Joe Winker

Height:
6-1
Weight:
190
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Orlando, Fla.
High School:
Bishop Moore

2010 (Redshirt Junior): Bounced back after a down sophomore campaign with the best season of his Mercer career to date … Appeared in 61 games, making 58 starts … Served primarily as the Bears everyday left fielder, but also logged five starts as a DH … Hit .292 on the year with career-high totals in runs scored (39), hits (63), doubles (15), home runs (9) and RBI (49) … Ranked third on the team with eight sacrifice bunts and tied for third with 27 walks … Led all outfielders with a .989 fielding percentage … Accumulated 18 multi-hit and 13 multi-RBI contests in 2010, including three performances with at least two hits and four RBI … Finished sixth on the squad with a .495 slugging percentage … Went 4-for-11 with a home run and nine RBI in the season-opening four-game series against Morehead State (Feb. 19-21) … Had a 2-for-3 day at the dish with a home run, two runs scored and four RBI against Chicago State (March 7) … Went off going 6-for-14 with a triple, four runs scored, two home runs and four RBI in a key A-Sun series at ETSU (April 16-17) … Tied his season-high with four RBI in the Bears 13-7 NCAA Atlanta Regional victory over Elon (June 5).

2009 (Redshirt Sophomore): Named to the Atlantic Sun Preseason All-Conference first team as a designated hitter ... Appeared in 43 games, making 39 starts … Logged time in left field and as a DH for Coach Gibson … Hit .241 on the season on the strength of 32 hits … Equaled his 2008 home run output with four long balls … Also clubbed eight doubles to give him a slugging percentage of .398 … Scored 20 runs and drove in 18 runs … Six of his RBI came with two outs … Showed a good eye at the plate, drawing 15 walks in just 133 at-bats … Led the team with five sacrifice flies … Slugged his first home run of the season against A-Sun member Lipscomb (March 8) … Clubbed another home run to go along with two RBI against USC Upstate (March 20) … Had a solid series against ETSU (March 27-29), going 4-for-11 with a home run, two doubles and four runs scored … Went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored in a 16-5 win over Florida A&M (April 21).

2008 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw first action in a Mercer uniform after sitting out 2007 as a redshirt … Earned Atlantic Sun All-Conference second team honors in addition to landing a spot on the A-Sun All-Freshmen team … Also earned spots on the 2008 ALL PING! Freshman third team and the 2008 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American team as chosen by Collegiate Baseball … Led the team in batting average (.351), doubles (14), slugging percentage (.545) and on-base percentage (.463) … Appeared in 47 games, starting 43 as either an outfielder or designated hitter … Plated a double in first career hit in first start as a DH against Clemson (Feb. 23) … Drove in first two runs of career with a double against Savannah State (Feb. 27) … Went a perfect 3-for-3 with two double and two RBI against Campbell (Feb. 29) … Blasted first career home run against Campbell (March 1) … Went 4-for-5 with a pair of RBI and two runs scored against USC Upstate (March 9) … Legged out first-career triple in a 5-for-6, two-RBI effort against ETSU (March 14) … Scored a career-high five runs and was walked four times against Savannah State (April 16) … Went a perfect 4-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base against Kennesaw State (April 19) … Had a career-high four RBI on 2-for-4 hitting against Lipscomb (May 9).

2007 (Freshman): Redshirted.

High School: Earned three letters in baseball ... Named All-County, All-District and All-State ... Played for one of Florida’s premier AAU teams, the Orlando Scorpions, under Coach Sal Lombardo.

Personal: Son of Joe and Karen Winker ... Has two brothers, Ryan, 14, and Jesse, 13 ... Majoring in Business ... Born on Aug. 28, 1988, in Niagara Falls, N.Y.