Wetherholt, Clark Lead Six Mountaineers Named All-Big 12
May 20, 2024 12:56 PM | Baseball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Six West Virginia University baseball players earned All-Big 12 honors, as announced by the conference on Monday.
Junior infielder JJ Wetherholt and senior pitcher Derek Clark were both named to the first team while senior infielder Reed Chumley earned a spot on the second team. Junior Aidan Major, junior Kyle West and sophomore Sam White all earned honorable mention status.
Wetherholt, the 2023 Big 12 Player of the Year, earns first-team honors for the second season in a row despite playing in only 29 games. He leads the Mountaineers with a .375 batting average and 1.227 OPS while tallying eight home runs, 30 RBI and 26 runs scored. The Mars, Pennsylvania native is also tied for the team lead with 28 walks while striking out just 13 times.
Clark earns a spot on the first team after going 7-2 with a 3.05 ERA and 73 strikeouts in his lone season with the Mountaineers. He leads WVU with 79.2 innings pitched despite missing the first month of the season due to injury. Clark led the Big 12 with three complete games and is the only Big 12 pitcher to average over seven innings per start.
Chumley led the Mountaineers with 15 home runs and 45 RBI this season while hitting .310 in his lone year with West Virginia. He turned up his play in conference games with 10 home runs as he was one of just four players in the Big 12 to have double-digit home runs against conference opponents.
Major went 4-4 this season and led the Mountaineers with 74 strikeouts in 61.0 innings pitched. He saved some of his best performances for the Big 12 as he struck out 13 in eight innings against Oklahoma State as well as an eight-inning outing against BYU while punching out eight.
West hit .264 with 12 home runs and 38 RBI in his first year with the Mountaineers. In Big 12 play, he hit nine home runs and drove in 27 RBI, both second-most on the team behind Chumley in conference games. West was also efficient on the basepaths this season as he went 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts.
White was the only Mountaineer to play in all 53 games this season and earned honorable mention status at both outfielder and utility as he has played all around the diamond this season, including right and left field, third base, and catcher. The Aurora, Ontario, Canada native hit .316, leading the team with 60 hits, while tallying 10 home runs, 39 RBI, and a team-high 43 runs scored.
Fourth-seeded West Virginia opens play at the 2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship on Tuesday, May 21, against No. 9-seed TCU. First pitch at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, is set for 1:30 p.m. ET.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Junior infielder JJ Wetherholt and senior pitcher Derek Clark were both named to the first team while senior infielder Reed Chumley earned a spot on the second team. Junior Aidan Major, junior Kyle West and sophomore Sam White all earned honorable mention status.
Wetherholt, the 2023 Big 12 Player of the Year, earns first-team honors for the second season in a row despite playing in only 29 games. He leads the Mountaineers with a .375 batting average and 1.227 OPS while tallying eight home runs, 30 RBI and 26 runs scored. The Mars, Pennsylvania native is also tied for the team lead with 28 walks while striking out just 13 times.
Clark earns a spot on the first team after going 7-2 with a 3.05 ERA and 73 strikeouts in his lone season with the Mountaineers. He leads WVU with 79.2 innings pitched despite missing the first month of the season due to injury. Clark led the Big 12 with three complete games and is the only Big 12 pitcher to average over seven innings per start.
Chumley led the Mountaineers with 15 home runs and 45 RBI this season while hitting .310 in his lone year with West Virginia. He turned up his play in conference games with 10 home runs as he was one of just four players in the Big 12 to have double-digit home runs against conference opponents.
Major went 4-4 this season and led the Mountaineers with 74 strikeouts in 61.0 innings pitched. He saved some of his best performances for the Big 12 as he struck out 13 in eight innings against Oklahoma State as well as an eight-inning outing against BYU while punching out eight.
West hit .264 with 12 home runs and 38 RBI in his first year with the Mountaineers. In Big 12 play, he hit nine home runs and drove in 27 RBI, both second-most on the team behind Chumley in conference games. West was also efficient on the basepaths this season as he went 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts.
White was the only Mountaineer to play in all 53 games this season and earned honorable mention status at both outfielder and utility as he has played all around the diamond this season, including right and left field, third base, and catcher. The Aurora, Ontario, Canada native hit .316, leading the team with 60 hits, while tallying 10 home runs, 39 RBI, and a team-high 43 runs scored.
Fourth-seeded West Virginia opens play at the 2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship on Tuesday, May 21, against No. 9-seed TCU. First pitch at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, is set for 1:30 p.m. ET.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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