Completed Event: Baseball versus Wichita State on April 14, 2026 , Win , 5, to, 2
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Jersey Number 45
Manning West
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 235
- Hometown:
- Winder, Ga.
- High School:
- Apalachee HS
- Prev School:
- Oklahoma State/Walters State CC
Get to Know Manning ...
At what age did you start playing baseball and how did you get into baseball?
- As long as I can remember. I started by playing wiffle ball in the backyard.
Do you have any pregame superstitions or routines?
- I like to have Chick Fil-A breakfast and an energy drink.
- Football, I played it growing up and I love the intensity.
- My favorite baseball player growing up was Chipper Jones.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE – 2025
- 3-2, 4.17 ERA, 54.0 IP, 38 BB, 62 SO in 24 appearances (seven starts)
- Did not allow an earned run in his final 9.0 IP of the season
- Recorded his first career save at #14 West Virginia 5/17/25 (3.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 SO); completed a series sweep
- His first seven appearances were starts and his final 17 appearances were in relief
- Eleven of his 17 relief appearances were more than 1.0 inning
- W, 5.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 SO vs. Omaha 3/1/25
- Made his first career start at the Division I level (W, 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 7 SO) at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2/15/25
- No. 48 impact JUCO transfer pitcher for 2025 by D1Baseball
- Committed in July 2024
WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE – 2024
- Spent one year in the Walters State program
- All-TCCAA First Team in 2024
- 2024: 8-1, 3.64 ERA, 54.1 IP, 26 BB, 66 SO in 14 appearances (13 starts)
- Held opponents to a .211 batting average
- Second on the team in innings pitched (54.1) and strikeouts (66)
OKLAHOMA STATE – 2023
- Spent one year in the Oklahoma State program
- Did not appear in a game and redshirted
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of baseball at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia
- Ranked the No. 10 right-handed pitcher in the state of Georgia, and the No. 18 overall prospect in the state by Prep Baseball Report in 2022
- All-State First Team selection
- Two-time All-Region First Team recipient
- Holds the school record in career ERA (2.41), innings pitched (196), wins (16) and strikeouts (283)
- Owns the single-season school record for strikeouts (122)
- Also played two years of football
PERSONAL
- Son of Matt and Jennifer West
- Has one brother, Maddox, and one sister, Logan
- Picked Kansas over Indiana
- Chose Kansas because, “The opportunity they presented and their ability to make me a better player.”
- Majoring in liberal arts & sciences
Baseball Media Availability
Wednesday, April 22
Postgame Media Availability vs. #20 Nebraska
Tuesday, April 21
Baseball Highlights vs. #20 Nebraska
Tuesday, April 21
Hawk Talk with Dan Fitzgerald
Tuesday, April 21
