The Citadel Athletics

JUNIOR (2017): Started all 51 games for the Bulldogs and has started 159 of 161 games in his career…Had a career high 47 hits and scored 30 runs in 2017…Finished the season with a .240 average and a .312 on-base %...Led the Bulldogs with 14 doubles…Also had one triple, two home runs, and 27 RBIs…Was 9-for-9 on stolen base attempts…Had eight multi-hit games in his junior season…Was 6-for-7 in the Bulldogs’ record-setting win at Winthrop (3/14)...Had a school record four doubles in the game and became only the third player in Citadel history with six hits in a game…Also had four RBIs, scored five runs, and drew a walk in the 34-8 Citadel win…Was 3-for-5 with two RBIs in the Bulldogs’ 8-7 win over Dartmouth (3/18)…Scored the game-winning run on a walk-off single by Barrett Charpia in the ninth against Delaware State (2/25)…Tripled in the bottom of the ninth against Dartmouth to tie the game at 7-7 and drew a bases loaded walk for an 8-7 win in the 10^th (3/18)…Go-ahead single against CSU (4/4) in the seventh served as the game winner…Hit a two-run homer at Samford (4/14) in an 8-6 win…Was 2-for-6 with a run scored against Mercer (4/23)…Had a 2-for-5 day with an RBI and two runs scored against ETSU (5/7)…Finished 2-for-4 with two doubles in a 5-2 win over UNCG (5/12).

SOPHOMORE (2016): Played every inning of the 2016 season and is the first Bulldog since 2014 to start every game in a season … collected first hits of the season against Siena on February 26, going two-for-five with two RBI and one run scored … tallied three hits including a double and scored two runs against the College of Charleston on March 6 … went three-for-four with two RBI  against Presbyterian on March 19 … recorded three doubles at VMI on March 25 to along with four hits and one run scored … first Bulldog to hit three doubles in one game since 2011 … collected his first home run of the season to give The Citadel the lead for good in 7-5 win over UNCG on April 9 … tallied two RBI with double against Western Carolina on April 24 to give the Bulldogs a 5-0 lead … collected second homer of the season in 9-8 win over Mercer on May 8, finishing two-for-five with three RBI and one run scored … smacked two doubles against Winthrop on May 13 … beginning on May 5, held a six game hitting streak that lasted until May 14 … tallied one hit and one RBI at No. 10 South Carolina on May 17 … concluded the season with 37 hits, 26 RBI and tied for first on the team with 13 doubles … tied for seventh in the SoCon in assists (139) … one of only two Bulldogs on 2016 squad to tally a four-hit game … held the second longest reached-base-safely streak at 12 games during the season … finished with eight multiple hit games and four multiple RBI games.

FRESHMAN (2015): Started 49 games at third base … tallied first career hit and double at Georgia Southern on February 24 … went two-for-four with two runs scored and two RBI just four days later against Alabama State … went two-for-two against Lafayette on March 14 with a run scored and a RBI … scored a season-high three times against UMBC on March 21, smashing two doubles in the two-for-three effort … crushed first career home run at South Carolina on April 8 and then hit second of the season April 11 against Wofford … finished the season with three multiple RBI games, eight multiple hit games and at one point held a 10-game reached base streak … tallied 25 runs, 37 hits, 17 RBI and 12 doubles during his freshman campaign … finished with a .274 batting average.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2014 graduate of Wilson Hall High School … lettered four times in baseball and three times in football and basketball … batted .355 his senior season, named the SCISA 3A Player of the Year and selected to play in the North/South all-star game … had a batting average of .369 and an 8-1 record with a 1.43 ERA as a junior and was chosen the High School Sports Report Player of the Year … selected team’s best defensive player while also batting .365 as a sophomore … member of state championship team his freshman and senior seasons and runner-up as a junior … named Mr. Football and region player of the year in football and all-state in basketball his senior campaign … helped lead football team to 14-0 record and state title in 2013 … member of Honor Roll all four years.

PERSONAL: William Ballard Kinney ... born Oct. 31, 1995 ... son of Byron and Beth Kinney … majoring in business administration.