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<blockquote data-quote="Vernon" data-source="post: 132754252" data-attributes="member: 1034769">MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University junior shortstop <a href="https://wvusports.com/sports/baseball/roster/jj-wetherholt/17601">JJ Wetherholt</a> has been named a Perfect Game All-American, earning a spot on the third team.Despite missing 24 games, Wetherholt led the Mountaineers with a .331 batting average while also hitting eight home runs and tallying 30 RBI. The All-Big 12 First Team selection also scored 30 runs and led the team with a .472 OBP, drawing 30 walks against just 17 strikeouts.It is the eighth overall All-America selection for Wetherholt, surpassing Jedd Gyorko for most in program history. He also joins Gyorko as the only Mountaineers to be All-Americans in multiple years as Wetherholt was a unanimous first-team selection in 2023.Wetherholt is still just the second Mountaineer to be honored by Perfect Game as an All-American along with Alek Manoah in 2019, who was named to the first team.It is the 65th All-America accolade in program history among 27 different players, 35 of which came in the Randy Mazey era from 2013-24. Over 12% of WVU's All-America selections now belong to Wetherholt.For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on <a href="https://twitter.com/WVUBaseball">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WVUBaseball/">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wvubaseball/">Instagram</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vernon, post: 132754252, member: 1034769"] MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University junior shortstop [URL='https://wvusports.com/sports/baseball/roster/jj-wetherholt/17601']JJ Wetherholt[/URL] has been named a Perfect Game All-American, earning a spot on the third team. Despite missing 24 games, Wetherholt led the Mountaineers with a .331 batting average while also hitting eight home runs and tallying 30 RBI. The All-Big 12 First Team selection also scored 30 runs and led the team with a .472 OBP, drawing 30 walks against just 17 strikeouts. It is the eighth overall All-America selection for Wetherholt, surpassing Jedd Gyorko for most in program history. He also joins Gyorko as the only Mountaineers to be All-Americans in multiple years as Wetherholt was a unanimous first-team selection in 2023. Wetherholt is still just the second Mountaineer to be honored by Perfect Game as an All-American along with Alek Manoah in 2019, who was named to the first team. It is the 65th All-America accolade in program history among 27 different players, 35 of which came in the Randy Mazey era from 2013-24. Over 12% of WVU's All-America selections now belong to Wetherholt. For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUBaseball on [URL='https://twitter.com/WVUBaseball']Twitter[/URL], [URL='https://www.facebook.com/WVUBaseball/']Facebook[/URL] and [URL='https://www.instagram.com/wvubaseball/']Instagram[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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