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Wetherholt makes history

WVU shortstop JJ Wetherholt was drafted 7th overall Sunday (July 14) by the St. Louis Cardinals in the MLB summer draft, the highest selection ever for a Mountaineer.

The New York Times, The Athletic

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5618430/2024/07/10/mlb-draft-prospects-recruitment-jj-wetherholt/?searchResultPosition=1

The New York Times, The Athletic

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5637514/2024/07/14/cardinals-draft-jj-wetherholt/

Times West Virginian

https://www.timeswv.com/sports/wvu_mountaineers/st-louis-cardinals-take-wvus-wetherholt-as-7th-pick-in-first-round-of-mlb-draft/article_a521178c-4244-11ef-a6b9-037eca5a005d.html

WBOY-TV

https://www.wboy.com/goldandbluenation/history-made-with-cardinals-selection-of-jj-wetherholt/

WBOY-TV

https://www.wboy.com/goldandbluenation/wvu-infielder-jj-wetherholt-selected-by-st-louis-cardinals-with-seventh-pick-in-2024-mlb-draft/

WV MetroNews

https://wvmetronews.com/2024/07/14/wetherholt-selected-7th-overall-by-the-st-louis-cardinals-in-the-mlb-draft/

WV Sports Now

https://wvsportsnow.com/jj-wetherholt-picked-by-st-louis-cardinals-in-mlb-draft/

MLB.com

https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/news/jj-wetherholt-drafted-no-7-by-cardinals-in-2024-mlb-draft

MLB.com

https://www.mlb.com/news/jj-wetherholt-no-7-pick-in-the-2024-draft

247 Sports

https://247sports.com/college/west-virginia/article/jj-wetherhold-mlb-draft-233819656/

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/professional/mlb/cardinals/5-things-to-know-about-jj-wetherholt-the-cardinals-2024-first-round-pick/article_16b1a142-424e-11ef-906a-9f159ab4ae58.html

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/professional/mlb/cardinals/steal-of-the-draft-cardinals-pounce-at-no-7-on-collegiate-infielder-jj-wetherholt/article_81ebfb3c-4204-11ef-b831-934750048f1a.html

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/professional/mlb/cardinals/cardinals-draft-west-virginia-baller-jj-wetherholt-with-their-highest-pick-in-decades/article_81ebfb3c-4204-11ef-b831-934750048f1a.html

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/professional/mlb/cardinals/im-just-really-excited-to-win-cardinals-draft-pick-jj-wetherholt-describes-himself/video_d90d640a-feb3-5f85-aa77-2d3e21a8abb4.html

The Daily Athenaeum

https://www.thedaonline.com/sports/baseball/wetherholt-drafted-no-7-overall-by-cardinals/article_e7897b5e-423b-11ef-9ccf-1768bad17807.html

WV News

https://www.wvnews.com/bluegoldnews/wvus-jj-wetherholt-is-no-7-pick-in-mlb-draft/article_c391bca8-4230-11ef-9977-cf3024840e2c.html

Athlon Sports

https://athlonsports.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/inside-cardinals/news/cardinals-select-jj-wetherholt-in-first-round-of-2024-mlb-draft

WV Sports

https://westvirginia.rivals.com/news/jj-wetherholt-selected-seventh-overall-in-2024-mlb-draft

WDTV-TV

https://www.wdtv.com/2024/07/14/breaking-jj-wetherholt-drafted-7-overall-st-louis-cardinals/

Sports Illustrated, Mountaineers Now

https://www.si.com/college/westvirginia/baseball/jj-wetherholt-drafted-by-the-st-louis-cardinals

WTAE-TV

https://www.wtae.com/article/jj-wetherholt-cardinals/61592868

Yahoo! Sports

https://sports.yahoo.com/will-jj-wetherholt-go-no-1-overall-in-the-mlb-draft-im-just-excited-to-learn-and-grow-my-game-042411548.html

CBS Sports

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2024-mlb-draft-cardinals-land-west-virginias-jj-wetherholt-at-no-7-after-spring-injury-hurt-junior-season/

Redbird Rants

https://redbirdrants.com/posts/st-louis-cardinals-get-the-steal-of-the-mlb-draft-with-infielder-jj-wetherholt-01j2stk104nq