Kirn Named NCBWA All-American
June 11, 2025 03:30 PM | Baseball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Redshirt senior pitcher Griffin Kirn has been named a Third Team All-American by the NCBWA, as announced by the organization on Wednesday.
Kirn made 18 appearances on the mound for the Mountaineers with 17 starts. He went 5-3 with a 3.36 ERA and 103 strikeouts in 99.0 innings pitched, becoming just the 15th Mountaineer to record 100 strikeouts in a season. He was named to the All-Big 12 First Team as well as the Clemson Regional All-Tournament Team.
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Kirn becomes the 11th Mountaineer to be named an All-American by the NCBWA. It is also the fourth consecutive season that WVU has had an NCBWA All-American after Trey Braithwaite was named to the third team in 2022, JJ Wetherholt to the first team in 2023, and Derek Clark to third team in 2024.
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Overall, Kirn is the 28th Mountaineer to be named an All-American, totaling 67 All-America accolades from all publications, 38 of which have come since WVU joined the Big 12 in 2013.
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For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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Kirn made 18 appearances on the mound for the Mountaineers with 17 starts. He went 5-3 with a 3.36 ERA and 103 strikeouts in 99.0 innings pitched, becoming just the 15th Mountaineer to record 100 strikeouts in a season. He was named to the All-Big 12 First Team as well as the Clemson Regional All-Tournament Team.
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Kirn becomes the 11th Mountaineer to be named an All-American by the NCBWA. It is also the fourth consecutive season that WVU has had an NCBWA All-American after Trey Braithwaite was named to the third team in 2022, JJ Wetherholt to the first team in 2023, and Derek Clark to third team in 2024.
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Overall, Kirn is the 28th Mountaineer to be named an All-American, totaling 67 All-America accolades from all publications, 38 of which have come since WVU joined the Big 12 in 2013.
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For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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