2010 Baseball Roster
Roster
Zane Hinkel
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- High School:
- Creighton Prep HS
2010 (Sophomore)
• Appeared in 26 games, getting 10 starts.
• Led Creighton with 15 at-bats off the bench, coming in 16
non-started games.
• Had single and a run in three-run 10th inning
at Illinois-Chicago.
• Had one of two home runs by Creighton non-starters,
blasting momentum-changing home run in 706 win over Indiana State on April 4.
• Went 1-for-8 as a pinch-hitter.
• Posted career-high two RBI in that Indiana State game.
• Posted first career double against Illinois State on April
10.
• Scored career-high two runs at Nebraska on April 6.
• Made three straight starts for first time in his career
with nods at Nebraska (4/6), against Kansas (4/7) and against Illinois State
(4/10).
2009 (Freshman)
• Made collegiate debut on Feb. 21 at Sam Houston State as a pinch runner.
• Made first career start against North Dakota (3/25).
• Notched first career hit at Iowa (4/29).
• Scored first career run against Nebraska on March 21.
• Had first hit by pitch against Air Force (4/15).
Creighton Prep (2005-08)
Lettered in baseball and basketball ... Was one of the most prolific hitters in 2008 ... Led all of Nebraska high school Class A hitters with a .547 average in 2008 ... Was second in the state with 52 hits, third in runs scored with 42, tied for third with 13 doubles and tied for seventh with 32 RBI ... Team finished fifth place or better the three years he was on varsity ... Omaha World-Herald named him First-Team All-Nebraska ... Lincoln Journal Star named Hinkel to First-Team Super State in 2008 ... The year before he was named Honorable Mention Super-State by the paper ... Named First-Team All-Conference and All-State his senior year in baseball ... Named Second-Team All-Conference in basketball in 2008 ... Played in the Colin Orcutt All-Star Game in 2008 and named the game’s MVP ... Owns Creighton Prep records for most runs scored in a season with 42 as well as batting average with a .547 clip ... Played summer league ball for PI Midwest under head coach Pat Mooney, former Bluejay ... Team won the 2007 Legion State Championship and was a reigonal qualifier ... In basketball was named Second-Team Super-State by the Lincoln Journal Star following the 2007-08 season with 10.1 points per game and 6.9 rebounds ... Named to the Honor Roll his senior year ... Went to the same high school as current Bluejay Vince Bellino.
Profile
Birthday: September 12, 1989
Parents: Laurie and Mike Hinkel
Sibling: Tanner
Major: Business Management
Why Creighton?: Close to Home
Favorite Athlete: LeBron James
Favorite MLB Team: Cubs
