Bethune-Cookman University Athletics

2019 (Senior):  Wilkes also returned to a mostly season as a redshirt-senior ... From nearby Holly Hill, the two-way player served as BCU's closer and had five saves ... He led the team with a 2.04 ERA, .202 opponents' average, and 11.72 strikeouts per-game ... He registered 46 strikeouts to 11 walks in 16 appearances and 35 innings to earn Third Team All-MEAC honors.

2015 – Freshman Season
Played in 26 games with 22 starts in the infield during his freshman year… Had his season cut short due to injury… Saw most of his playing time at first base and third base, also seeing some shared time at second base in the process… Held a .217 batting average for the season… Pounded out 18 hits, accumulating four doubles and a triple… Registered seven RBI while scoring 16 times himself… Drew nine walks on the campaign… swiped one base in two attempts… Registered two sacrifice flies and two sac bunts… Used a fielding percentage of .943, tallying 74 putouts with 26 assists… Amassed a 2-for-4 afternoon in the series finale at Georgia Southern (Feb. 15), adding a run and two RBI with a double… Picked up a four-game hitting streak from February 21 through February 25… Had another 2-for-4 day in the second leg of a doubleheader against North Carolina A&T (March 15)… Added a run and a RBI in the win over the Aggies… Registered nine putouts and an assist in that same game… Posted a season-best 3-for-4 outing in the second game of a doubleheader against Savannah State (March 28), adding two runs scored, a double, a triple and a RBI…

Spruce Creek HS
Played for head coach Johnny Goodrich at Spruce Creek High in nearby Port Orange, Florida… Helped his team increase their record the final two years of his high school career… Team finished 20-7 in 2014… Batted .338 as a senior, posting 12 doubles and a triple… Posted a .989 fielding percentage on the campaign… As a pitcher, logged a 1.89 ERA in 2014… Played 13 games with five starts on the mound… Picked up a 4-1 record… Tallied a career-high 88 strikeouts… Picked up a pair of saves and pitched a complete game… 2011 honorable mention for the News-Journal all-area team… First team all-conference… In 2012, picked up Second Team News-Journal All-Area accolades… First team all-conference selection… Team MVP… As a senior, received honorable mention News-Journal accolades once again… Second team all-conference… Coaches award… As a senior, he tossed seven innings of shutout baseball against defending state champion Lake Brantley… Also played varsity football and basketball…

Personal
Parents are Mike Wilkes and Lisa Goff… Has an older sister, Brittany (21)… Volunteers as a camp instructor for South Daytona summer baseball camp… 2012 Miracle League volunteer member… Enjoys listening to music, lifting weights and playing basketball… Chose to attend Bethune-Cookman because it gave him a chance to earn a degree and play college baseball at a high level… Says his first impression of B-CU is that Daytona Beach is his home town, and that B-CU is the city’s university… Best sports memory is going to the Cal Ripken World Series when he was 12 years of age, and his team placed third overall… Says a superstition before games is simply listening to music… Lists Derek Jeter as his favorite professional athlete of all time… Favorite sports teams are the New York Yankees and Seattle Seahawks… Favorite movie is The Sandlot… Favorite actor is Will Ferrell…