Padres select WC’s Wells in MLB Draft

The San Diego Padres selected Weatherford College centerfielder Kasen Wells in the 16^th round of the Major League Baseball Draft Tuesday.

Wells was the Offensive Player of the Year in the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference in 2024. He hit .384 in the regular season with 52 RBI, 14 doubles and six triples (10^th nationally). He stole 32 bases.

Wells is a graduate of Smithson Valley High School in Spring Branch, Texas. He transferred to WC from Texas A&M University and has signed to play at Dallas Baptist University next year. He will now be faced with the decision to either enter the Padres' system now or move on to DBU.

He is the 49^th draftee for the WC program since it began in 2003.