Wilken attended Bloomingdale High School located in Valrico,Florida.[1] As a junior in 2019,he batted .468 with 12 home runs and 26 RBIs over 25 games.[2][3] His senior season in 2020 was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic,but he still hit four home runs over eight games.[4]
After not being selected in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft,Wilken enrolled at Wake Forest University and instantly became their starting third baseman as a freshman in 2021.[5] Over 47 starts,he slashed .279/.365/.617 with 17 home runs,a team-high 44 RBIs,and 41 runs scored.[6] His 17 home runs were most by a Wake Forest freshman ever.[7] After the season,he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League,[8][9] and was named the league's Most Valuable Player after batting .302 with six home runs and 26 RBIs over 38 games.[10] As a sophomore in 2022,Wilken appeared in sixty games and batted .272 with 23 home runs and 77 RBIs.[11] He returned to play for Harwich that summer,and was named a league all-star.[12][13][14] He was chosen to try out for the USA Baseball National Collegiate Team,but was not selected.[15] He entered the 2023 season as a top prospect for the upcoming MLB draft.
Wilken began the 2024 season back with Biloxi. On April 11,2024,Wilken suffered multiple facial fractures after he was hit in the face by a pitch from Mississippi Braves reliever Domingo Gonzalez.[18]
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