Completed Event: Baseball versus St. Thomas on March 5, 2026 , Win , 4, to, 2
Final
Baseball
4
vs St. Thomas
2
2026 Baseball Roster
Roster
INF/OF
/ BaseballINF/OF
/ BaseballC/1B
/ BaseballOF/C
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballC/RHP
/ BaseballINF/OF
/ BaseballOF
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ Baseball1B/RHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballC
/ BaseballINF
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballINF/OF
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballOF/C
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballC
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ BaseballLHP
/ BaseballRHP
/ Baseball
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 Highlights vs St. Thomas
Friday, March 06
Kansas Baseball Press Conference
Wednesday, March 04
Dan Fitzgerald Preseason Press Conference
Thursday, February 05
Baseball 2026 Preseason Press Conference
Tuesday, February 03
