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2016 Baseball Roster

20 Braxton Wilks

  • Position Outfielder / Lefthanded Pitcher
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 185
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Sugar Land, Texas
  • Highschool Episcopal HS

Biography

2015 (Sophomore, McLennan College): Put together an unbelievable sophomore campaign at McLennan, hitting .336 (.433 on-base percentage) with 23 runs scored, 10 doubles, one triple, one home run, 19 walks and 22 RBI while helping McLennan to a runner-up finish at the National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) World Series. … Wilks won the NJCAA Award for Exemplary Academic Achievement and was named to the NJCAA Region V North all-Academic Team.
 
2014 (Freshman, Kansas State): As a freshman at Kansas State in 2013, he was an all-Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. … He had an 8.18 ERA with five strikeouts and seven walks in seven appearances on the mound. … In the summer before his freshman season, he P\played for the Rossville Rattlers under the direction of Brett Cowdin. … As an outfielder and pitcher, Wilks helped the team win the National Baseball Congress (NBC) 19U World Series. … He threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief in championship game against the Davy Jones Cardinals. … Wilks went 1-2 with 2 saves and a 2.10 ERA (6er, 25.2ip) during the entire season, and he struck out 22 and walked eight.

High school: Four-year letterwinner in baseball. ... Won three state championships, including in his senior season after the team went 29-8. ... Named to the 2013 All-Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) Team. ... Batted .380 with 8 doubles, 6 triples, 3 home runs and 27 RBI in senior season. ... Also logged 59.2 innings pitched across 15 appearances, going 8-3 with a 1.29 ERA and 82 strikeouts against 22 walks. ... All-District Honorable Mention in 2010. ... Rawlings Preseason All-Region Honorable Mention from 2011-13. ... Named 2013 Under Armour Preseason All-American. ... Also lettered in football.
 
Personal: Full name is Braxton Lewis Wilks. … His father, Lewis Wilks, was a golfer at ACU, and his great cousin is ACU's Athlete of the Century, Bobby Morrow. … Son of Lewis and Kimberly Wilks. … Born 16 December 1994. … 2013 graduate of Episcopal High School.

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