Wheeling University Baseball players Kenny Jinks and Braden Killens earn First Team All-MEC honors ahead of the 2024 Mountain East Conference (MEC) Baseball tournament. Jinks, a redshirt senior, and Killens, a junior, led the Cardinals to the #3 seed in the MEC North Division, with Killens setting a single-season record of 16 home runs and tying the RBI record at 54. Jinks, a workhorse for the Cardinal's pitching staff, logged a team-high 63.2 innings of work in 12 games.

By the Numbers
  • Killens hit a single-season record 16 home runs
  • Killens tied the single-season RBI record at 54
  • Jinks pitched 63.2 innings in 12 games with a 5-3 record and a 4.66 ERA
  • Jinks recorded a career-high 73 strikeouts
State of Play
  • MEC Baseball tournament begins on Wednesday
  • Wheeling University secured the #3 seed in the MEC North Division
  • Braden Killens leads the conference in home runs and RBI, setting new career records for home runs and RBI
  • Kenny Jinks ranks second in the MEC in strikeouts and has pitched the most innings of anyone in the MEC this season
Bottom Line

Kenny Jinks and Braden Killens earn First Team All-MEC honors for their outstanding performance, with Killens setting new records and Jinks being a pivotal part of the Cardinal's pitching staff.