Billy McKinney

Height:
5-10
Weight:
175
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Loveland, Ohio
High School:
Kings HS

as a Fifth-Year Senior (2007): Bounced back from Tommy John surgery to log 76.0 innings in 14 appearances, including 12 starts, as the staff's Friday starter ... tied for the team lead with a pair of complete games, including a 7.0-inning six-hitter at Eastern Kentucky (Mar. 3) in a 7-0 victory while striking out a season-high seven and walking none ... named MAC East Division Pitcher of the Week on Mar. 9 ... also went the distance at Bowling Green (Apr. 20) in a 3-0 defeat, allowing just three runs, two earned, in 8.0 frames ... also struck out seven in 8.2 innings against Kent State (May 12) in an 8-6 UA win at Lee Jackson Field ... threw a scoreless inning of relief against Kent State in the inaugural Diamond Classic for Kids at Canal Park; a 3-1 UA victory.

as a Senior (2006): Medical redshirt.

as a Junior (2005): Played in 34 games, starting 33 (4 at pitcher/29 as designated hitter) ... his .331 batting average was second best on the team ... was tied for third in home runs (5) on the team ... tied for second in RBIs (33) ... his .504 slugging percentage was second-best on the squad ... went 1-0 on the season pitching ... pitched six no decision innings, allowing only three hits and no runs vs. Gardner-Webb (Feb. 19) ... went 3-for-4 with a double and scored two runs vs. Valparaiso (Feb. 25) ... his only win of the season came in 7 1/3 innings of work vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Feb.26), allowing seven hits and three runs ... hit his first home run of the season at Wright State (March 27) ... followed that performance with a two-home run day at Morehead State (March 29), hitting a career-high-tying six RBIs while going 3-for-5 ... powered the Zips again the next day hitting a home run and driving in four at Morehead State (March 30) ... hit his first-career grand slam driving in six at Ball State (April 10), the second time that season ... had a career-long 19-game hitting streak from March 6 to March 30.

as a Sophomore (2004): Led the way in wins (8), innings pitched (88.2) and strikeouts (78) ... made 18 appearances, including 12 starts (third on the staff) ... his eight wins are tied for fourth on the UA single-season chart, while his 88 2/3 innings of work were second ... his 78 punch-outs are seventh on the Zips' single-season chart and were seventh in the MAC on the year ... shared UA's top pitcher award with Darek Stanfield ... posted a 2.69-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio on the year ... earned his lone save of the year in his first appearance, a 1 1/3-inning stint at Winthrop (Feb. 20) ... won his first start of the season vs. Stony Brook (Feb. 22) despite yielding career-highs in hits (11) and earned runs (7) ... also surrendered 11 hits in a 7-1 loss to West Virginia (Mar. 19) ... the hard-luck 1-0 loser at Austin Peay (March 6), surrendering six hits and one earned run in five innings ... picked up the 6-1 win over Cleveland State (April 6) by lasting a career-long eight innings and striking out a career-best nine batters ... yielded six hits and one earned run in that outing ... won his following start, 5-4 over Ball State (Apr. 11), by going seven innings and striking out seven ... dropped a 4-3 decision to Kent State (Apr. 18) after lasting 7 1/3 innings and yielding three earned runs ... also matched his career-high with nine punch-outs vs. the Golden Flashes ... matched his career-high in strikeouts (9) again through seven innings of seven-hit, one-run work in a 13-1 win over Marshall (May 9) ... earned MAC East Pitcher of the Week honors for that effort ... won his final start of the season at Ohio (May 23) ... lasted at least five innings in each start of the season ... made 17 appearances, including four starts (2 at DH/2 in LF) in the field.

as a Freshman (2003): Saw action in 14 games in the field and made 12 appearances on the mound, including five starts ... batted .393 in just 28 at-bats ... saw duty as a reserve outfielder ... 4-for-6 as a pinch-hitter on the season ... went 2-for-2 with one RBI and one run scored at Western Michigan (Apr. 6) ... went 2-for-4 with one run scored at Youngstown State (Apr. 15) ... finished fourth on the team in ERA (4.23) ... posted a 2.2-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio and walked two or fewer batters in each appearance ... finished fifth on the team in innings pitched with 38 1/3 ... made five starts and yielded less than three runs in four of those starts ... made his longest relief outing vs. Ohio (Apr. 19), going 5 2/3 innings ... surrendered just two hits and one earned run while striking out four in that game ... pitched a season-high 7 1/3 innings, yielding seven hits and two earned runs in a tough 4-3 loss to Kent State (May 4) ... also struck out a season-high seven batters in that outing.

at Loveland High School: Batted .411 and tabbed an all-league and all-city performer as a senior ... also selected to the All-Ohio Showcase ... posted a 6-2 record on the mound with 89 strikeouts and a 2.01 ERA in 2002 in leading his team to a 17-7 mark ... all-league and all-city as a junior when he batted .431 with three home runs ... was 4-3 with a 2.86 ERA that season.

Personal: Parents are Bill McKinney and Angela Riddle ... has participated in Habitat for Humanity ... maintains a cumulative GPA of 3.01 as a marketing major.

McKINNEY'S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
YEAR	AVG	G-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	OB%	SB-A	E
2003	.393	14-5	28	6	11	2	0	1	4	1	5	.414	1-2	0
2004	.192	17-4	26	4	5	1	0	0	2	2	8	.250	2-2	1
2005	.331	34-33	127	21	42	7	0	5	33	5	13	.362	5-8	1
2006	Did Not Play Â Medical Redshirt
Totals	.320	65-42	181	31	58	10	0	6	39	8	26		8-12	2

McKINNEY'S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS
YEAR	ERA	W-L	APP	GS	CG	SHO	CBO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2003	4.34	0-3	12	5	0	0	0	1	38.1	41	22	18	11	24
2004	4.77	8-5	18	12	0	0	0	1	88.2	107	53	47	29	78
2005	4.22	1-0	5	4	0	0	0	0	21.1	24	101	10	10	23
2006	Did Not Play Â Medical Redshirt
2007	5.80	2-8	14	12	2	1	0	0	76.0	100	51	49	20	50
Totals	4.97	11-16	49	33	2	1	0	2	224.1	272	136	124	70	175