MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia second baseman JJ Wetherholt has been invited to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp and will look to become the first Mountaineer to ever make the 26-man roster.
The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp will feature 56 of the premier non-draft eligible college players for a five-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series in North Carolina from June 25-29. USA Baseball will name a final, 26-man Collegiate National Team roster after Training Camp that will represent the United States in friendship series against Chinese Taipei and Japan from June 30-July 12.
All five Training Camp games will be played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina. The series begins on June 25 at 3 p.m. ET, with four games following over the next four days. Game two will be on June 26 at 6 p.m. ET, game three on June 27 at 7 p.m. ET, game four on June 28 at 6 p.m. ET, and the series will conclude with game five on June 29 at 11 a.m. ET.
The sophomore is currently enjoying one of the best seasons in program history as he is hitting an NCAA-best .470 with 14 home runs, 20 doubles, three triples, 54 RBI, and 62 runs scored. He has also stolen 34 bases which leads the Big 12 and is on pace to become the first Division I player since at least 2002 to have 40 extra-base hits and 40 stolen bases in a season.
Wetherholt has helped lead the Mountaineers to a 37-12 record and No. 12 national ranking. In the Big 12, West Virginia sits at 13-5, two games ahead of both Oklahoma State and Kansas State.
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2022 (Fr.)
- All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
- Big 12 All-Freshman Team
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Big 12 Newcomer of the Week – Feb. 21
- WVU Student-Athlete of the Week – Feb. 21
- Played in 54 games, including 53 starts
- Split time at third base and second base
- Hit .308 with five home runs and 39 RBI
- Also logged a team-leading 17 doubles, one triple and stole 15 bases
- Finished with 64 hits and scored 51 runs
- Went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBI in his first career game on Feb. 18, against Central Michigan
- Enjoyed a four-hit day with three RBI against Canisius on March 1
- Tallied four RBI on a two-hit day against Youngstown State on March 25
- Also had four stolen bases against the Penguins on March 25
- Finished 4-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI on April 6, against Marshall
- Four more hits with four runs scored on April 24, at Texas Tech
- Collected 12 RBI in final seven games of the season
- Finished the season with 20 multi-hit performances
High School
- Played at Mars Area High for coach Jason Thompson
- Team MVP
- All-section
- All-WPIAL
- 5A Player of the Year by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and TribLive
- Scored 24 runs and drove in 19 in 2021
- Also hit .500 with four home runs during his sophomore campaign
- 2021 Perfect Game/Rawlings Preseason All-America High Honorable Mention
- 2020 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-America Honorable Mention
Personal
- Son of Mike and Holly Wetherholt
- Has one brother
- Majoring in finance
- Birthday is Sept. 10
- President’s List
- Dean’s List
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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