Jack Wynkoop
- position Lhp
- height 6-5
- weight 210
- class Junior
- Hometown Virginia Beach, Va.
- High school Cape Henry Collegiate HS
- position Lhp
- height 6-5
- weight 210
- class Junior
- Hometown Virginia Beach, Va.
- High school Cape Henry Collegiate HS
Jack Wynkoop Bio
USC Baseball: 5 Players Who Will Lead Next Season, Plus Impact Newcomers
By Neil White (The State)
Wynkoop excited about helping Gamecocks try and accomplish goals
By Collyn Taylor (Spurs & Feathers)
AWARDS/HONORS/CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2015 MLB Draft Selection (6th round/Colorado Rockies)
- 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2013 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- 2013 Freshman All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
- 2013 SEC All-Freshman Team
- 2013 SEC Freshman of the Week (April 29)
- 2013 SEC Freshman of the Week (April 22)
2015 (JUNIOR)
- 2015 MLB Draft Selection (6th round/Colorado Rockies)
- Made 16 appearances with 14 starts, went 8-5 with a 3.27 ERA and a save, pitched 104.2 innings and allowed 47 runs, 38 earned, on 121 hits with 14 walks and 86 strikeouts
- Team-high four pickoffs, allowed just one stolen base on two attempts
- No-decision in 10-7 win over LSU (5/14); allowed six runs, five earned, on 11 hits with no walks and two strikeouts in 5.1 innings
- Won fourth straight start allowing six runs on 12 hits in eight innings with two walks and six strikeouts in 9-7 win over Texas A&M (5/8)
- Improved to 7-4 with win in 10-1 victory over Auburn (5/1); allowed just one run, unearned, on eight hits with no walks and 10 strikeouts
- 8.1 scoreless innings to earn win in 4-0 victory at Tennessee (4/24); allowed just seven hits and one walk while striking out five batters
- First career complete game, allowed two runs on 10 hits with one walk and a career-high 12 strikeouts in 5-2 win over Vanderbilt (4/17)
- First career save in 8-5 victory over Georgia (3/29); allowed one run on three hits in 2.1 innings with no walks and three strikeouts
- No-decision in 4-3 loss at Missouri (3/21); allowed two runs on seven hits in 7.1 innings with no walks and five strikeouts
- Improved to 4-1 with win in 4-3 victory over Kentucky (3/14); allowed two runs on seven hits in 7.1 innings with a walk and five strikeouts
- Eight scoreless innings with just three hits allowed, a walk and five strikeouts to earn victory in 7-0 win over Miami (Ohio) (3/7)
- Earned win in 4-1 victory vs. Clemson (2/28); allowed just one run on five hits in 6.0 innings with two walks and seven strikeouts
- Tied career-high with eight innings pitched and allowed just one run on three hits with one walk and nine strikeouts to earn win in 10-1 victory over Northeastern (2/21)
2014 (SOPHOMORE)
- Made 17 appearances with 16 starts, went 7-6 with a 2.86 ERA in 88.0 innings, allowed 40 runs, 28 earned with 10 walks and 58 strikeouts
- Earned win going 5.2 innings and allowing one run on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts in 3-1 win over Missouri (5/10)
- Earned win in 5-2 win at Georgia allowing two runs on five hits in six innings with a walk and three strikeouts (5/3)
- Quality start in 2-1 loss vs. Alabama (4/26); allowed two runs on seven hits in 6.1 innings with no walks and four strikeouts
- Quality start in no-decision of a 3-2 win at Auburn (4/19); allowed two runs, both unearned, on eight hits with no walks and a strikeout
- Quality start in no-decision of a 4-3 loss vs. Florida (4/12); allowed one run on five hits in seven innings with a walk and three strikeouts
- Quality start despite a loss at Arkansas; allowed four runs, one earned, on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts in 6.1 innings
- Three scoreless innings of relief in 3-2 win over Tennessee to pick up a win (3/28)
- Quality start despite a loss in 2-1 defeat at Kentucky (3/22); allowed two runs on five hits with one walk and nine strikeouts in seven innings of work
- Eight scoreless innings with just four hits allowed, no walks and five strikeouts in 8-0 win over Brown to pick up fourth victory (3/8)
- Improved to 3-0 with a win in 10-2 victory over Clemson; allowed two runs on nine hits in six-plus innings (3/1)
- 7.1 scoreless innings with a career-high 10 strikeouts and just three hits allowed to pick up the win in a 2-0 victory vs. Eastern Kentucky (2/22)
- Won first start of the season in 12-2 win over Bucknell (2/15); allowed two runs on six hits with a walk and a career-high six strikeouts
2013 (FRESHMAN)
- Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball
- Named to SEC All-Freshman Team
- Went 7-3 with a 3.09 ERA in 17 games with 11 starts
- Won seventh game with five-plus innings of work allowing two runs on five hits with a walk and three strikeouts in 8-3 win over Georgia (5/12)
- Named SEC Freshman of the Week for the second straight week after pitching seven scoreless innings with just five hits allowed in 4-0 win at LSU (4/28)
- SEC Freshman of the Week after pitching a season-high eight innings to earn the win in 3-1 victory over Kentucky (4/21); did not walk a batter and allowed just one unearned run on nine hits
- Three innings in relief in 14-5 loss at Florida (4/13); allowed two runs on three hits with no walks and three strikeouts
- No-decision in 5-3 loss to Arkansas (3/24); allowed three runs on seven hits in 4.2 innings with two walks and four strikeouts
- Improved to 4-0 with win at The Citadel (3/19); worked 5.1 innings and allowed two runs on five hits with a walk and five strikeouts
- Allowed one run on five hits in 2.2 innings in win over USC Upstate (3/12)
- Six scoreless innings with just two hits allowed in win over Ball State (3/5)
- Five scoreless innings in win over Furman (2/26)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Rated No. 146 best high school prospect in the nation and No. 6 best high school prospect in state of Virginia by Perfect Game USA
- 2012 VISAA Division II Player of the Year … 2010 & 2012 VISAA Division II All-State First Team
- As a senior in 2012, went 8-0 with a 0.54 ERA in 64 innings with 80 strikeouts to just seven walks
- Helped lead Cape Henry to state championship pitching a complete game and scoring the winning run
- 2011 & 2012 Tidewater Conference Player of the Year; also earned All-TCIS honors
- Named by Perfect Game USA as 2012 Rawlings Preseason Atlantic All-Region First Team
- Played for Orioles Scout AAU team
PERSONAL
- Born on October 2, 1993
- Parents are J.C. and Lisa Wynkoop
- Major is insurance and risk management