As A Senior (2023)
Third-team All-America honoree … First-team all-conference selection … A-Sun Player of the Week selection on March 13 and May 8 … Second in the conference with 77 RBI … Started all 60 games while batting .360 … Tallied 77 RBI and scored 72 runs … Had 85 hits, including 19 home runs and 16 doubles … Walked 44 times … Notched a .669 slugging percentage and a .459 on-base percentage … Recorded a team-high 31 multi-hit games … Notched four hits against Indiana State (Feb. 21) … Posted four hits in the win over FIU with three RBI (Feb. 28) … Drove in five runs in a pair of wins at Troy (March 7, March 8) … Drove in four runs in the win over Jacksonville (April 2) … Posted four hits with three RBI at Queens (April 6) … Drove in four in the win over Jacksonville State (April 23) … Garnered four RBI against Stetson two times (May 5, May 7).
As a Junior [2022] | Game-by-Game Stats
All-ASUN First Team
All-ASUN Preseason Team
#14 First Baseman in D1Baseball's Week 6 Positional Power Rankings
Currently 2nd in FGCU history with 42 career home runs
Started all 58 games for the Eagles, mostly at first base with occasional starts at DH... Hit .273 (62-227) with 20 home runs, 14 doubles, 51 RBI, and 62 runs scored... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs scored in win over Minnesota (Feb. 23)... Drove in three runs with a home run and a double against Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 26)... Went 3-for-5 with a four RBI against St. Bonaventure (March 2)... Hit a home run at #8 Florida State (March 8)... Went 30-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and three runs scored against Fairfield (March 13)... Drew four walks and scored three runs at Stetson (March 19)... Went 3-for-5 with a home run and three runs scored against Jacksonville (March 26)... Went 3-for-5 with a home runs and a walk-off single against Kennesaw State (April 2)... Went 3-for-5 with a home run at Liberty (April 8)... Hit two home runs and drove in five runs against North Florida (April 14)... Hit a home run and had a walk-off single against Liberty (May 13)... Went 2-for-4 with a home in win over #5 Miami (May 17)... Hit a home run against Kennesaw State (May 26) in the ASUN Tournament.
As a Sophomore [2021] | Game-by-Game Stats
All-ASUN 2nd Team
Granted extra year of eligibility because of COVID-19... Played in 45 games, starting all of them... Led the team with 13 home runs, 44 RBI, and 97 total bases... Hit .271 (49-181) for the season... Had an on-base percentage of .373 and a slugging percentage of .536... Collected nine doubles on the season... Went 5-for-5 with four RBI in win at FAU (March 5)... Hit two home runs and had a season-high five RBI against FAU (March 30)... Had two home runs, four RBI, and four runs scored in win over Jacksonville (April 10)
As a Sophomore [2020] | Game-by-Game Stats
Preseason All-ASUN selection
One of just four players that started all 16 of the Eagles’ games … Led the team with two home runs … Both of those shots came in back-to-back contests against Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25) and Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 28) … Tallied multiple RBI in both of those contests … Was also intentionally walked during the series against Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 29) … Tripled during the game against Georgetown (March 10) … Finished the season slashing .143/.286/.254, adding seven RBI, six extra-base hits and as many runs scored.
As a Freshman [2019] | Game-by-Game Stats
2019 All-Freshmen Team
ASUN Player of the Week (March 11)
Unanimously selected to the ASUN All-Freshmen Team … Appeared in all 55 games, starting 54 of them in his debut campaign with FGCU … Led the league with a .461 on-base percentage … Broke the program record with the most RBIs from a freshman (40) … His first collegiate hit was a two-RBI homer in the win over Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 16) … Scored a career-high three runs in both that game and the win over LIU Brooklyn (Feb. 23) … In that game, he cranked out three doubles, the second-most in a single game in FGCU history … Batted over .400 until the start of April, proving to be one of the freshmen in college baseball … Tallied his first career grand slam in the win over Quinnipiac (March 9) … Finished the series against the Bobcats with six hits and as many RBIs, earning ASUN Player of the Week honors for his effort … Walked off Rutgers in the bottom of the 11th inning with a home run (March 15) … Tallied 17 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games … Owned a 24-game streak of reaching base safely, as well as a nine-game hitting streak … Finished the season on an eight-game streak of reaching base safely … Finished the year slashing .324/.492/.461 … Added nine doubles, seven home runs and 88 total bases.
Before College
Played for Craig Faulkner at Venice High School ... Put the Indians ahead with a double late in the state semifinal game as a sophomore ... Was a Perfect Game Florida All-Region pick ... Three-time Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention All-American ... Hit a go-ahead RBI double in the state semifinals as a sophomore.
Personal
Born July 28, 1999 ... Son of Joe & Jennifer Kinker ... Has three siblings, Josh , Bianca, and Jackson ... Chose FGCU because of the size and location of the school ... Chose FGCU over UNF, UNC- Charlotte, and Georgia Southern ... Favorite athlete is Bryce Harper ... Favorite Movie is Moneyball ... Favorite book is A Land Remembered ... Would like to have met Abraham Lincoln because of his place in American history ... Would like to eventually become a high school principal and coach ... Majoring in pre-seconday education, with a focus on social sciences.
Updated 2/1/23
