First-team all-Big 12. District player of the year. All-American. Next year is going to be very interesting for Zarbnisky, a sophomore from Georgia who might yet be named the two-way player of the year, but for now, revel in his many and his latest accomplishments.

Earning his first career All-America honor, Zarbnisky is the 17th All-American in program history. He is recognized as one of two utility players on the NCBWA Third Team.

The honor is the 11th NCBWA All-America honor in team history and 15th total All-America accolade in coach Randy Mazey’s four seasons. The Mountaineers have earned at least one All-America accolade in each of the last three years, as Kyle Davis and BJ Myers were recognized in 2015, while Ivan Gonzalez and Darius Hill were honored in 2016, all on numerous Freshman All-America teams.

Busy baseball Wednesday, that one …

The All-America teams were announced during the day, which happened to be the third and final day of the MLB draft. Senior first baseman Jackson Cramer and junior left fielder Kyle Davis — the biggest bats and only players to appear in all 62 games — were picked. Cramer, of course, is gone, and he’ll enter the Washington nationals organization. Davis has a decision to make, and I think we could pick apart a statement from last night and believe he’s yet uncommitted but also feel like he’s leaning toward pro baseball.

Staying or going isn’t really the distinction he has to make. Nor is it college or pro baseball. The Mountaineers school their underclassmen on the most important part of the process.

“There’s a difference in what we call a professional player and a prospect,” Sabins said. “A prospect in professional baseball is going to get a lot more opportunities to fail while a professional player is going to have a whole new draft class coming in the following year. You don’t want to be a roster-filler. You want to be a prospect with a legitimate opportunity to fail, succeed, develop, show off your tools and eventually make a career out of it.”

There was one other development from the pretty good recruiting class that’s on the way. Star junior college pitcher Will Reed was picked by the Pittsburgh Pirates, but the Mountaineers knew Reed wouldn’t be able to enroll at WVU anyhow. That stings. The Mountaineers thought he could pitch at the start or end of games. There was also a thought that Jackson Wolf, a 6-foot-7 high school southpaw, might get picked later in the day to reintroduce the brutal reality of baseball recruiting, but nothing came of it.

(Update: I did not see this previously: Christian Young, a 6-foot-5 power arm who starred at a small junior college, was drafted by the Reds. The Mountaineers believe he can start right away next season, should he choose them. It’s the second time he’s been drafted.)