Skyler Wenninger

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Photo by: Eric Landwehr

Photo by: Eric Landwehr

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Height:
6-0
Weight:
180
Position:
Utility
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Luverne, Minn.
High School:
Luverne H.S.
Major:
Physical Education/Teacher Ed.

HONORS AND AWARD
• Summit League Honor Roll (2016)

2017: Saw extensive action at both shortstop and second base ... hit safely in seven of his first eight games of the season, including two-hit effort against Maine (2/26) ... went 2-for-4 with career-high four runs batted in, highlighted by key two-run double in series finale at Omaha to finish off three-game sweep (3/19) ... was 2-for-4 with an RBI in series finale at Oral Roberts (3/26) ... plated game-winning run on bunt single in bottom of the 11th inning in 1-0 home victory over Fort Wayne (3/31) ... keyed five-run sixth inning with a solo home run as Jackrabbits rallied for 10-6 win over Fort Wayne in series finale (4/2) ... missed a month due to injury, but marked his return to the lineup with a two-hit, three-RBI performance at Western Illinois as part of career-best eight-game hitting streak (5/6) ... started all three of team’s games at the Summit League Baseball Championship (5/24-26)

2016: Played a utility role in his first season in a Jackrabbit uniform ... saw action in 22 games, including 14 starts ... started eight games at shortstop and six games in right field ... hit safely in first six games, including singling in first at-bat, versus Mississippi State (2/20) ... posted back-to-back two-hit games against Virginia Commonwealth (2/27) and Eastern Kentucky (2/28) ... went 3-for-3 with a run batted in at Pacific (3/8) ... delivered a pair of run-scoring singles, including the game-winner in the top of the 12th inning in Summit League opener at Oral Roberts (3/18) ... was 2-for-2 with a run scored in home win over Dakota State (4/26) ... started two games in right field at the Summit League Baseball Championship ... collected two hits, including a double, and threw out a runner at home plate in elimination-game win over Omaha (5/26) ... doubled and walked twice in season-ending loss to Oral Roberts (5/27)

2015: Redshirted while fulfilling NCAA transfer requirements

BEFORE SDSU: Played one season at Minnesota-Duluth, where he was named the team’s 2014 Rookie of the Year ... batted .302 with one home run and eight runs batted in ... started 36 of the 38 games he played ... was awarded a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Gold Glove after committing only three errors and compiling a .980 fielding percentage ... credited with win in lone pitching appearance ... in high school, was a three-year starter in baseball and a two-time all-Southwest Conference selection at Luverne High School ... named to all-state team during senior season ... led team in earned run average as a sophomore and junior ... also earned all-conference honors in football and hockey, adding all-area honors in football as a quarterback ... member of the National Honor Society ... his father, Mike, was his high school baseball coach and is a former Jackrabbit who pitched on North Central Conference championship teams in 1994 and 1995