Biography
Honors and Awards
Summit League Regular Season and Tournament Champion (2019)
Summit League Pitcher of the Year (2019)
Summit League Tournament Most Valuable Player (2019)
Summit League All-Tournament (2019)
All-Summit First Team (2019)
ABCA/Rawlings Division I All-America Third Team (2019)
ABCA/Rawlings Midwest All-Region First Team (2019)
Academic All-Summit (2019)
NCAA.com National Pitcher of the Week (March 5, 2018)
Summit League Pitcher of the Week (March 5, 2018, Feb. 25, 2019, March 18, 2019, April 15, 2019)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2016-17, 2017-18)
Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2017-18)
As a Redshirt Senior (2019)
Started all 17 of his mound appearances… Summit League Regular Season and Tournament Champion… Rawlings/ABCA Division I All-America Third Team… Became the first Maverick baseball player of the Division I era to earn All-America honors… Rawlings/ABCA Division I All-Region Midwest First Team… Summit League Pitcher of the Year and Championship MVP… Summit League All-Tournament Team… Summit League Pitcher of the Week three times… All-Summit First Team… Academic All-Summit… Led The Summit League with a 1.96 ERA and an 11-2 record through 115.0 innings of work… Holds the single-season program record for innings pitched… Tied for the program’s most wins in a season with 11… His 111 strikeouts for the season rank third all-time in program history… His 2.62 career ERA ranks 10th all-time amongst Maverick pitchers… 181 career strikeouts rank eighth all-time… 741 batters faced rank ninth all-time in program history for a career… Tossed a career-high of 11 strikeouts twice against North Dakota State at home on March 17, 2019, and at Oral Roberts on April 12, 2019… Notched a streak of 28 consecutive shutout innings from March 2 – March 23… Tossed 8.0 innings four times in the season… Recorded five strikeouts with 6.0 shutout innings on just three hits allowed in the quarterfinal round of The Summit League Championship against Western Illinois… Followed up two days later with a one-hit shutout through 7.1 innings of work and 10 strikeouts against Oral Roberts in the final game of The Summit League Championship… Notched eight strikeouts through 6.0 innings against No. 1 UCLA at the NCAA Division I Los Angeles Regional… Led The Summit League in ERA, starts, strikeouts, wins and innings pitched.
As a Senior (2018)
Appeared in four games with three starts…. Made four mound appearances with three starts… Totaled 16.1 innings pitched with 14 total strikeouts, eight walks, 10 hits and six runs allowed with a 3.31 ERA… Finished 1-1 on the season… Garnered NCAA.com National Pitcher of the Week Honors for tossing the second no-hitter in program history in the Division I era with nine strikeouts and four walks on 140 total pitches in the 4-0 win over Ohio on March 4, 2018... Medically redshirted due to injury after four games... Named to The Summit League Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
As a Junior (2017)
Made 16 mound appearances with three starts...Went 3-3 with a 3.88 ERA over 51.0 innings pitched...Ranked second on the team and ninth in the Summit League with 56 strikeouts...Held opponents to a .204 batting average...Struck out a season-high nine batters over 4.1 innings of relief vs. Oral Roberts (April 15)...Picked up his first career win at Air Force (April 19), tossing 5.1 innings...Tallied another win that weekend, going 5.0 innings out of the bullpen with just one hit, no walks and five strikeouts at North Dakota State (April 23)...Threw a season-long 6.0 shutout innings vs. Fort Wayne (May 6) in his first career start, holding the Mastodons to five hits with no walks and three strikeouts for his third win...Named to the Summit League Academic Honor Roll.
Southeast CC
Began his collegiate career with three seasons at Southeast CC...Served as a team captain in 2016, when the Storm won a record 22 consecutive wins...Holds SCC's records for single-season wins after going 8-2 on the mound in 2015...Redshirted in 2014.
Norris High School
Three-year letterwinner for Coach Jason Cullison at Norris High School...As a senior, named a second-team high school All-American by Louisville Slugger...Also named second-team All-Nebraska, first-team Class B all-state, second-team Super State and first-team all-conference in his senior campaign...Went 7-0 on the mound in the spring season for Norris...Part of Hickman's 2013 American Legion state championship team...Honored as the 2013 American Legion Pitcher of the Year...As a junior, was an all-state honorable mention selection...Three-time All-EMC pick...Three-year team captain...Helped his team to three straight district championships in 2011, 2012 and 2013...Holds school records for single-season wins (nine) and lowest ERA (0.28).
Personal
Born Oct. 19, 1994 in Lincoln, Neb....Parents are Darren and Bonita Kinney...Has two sisters, Bailey and Ande...Father played baseball at Washburn and for the Topeka Stars...Hobbies include hunting, fishing and golfing...Member of the UNO Dean's List...Majoring in emergency management.
