Baylor's No. 5 Pearson Riebock crosses home plate off a double from Brytton Clements in the first inning against BYU at Surprise Stadium on May 20, 2026. Photo courtesy of Logan Powell/WV Sports Nation.
Baylor, Kansas State survive Day 2 of Big 12 tournament
May 21, 2026
Surprise, AZ — No 8 Baylor and No 11 Kansas State survived Day 2 of the 2026 Big 12 Baseball Tournament and advance along its respective paths to Saturday's championship game Read more: Baylor, Kansas State survive Day 2 of Big 12 tournament. The Baylor Bears took down the BYU Cougars in the first game of the day, winning 13-9. The Kansas State Wildcats easily took care of the TCU Horned Frogs 9-4 in the final game of day 2 of the tournament.
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West Virginia is highly represented in the 2026 All-Big 12 Baseball Honors, with Maxx Yehl earning Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, most notably. Yehl was also one of two players unanimously selected to the All-Big 12 First Team. Arizona State outfielder Landon Hairston was the other unanimous selection. C/2B Gavin Kelly, SP Chansen Cole, and RP Ian Korn were also honored on the list.
Once NIL and the new transfer portal era got started in college athletics, it’s not a secret that the dollar bill dominates much of the landscape. Whether you are a school in a massive state like Texas Tech with billionaire oil donors, or a state school in little old West Virginia, every school relies even more on donors to help create wins on the field. While that money goes a long way, it’s the relationships those donors are able to make along the way that go even further than just what shows up on the record sheet. That’s exactly what Rocky Simmons, co-owner of Vision Homes in Morgantown, has done for WVU Athletics.
