2018: Played in 55 games with 54 starts... Made 44 starts behind the plate... Led the Big South with 23 runners caught stealing... Hit .222 with 44 hits that included nine doubles, a triple and six homers... Ranked fifth on the club with 28 RBI and a .359 slugging percentage... Logged 11 multi-hit outings with four three-hit performances... Reached base safely in 12-straight games from March 2-18... Hit 2-for-4 with a double in the NCAA Athens Regional opener at Georgia (6/2)... Caught three runners stealing at Radford (5/17)... Launched a two-run shot vs. High Point (5/5)... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI as CU completed a road sweep at Presbyterian (4/14)... Cranked a go-ahead solo homer at N.C. Central (4/10)... Hit 6-for-12 with six RBI and three doubles in a series sweep over Gardner-Webb (3/23-25)... Went 3-for-3 with a double and a home run at Charleston Southern (3/17)... Drove in four runs with a 3-for-4 outing vs. William & Mary (3/10)... Logged back-to-back multi-hit efforts to open the season vs. No. 25 St. John’s (2/16-17).
2017: Appeared in 45 games with 44 appearances behind the plate… Finished with a .294 average with 47 hits that included 10 doubles, five home runs and a triple… Drove in 25 runs and drew 19 walks… Recorded 12 multi-hit efforts with five three-hit games… Had a six-game hitting streak from March 24-April 1 in which he hit .571 with 12 hits and six RBI… Went 3-for-4 with two homers and a season-high four RBI in a win at Virginia Tech (3/28)… Went 3-for-3 with two walks in a victory at Gardner-Webb (3/25)… Tallied two doubles and a homer against Evansville (3/10)… Also recorded three hits and drove in four runs on a pair of doubles against Duke (4/12).
2016: Batted .235 on the season with 26 RBI, 13 runs scored, 10 doubles and a home run… Played in 45 games, starting 43… Made 27 starts at catcher, 16 as designated hitter and two on the mound… Recorded nine multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games… Posted a team-best 16-game hitting streak, batting .371 with 23 hits, four doubles, a home run and 15 RBI… Knocked a walk-off double in a 2-1 win over Liberty (4/16) to clinch the Big South series… Doubled twice at UNCG (3/30)… Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, two RBI and a double against Canisius (3/4)… Drove in six runs in the North Carolina A&T series (3/18-20), including three in the series finale, going 2-for-5 with a double and two runs… Drove in 12 runs in Big South play… Made nine appearances on the mound… Went 0-1 with a 4.64 ERA in 21.1 innings… Allowed just one run over his first five appearances on the mound (11.0 innings)… Struck out a season-high four against Rider (3/15) and Appalachian State (4/5).
Prep: Named 2015 Gatorade West Virginia Player of the Year as a senior… 2015 Louisville Slugger First Team All-American… Owned a career .465 batting average, adding 22 home runs, 15 triples and 136 RBI in four seasons at Logan High School… Posted a 22-5 career pitching record with a 1.73 ERA and 229 strikeouts in 170 innings… A four-year varsity starter on the diamond, earning first team all-state honors three times… Ranked No. 125 nationally by Prep Baseball Report and No. 1 in W.Va.… Ranked No. 3 overall in W.Va. and No. 1 as a catcher… Coached by Roger Gertz.
Personal: Son of Albert and Johnnie Minnick…Born December 16, 1996 in Charleston, W.Va.… Majoring in sport management.
