Yehl Named Big 12's Best Pitcher, One of Four WVU Players on All-Conference First Team

Yehl named Big 12's best pitcher, one of four WVU players on all-conference first team

West Virginia baseball coach Steve Sabins had high expectations for left-handed pitcher Maxx Yehl entering the 2026 season. Yehl met and perhaps surpassed just about every one of them, and on Tuesday, the Mountaineers’ ace was named Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year when the league announced its annual awards and all-conference teams. Ian Korn Additionally, Yehl is one of four WVU players named All-Big 12 First Team, joining fellow pitchers …

Yehl Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, 10 Players Named All-Big 12

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Redshirt junior Maxx Yehl of the West Virginia University baseball team was named the 2026 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, as announced by the conference on Tuesday.