After spending one season in Liberal, Kansas, Saints catcher Jarron Wilcox will move out west to become a mountain lion with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
He appeared in 41 games for the Saints in 2023, hitting .283 on the season with 34 total hits including 6 doubles and 4 home runs while batting another 26 runs. Also impressive behind the plate, Wilcox posted a .996 fielding percentage with 225 putouts and catching 11 runners trying to steal bases. He recorded 2 runs on 4 hits against Garden City CC and drove in another 6 runs to lead the Saints to a 26-6 win over the Bronc Busters and had 10 or more put outs in seven games with three games of 15 that all ended in wins for the Saints. Wilcox helped lead Seward County Baseball to a 33-26 overall record with a 20-12 record in KJCCC action which put them fourth in the standings.
Wilcox will join a mountain lion program that finished seventh in the RMAC standings with a conference record of 12-20 and an overall record of 20-30 for the 2023 season.
Wilcox is the eighth Saints baseball player to sign to the four-year level, joining Ranse Radtke (Abilene Christian), Adian Moore (Lubbock Christian University), Jaxson Gregg (Henderson State), Connor Cox (University of Central Oklahoma), Elijah Bear (Florida Memorial), and Bo Jacob Garza (Ottawa University).
