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Former Kings' Infielder Having Great Season At WVU

Former Kings' Infielder Having Great Season At WVU

2019 Champion City Kings player JJ Wetherholt, now at West Virginia University is leading the nation in stolen bases this season and recently was named to the Golden Spikes Award watch list. Below is a recent article featured on D1Baseball.com about JJ.

 

Walter Villa - April 20, 2023

When JJ Wetherholt – a natural righthander – was about 6 years old, he saw his older brother, Brandon, take lefty swings.

Wetherholt decided to emulate his big bro, and he's been a lefty-only hitter ever since.

Good thing.

Wetherholt, a 20-year-old true sophomore second baseman for the West Virginia Mountaineers, entered this week ranked second in the nation in hits (64), fourth in steals (27 in 31 attempts), fifth in batting average (.451) and ninth in doubles (16).

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