Baseball

2019 (Sophomore): Hinchman played in and started all 54 games for the Golden Eagles, with all but seven starts coming at first base… also made one start in right field and six as the team’s designated hitter… put together a .278 batting average, .420 on-base percentage and team-high .697 slugging percentage… led the nation in home runs per game with a mark of 0.44… tallied 24 home runs, the second-most in the nation, second-most in a single season in program history and fifth-most in a single season in OVC history… totaled 55 hits, 54 runs and 11 doubles while leading the Golden Eagles with 24 long balls, 55 RBI and 43 walks… finished the year 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts… made just three errors all season, compiling a .991 fielding percentage… tied the program’s single-game record with three home runs against Valparaiso (Mar. 12), accounting for a season-high seven RBI… also recorded his first career grand slam in the contest… mashed two dingers with four hits, a season-high four runs and five RBI in the first game of a doubleheader against SIUE (Mar. 10)… collected three hits three more times on the year, including games at Jacksonville State (Mar. 30), the first contest of a doubleheader at Southeast Missouri (Apr. 19) and series finale at Southeast Missouri (Apr. 20)… crushed his second career grand slam against Alabama A&M (Apr. 16)… hammered a walk-off round-tripper to give Tech a 3-2 win in the first game of a doubleheader against Central Arkansas (Apr. 12)… strung together four straight games with a home run from Mar. 30 to Apr. 6… totaled 15 games scoring multiple runs and 16 contests with multiple RBI… posted 11 multi-hit games… drew multiple walks 11 times.

2018 (Freshman): Hinchman played in 16 games while making a total of six starts as the team’s designated hitter… finished his freshman campaign batting .219 with a .531 slugging percentage and .342 on base percentage… wrapped up the year with seven hits, 10 runs scored, nine RBI, a double, three home runs and six walks… collected his first career hit, an RBI double, against Little Rock (Feb. 16)… posted his first multi-hit game with a pair of hits against Illinois State (Feb. 24)… clobbered his first career home run, the eventual game-winner, with a season-high three RBI in Tech’s win at Troy (Mar. 3)… scored a season-high three runs and drew a season-high three walks at Lipscomb (Mar. 6)… recorded multiple RBI three times.

High School: Hinchman lettered three years for head coach Chris Brown at Alexander High School… led his team to a Region 5-AAAAA title… named Georgia Region 5-AAAAA Player of the Year as a junior and senior, as well as to the All-Region 5-AAAAA First Team… also named team MVP his last two seasons… as a junior, hit .368 with five home runs and 27 RBI… followed it up with a .440 average, 10 home runs, 43 RBI and 45 runs scored as a senior… finished as the 2016 International Power Showcase High School Home Run Derby runner up and tallied the 2016 Perfect Game Highest Exit Velocity speed of 105.3 miles per hour.

Personal: Son of Brad and Sue Hinchman… born July 19, 1999… full name is Jason Hinchman… father Brad played baseball for three years at the University of West Georgia… cousin Joe Hinchman was a four-year member of the wrestling team at Shorter College.

Academic: Majoring in basic business… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll four times and the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll once.

Honors & Awards:

• 2019 All-OVC First Team
• 2019 Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (Mar. 11)
• 2019 OVC Player of the Week (Mar. 11)