MORGANTOWN -- After four curious games to start the season, the WVU baseball team left DeLand, Fla. even-steven, but with an injury concern for star J.J. Wetherholt. The Mountaineers split a doubleheader on Monday with Stetson at Melching Field at Conrad Park, wrapping up a four-game ...
MORGANTOWN -- It is a constant search for motivation J.J. Wetherholt seeks, a hunt for doubters of his baseball abilities to serve as his fuel. A year ago, it was easy. All he had to do was look at his cell phone. That’s where Wetherholt kept a copy of the all-Big 12 preseason team that ...
MORGANTOWN -- One shoots a ball, while the other hits it. They both score … a lot. Combined they are JJ squared. In terms of looking ahead to the 2023-24 school year, WVU’s future is riding on the talents of J.J. Wetherholt and J.J. Quinerly. The rising juniors did more than just ...
If his manager had a say, J.J. Wetherholt would win the Golden Spikes Award. For the people who actually vote on it, however, the West Virginia star wasn’t even in the top three. The Golden Spikes Award is given annually to the top amateur baseball player in the nation and its voting ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The WVU baseball season ended with a whimper on Sunday as the Mountaineers were shut out for the first time this year, 10-0, in an elimination game against Lexington Regional host Kentucky. WVU’s (40-20) pitching got behind early and never recovered as the Wildcats ...
On May 14 the WVU baseball team defeated Texas Tech 5-3 to move to 39-13 on the season. West Virginia did not win again for 20 days until they defeated Ball State 13-5 Saturday at the Lexington Regional. In the interim, the Mountaineers lost six straight games and looked like a ...