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  Jamie Hinshaw

Jamie Hinshaw

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Missouri City, Texas

High School:
Elkins

Height:
5-5

Position:
3B

Experience:
3L

2007 (JUNIOR): Started all 60 games for the Aggies at third base...Named to the 2007 Big 12 Softball Championship All-Tournament team...Member of the second team All-Big 12...Batted .318 on the season...Posted 18 multi-hit games...Drove in 44 runs off nine doubles, a triple and three home runs...Drew 14 walks...Was a perfect 27-for-27 in stolen bases...Scored 36 of A&M's runs...Was second on the team in hits (62)...Hit a .556 clip with bases loaded...Posted a .538 success rate in advancing runners...Batted .383 with runners in scoring position...Went 3-for-4 against Houston (3/7) with a home run, two runs scored and three RBIs...Posted 12 multi-RBI games...Had five games with three or more RBIs...Drove in a career-high five runs against Rutgers (2/16)...Belted a grand slam to lift A&M to a 4-3 victory over Arizona (2/24)...Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBIs in the 13-2 routing of Houston in the College Station Regional (5/20)...Had an 11-game hitting streak that lasted from 4/29-5/25.

2006 (SOPHOMORE): NFCA Midwest Region All-Region second team...All-Big 12 first team...One of six Aggies to start all 53 games...Logged 52 starts at third base and one as the team's designated hitter...Has started all 110 games played since arriving on campus...Third on the team in batting average (.303)...Led the team in hits (50)...Second on the team in home runs (6)...Safely stole 14 bases...Had 13 multi-hit games...Went on nine (2/11-2/24), seven (4-3-19) and eight (4/2-4/15) game hitting streaks...Logged seven multi-RBI games...Went 2-for-2 against College of Charleston (3/3) with a home run to drive in four RBI...Earned 17 free passes on the season...Scored a run in six consecutive games (2/15-2/24)..In Big 12 play led the Aggies with a .368 batting average...Was third in the Big 12 in hits (21)...Seventh in doubles (5)...Belted two home runs...Drove in six runs...Reached base .500 of the time when hitting in the leadoff spot...Batted .372 with two outs...Had a .506 success rate in advancing runners.

2005 (FRESHMAN): Second team All-Big 12 ... One of six Aggies to start all 57 games ... Tied for the team lead in triples with three and sac bunts with seven ... Led the team in sac flies with four ... Was 23-for-26 in stolen bases ... Had 14 multi-hit games ... Recorded a career high four RBI against Miami University (3/4) ... Three of which came off a two-out triple in the sixth ... Made 58 putouts with 108 assists ... Went 3-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored on three bunt singles and a sacrifice fly against Sam Houston (2/23) ... In the same game made a leaping catch on a line drive to end the sixth inning ... Broke a 3-3 tie with a two-run double in the fourth inning against Texas State (3/20) ... Hit .500 with bases loaded ... Also had a .500 success rate in advancing runners ... Recorded 17 two-out RBI.

PREVIOUS ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: A four-year letterwinner for coach James McClanahan at Elkins High School ... Named first-team all-district four times ... First-team All-Greater Houston three times ... Named to the UIL State All-Tournament Team in 2003 ... First-team All-Southern, All-State in 2004 ... Won state and national championship ... Holds the school record for steals and runs scored ... Played nine years of club ball for coach Tommy Howe and Texas Magic Gold.

PERSONAL: Jamie Leigh Hinshaw is the daughter of Roger and Lynn Hinshaw of Missouri City, Texas ... Has two older sisters ... Beth Spearmen (26) and Lindsay Hinshaw (23) ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Academic Excellence Honoree ... Member of Young Life and Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... Chose Texas A&M because "the coaches were so personable and A&M is an awesome school with a great softball program"... enjoys scrapbooking in her spare time ... Is a sport management major ... Born July 26, 1986, in Fayetteville, Ark.

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