Enters season ranked third on the career listin walks (87), fifth in batting average (.324), sixth in runs scored (125),tied for sixth in stolen bases (36), eighth in the hit by pitch list (13) and11th in career triples (9).
Junior (2010): Named to the Atlantic Sun's All-AcademicTeam... earned NFCA Scholar Athletehonors ...played and started 54 games in center field...hit .282 with 42hits, 24 runs, 16 RBIs, 11 stolen bases and 24 walks...had three walks, a runscored and an RBI against UNCW (2/11)...had five-game hitting streak from Feb.16-Feb. 20...scored two runs against Marshall (2/20)...picked up three hits and tworuns scored in the two games against College of Charleston (2/27)...had a pair ofhits against No. 16 LSU (3/6)...had two hits and two RBIs against Liberty(3/13)...walked twice against Tennessee Tech (3/14)...had two hits and RBIs againstNorth Carolina Central (3/20)...went 2-for-2 against Charleston Southern(3/23)...produced RBIs in the second games against both Kennesaw State (3/26) andMercer (3/27)...scored a run in the first game against No. 22 North Carolina(3/31)...had two hits in the second game against Stetson (4/10)...had three hits,an RBI and a run scored in the two games against Elon (4/14)...had three hits,two runs scored and a walk in the series against North Florida (4/16)...picked upa pair of hits and two RBIs, including the game winner in the second gameagainst Jacksonville (4/17)...had three hits and an RBI in the two games againstETSU (4/22)...had a sacrifice fly against Belmont (5/1)...had two hits, drove in arun and scored a run in the two games against USC Upstate (5/8)...drove in a runin the Atlantic Sun Tournament with an single to left field against Lipscomb(5/13).
Sophomore(2009): Played in and started all 54 games in centerfield...totaled 53 hits, seven home runs, 83 total bases and a .312 battingaverage...ledthe team and ranked fifth in the conference in runs scored (46)...also placedamong the conference leaders in on-base percentage (.432-9th), walks (30-5th)and stolen bases (15-7th)...walked three times against Tennessee Tech (2/6)... hadthree hits and runs scored against UT Chattanooga (2/6)...tallied three hits andruns scored against Charleston Southern (2/14)... crossed the plate three timesagainst St. Joseph's (2/14)... was named to the Camel Stampede All-Tournamentteam... tied her career high with four hits against NC Central (2/17) in gametwo...also scored four runs and drove in four against the Eagles...had a seven-gamehitting streak from 3/30-4/4...against Lipscomb had two hits, run scored and RBIs(4/4)...had five hits, scored three runs and drove in two against Florida GulfCoast (4/18)...had two hits, four walks and runs scored in the doubleheaderagainst Elon (4/21)...had two hits and runs scored in the doubleheader againstLongwood (4/23)...had two RBI doubles against East Carolina (5/2)... hit safely ineach game of the A-Sun Tournament...had a pair of hits and a double againstMercer in the championship game...walked three times in the NCAA tournament gamesagainst North Carolina and Radford.
Freshman (2008): A Second Team All-Atlantic Sun selection, while also earningAll-Freshman team recognition...played in all 67 games with 67 starts...second onthe team with a .366 batting average and 75 hits...had a team-best six triplesand 55 runs...her 55 runs scored were the sixth highest single season total inleague history...tied for the team lead with 10 stolen bases in as many attempts...alsoranked third on the team with 33 walks...had 20 multi-hit games and fivemulti-RBI games...went 4-for-5 on opening day against the College of Charleston(2/12), scoring twice...combined for a 4-for-6 day against Howard (2/23),scoring three times with a double and two RBIs...scored five times in thedoubleheader against Winston-Salem State (2/26)...grabbed three hits and scoredfour times in The Stanford Classic (3/6-8)... combined to go 7-for-18 in theLowcountry College Softball Invitational, scoring five times and knocking intwo runs on two triples (3/14-15)...combined to go 5-for-8 against Florida GulfCoast (3/20)...went 5-for-8 at Stetson (3/22)...registered three hits againstUSC Upstate (3/28)... went 4-for-4, including the game-winning hit, againstCharleston Southern (3/8)...had two hits and runs scored against East TennesseeState (5/9) in the A-Sun Tournament...had two hits, RBIs and runs scored in theelimination game victory over North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament (5/16)
Prep/Personal:Prepped at Texas A&M Consolidated...namedFirst Team All-District after senior season, helping the Tigers to theirthird-consecutive District 13-5A Championship, as well as the Area Championshipand a trip to the regional semifinals...batted .339 with a .431 on-basepercentage her senior year and was named the team's Defensive Player of theYear...named to the All-District All-Academic Team...hit .333 with three doubles,three triples, one home run, 12 RBI and posted a .412 on-base percentage and a.455 slugging percentage during junior campaign...full name is Katie LeighHinton...born 2/15/89 in College Station, Texas...daughter of John and SharonHinton...has an older brother, Jason...majoring in kinesiology.
