Doanes, McIntosh and Wolf Land on All-Big 12 Preseason Team for WVU Baseball

A trio of West Virginia Mountaineers, second baseman Tyler Doanes, catcher/designated hitter Paul McIntosh and starting pitcher Jackson Wolf, were named to the 2021 Preseason All-Big 12 Team, the conference announced Wednesday afternoon.

Just the beginning for these three…

Congrats to Preseason All-@Big12Conference selections @TylerMDoanes, @pmac1384 & @jackson123w!

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— WVU Baseball (@WVUBaseball) January 27, 2021

Doanes, a junior, hit .279 with three extra-base hits, 10 runs batted in, seven stolen bases and eight runs scored last season. He hit .317 as a freshman in 2018 and .316 as a sophomore in 2019.

McIntosh, also a junior, made the transition to WVU’s full-time catcher last season. He hit .207 with three home runs and a team-high 14 RBI. In 2019 McIntosh batted .277 with 10 home runs and 34 RBI en route to an All-Big 12 Second Team selection.

Wolf, a junior left-hander, went 3-1 with a 1.05 ERA in four starts last season. He struck out 27 and walked just five across 25.2 innings. He had a 5.17 ERA in 69.2 innings in 2019 and a 4.07 ERA in 24.1 innings in 2018.

Texas Tech led the Big 12 with four all-conference selections while WVU was tied for second with three. TTU junior Dylan Neuse was selected as the Preseason Player of the Year and Kansas State sophomore Jordan Wicks was picked as the Preseason Pitcher of the Year. Texas claimed the rest of the awards with Mike Antico winning Newcomer of the Year and Tanner Witt Freshman of the Year.