Trio of WVU Baseball Players Earn All-America Honors

Three members of the WVU baseball team have picked up All-America honors. Redshirt junior Maxx Yehl was named to the first team by Perfect Game and the second team by NCBWA, sophomore Gavin Kelly earned second-team honors by Perfect Game and NCBWA, and sophomore Chansen Cole was named to the second team by NCBWA.

Yehl has been stellar on the mound for the Mountaineers with a 9-2 record while pitching to a 2.10 ERA and collecting 105 strikeouts in 90.0 innings pitched. His ERA leads the Big 12 and is sixth in the nation. This season, Yehl has already taken home Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, NCBWA Co-District 2 Player of the Year and was named as one of five finalists for National Pitcher of the Year.

Cole is 10-1 this season with a 2.85 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 94.2 innings. He leads the Big 12 and is eighth in the country in wins as he became the first 10-game winner for the Mountaineers since 2003. It adds to his list of accomplishments this season which include being named All-Big 12 First Team and to the Morgantown Regional All-Tournament Team.

Kelly is hitting .384 this season with 17 home runs and 57 RBI. Additionally, he has 89 hits, including 21 doubles and three triples, while scoring 66 runs. It adds to his list of honors this season as he was named All-Big 12 First Team, the NCAA Morgantown Regional Most Valuable Player, and the NCBWA District 2 Co-Player of the Year.

The trio becomes the 29th, 30th, and 31st All-Americans in program history. Yehl and Kelly are the sixth and seventh Mountaineers to be honored by Perfect Game, the first since JJ Wetherholt in 2024. The trio now makes it 16 All-Americans by NCBWA and first since Wetherholt in 2023. Yehl becomes the first Mountaineer named a First-Team All-American by any outlet since Wetherholt in 2023 and the third by Perfect Game, joining Wetherholt in 2023 and Alek Manoah in 2019.

This story originated as a WVU press release. 

Find more coverage of the WVU baseball program at WV Sports Now.