 HR, 24 RBI and 50 BB. He played mostly second base, but also saw a considerable amount of time at third base.

He was released by the Dodgers on April 12, 2014.

Coaching career

Wingo returned to the University of South Carolina as a student assistant and completed his degree in the spring of 2015. That summer, he coached in the Coastal Plain League. [5] In 2016, he joined the North Greenville University baseball team as a graduate assistant and finished his master's degree. He served as an assistant coach at Jacksonville University. [6] Scott Wingo returned to Columbia, SC Summer 2018. He is currently an assistant coach at The University of South Carolina.

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References

  1. Roster | Official Athletic Site of the North Greenville University Crusaders Archived June 22, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  2. "USC repeat: Wingo saves best for last" . Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  3. "Scott Wingo steadily built a case to land top honor at CWS". USATODAY.COM. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  4. USC Sports Information (June 7, 2011). "Scott Wingo drafted by Dodgers". The Times and Democrat. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
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