Biography
Career
Played in 104 games, all starts ... .349 avg. (132 H, 378 AB), 67 R, 31 2B, 1 HR, 75 RBI, 10 SB ... ranks seventh in career batting average (.349) ... ranks tied for 10th in career saves (4).
Awards
2011 All-GSC Tournament Team
2012
Started all 49 games ... had 40 starts at 3B and nine at DH ... .318 avg. (54 hits, 170 at-bats), 25 R, 17 2B, 27 RBI, 3 SB ... led the team with a .318 avg., 54 hits, 17 doubles and .405 on-base percentage ... his 17 doubles tied for fourth in the GAC and tied for the fourth-most in a Harding season ... ranked 75th in Division II in doubles and doubles per game (0.35) ... hit .414 vs. left-handed pitching, .367 with runners on base, .392 with runners in scoring position, and .346 with two outs ... led the team with 15 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games ... had a six-game hitting streak from Feb. 21-28 ... went 3-for-3 with two runs, a double and three RBI vs. William Jewell on Feb. 26 ... 3-for-5 with three runs, an RBI and a double at Arkansas-Monticello on Mar. 3 ... 3-for-4 with a run, two RBI and two doubles vs. Arkansas Tech on Apr. 14 ... 3-for-5 with two runs, an RBI and two doubles at Henderson State on Apr. 17 ... had three games with two doubles.
2011
Played in 55 games, all starts ... started 41 games at 1B, 13 at SS, and one at DH ... hit .375 with 42 R, 1 HR, and 48 RBI ... led the team in at-bats (208) and hits (78), both the second-highest totals in program history ... hit .404 vs. lefties and .366 vs. righties ... hit .440 with runners on base ... hit .443 with runners in scoring position ... hit .435 with two outs and led the team with 25 2-out RBI ... had 23 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games ... had a team-best 13-game hitting streak from Feb. 19-Mar. 6 ... reached base in 18 straight from Feb. 13-Mar. 14 ... failed to reach base in only three of 55 games ... went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI in his Harding debut vs. Maryville on Feb. 12 ... went 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBI vs. Lyon on Mar. 22 ... had four hits, including a double, in six at-bats at Ouachita Baptist on Mar. 26 ... went 3-for-5 with a double in the series finale vs. Ouachita Baptist on Mar. 27 ... had four singles in four at-bats and drove in three vs. Arkansas-Monticello on Apr. 2 ... had three hits, including a double, scored three times and drove in three at Lyon on Apr. 5 ... homered and drove in three at Henderson State on Apr. 16 ... doubled and had three RBI vs. Henderson State on Apr. 17 ... had four singles, scored a run and drove in two vs. Southern Arkansas at the GSC Tournament on May 8.
Pitched in seven games, all in relief ... 0-0, 0.00 ERA with four saves ... earned his first save with 1.1 innings of scoreless relief at Henderson State on Apr. 16 ... picked up the save by recording the last two outs at Arkansas Tech on Apr. 30 ... struck out two of the three batters he faced in earning a save vs. Alabama-Huntsville at the GSC Tournament on May 6 ... allowed only one hit in a 1.0-inning save vs. Arkansas Tech at the GSC Tournament on May 10.
Previous School
Transfered to Harding from Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kan. ... missed the 2010 season with a shoulder injury ... hit .264 in 28 games as a freshman ... 14 hits in 53 at-bats ... hit four home runs and had 13 RBI ... pitched 21.0 innings with seven strikeouts.
A 2008 graduate of Valley View High School in Jonesboro, Ark. ... Christian Athlete All-America as a senior ... two-time All-State ... three-time All-Conference ... played in the Arkansas High School All-Star Game in 2008 ... won the state championship at Valley View as a senior ... his American Legion team placed third nationally in 2008 ... coached by John Burgi.
Personal
Born: May 16, 1989 in Salem, Ark. ... Major: Kinesiology ... Parents: Marty and Venita Ninemire ... has one brother (Brody) and one sister (Brooke) ... his father Marty played baseball for Harding and is a member of the Harding Athletics Hall of Fame.
