Sophomore (2015)
Saw action in 42 contests and earned a starting spot in 21 games … registered 20 hits with a pair of doubles, a triple and home run … scored 15 runs, tallied 12 RBIs and was 4-for-5 in stolen bases … perfect on the field with a 1.000 fielding percentage in 23 chances … hit an in-the-park home run against A&M-Corpus Christi (4/21) and finished the day 1-for-4 with a run and two RBIs … walked a career-high four times against Old Dominion (4/10) in the first game of the doubleheader … recorded his first collegiate triple against Houston Baptist (3/10) . ..batted .222 on the year with a .300 slugging percentage and .366 on base percentage.
Freshman (2014)
Kinder appeared in 44 games mostly in the outfield, including 24 starts and 19 of which were consecutive starts … batted .255 with 25 hits, including one double and one home run … scored 20 runs on the year with a season-best of two against Sam Houston State (3/11) and Southern Miss (5/24) … tied for second on the team in sacrifice hits (5) … went 3-for-4 with an RBI against Louisiana Tech (3/29) … registered three multiple hit games with a hit streak of five consecutive games … named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
High School
Three-time all-district outfielder for head coach Paul Cochran at Rouse High School … three-sport athlete … a three-year starter for the football team who earned first-team all-district running back honors his senior season in leading squad to the state semifinals.
Personal
Born June 20, 1995, in Amarillo, Texas … son of Kevin and Peggie Kinder … has one brother, Keegan … undeclared major.