Omaha Athletics

Head coach Evan Porter announced the addition of former Maverick All-American Payton Kinney as the team's pitching coach in the summer of 2019. 

Kinney helped lead his team to a historic 2019 campaign with The Summit League Regular-Season and Tournament Championships, as well as the program's first NCAA Division I Regional appearance. He was also the first All-America honoree of the Division I era for the Maverick baseball program.

As The Summit League Pitcher of the Year and Tournament MVP, Kinney finished his senior campaign with a 1.96 ERA, an 11-2 record and 111 strikeouts through 115.0 innings. He also garnered All-Summit First Team, Academic All-Summit, Summit League All-Tournament and Summit League Pitcher of the Week honors three times in 2019.