#8 Carson Tinney 2023-24 Baseball Roster

FRESHMAN SEASON (2025)

• Led the team in batting average (.348), runs (52), home runs (17), RBIs (53), total bases (119), walks (34), slugging percentage (.753), and on-base percentage (.498) 
• Led the Irish in multiple RBI games with 17
• Batted .600 with the bases loaded in the 2025 season
• Reached base in twenty-five consecutive games and earned the start at catcher in forty-six games
• Had two hits–including a home run–and two RBIs with one run scored on Opening Day against North Florida (February 14)  
• Reached base 8 times with 4 hits in a series sweep of Belmont (February 28-March 2)
• Hit a double and a home run including four RBIs and two runs scored in the opening game of the series against Florida St (March 28)
• Posted a .455 batting average with three RBIs and one home run in the series against Virginia Tech (April 4-6)
• Had three hits–including two doubles–and three RBIs in a home game against Northwestern (April 8) 
• Named ACC Player of the Week posting a .667 batting average with five home runs and nine RBIs (April 14-20)
• Had three hits–including two home runs–and four RBIs in an away game against Purdue (April 29)
• Batted .500 with 5 RBIs and two home runs in a series win against Louisville (May 1-3)
• Had three hits–including two home runs–and four RBIs in the final regular season game against Miami (May 17)  

HONORS & AWARDS

• 2025 Buster Posey Award Finalist
• 2025 Baseball America First Team All-America
• 2025 NCBWA All-America First Team
• 2025 ABCA/Rawlings All-America Third Team
• 2025 D1Baseball.com Third Team All-American
• 2025 ABCA/Rawlings Midwest All-Region First Team
  
• 2025 NCBWA District 5 Player of the Year
• 2025 Buster Posey Award Semifinalist
• 2025 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
• 2025 All-ACC First Team
• NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy National Co-Hitter of the Week – April 22
• ACC Player of the Week – April 25, 2025
• 2025 D1baseball.com Week 12 Player Rankings by D1baseball.com – 3rd on Top 50 catchers list
• 2025 D1baseball.com Preseason Ranking – 47th on Top 50 catchers list

FRESHMAN SEASON (2024)

• Posted .268/.411/.422 (AVG/OB/SLG) on offense and earned the start at C in 15 games with 28 appearances during the season
• Recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage throughout the regular season, including three games with 10 putouts
• Belted first collegiate home run to break an 8-8 tie in the top of the ninth inning in 13-10 win over Rice (February 18) 
• Singled, doubled, drew a walk and scored three runs in the away series at FIU (February 23-25)
• Drew three walks in the first of a three-game series at Tennessee Tech (March 1)
• Hit an RBI single in the 11-2 win against Purdue (March 5)
• Posted three hits—including a double—and scored a run in the series against Florida State (March 15-17)
• Doubled, drove in a run and drew two walks in the series win against Miami (FL) (March 22-24)
• Scored a run with two hits, including a double vs. NC State (March 29)
• Rounded the bases for an inside-the-park home run in a 14-3 seven-inning victory for the Irish vs. Boston College (April 19), Notre Dame’s first inside-the-park home run since May 1, 2022 (Ryan Cole vs. Boston College)
• Hit his first-career grand slam as part of a 11-0 combined no-hit victory in seven innings vs. Boston College (April 21)

PREP AND PERSONAL

• First team all-conference, and all-state honorable mention in high school
• As a junior, posted a .440 avg and 1.343 OPS. As a senior, marked a .400 avg and 1.591 OPS
• Four Year All Catholic Selection, 2019 First Team selection
• Volunteered with the Special Olympics
• Played summer ball for Slammers Colorado
• 2022 Perfect Game national showcase attendee – won fastest pop (1.80 seconds) and hardest catcher positional throw (87 MPH)
• 2021 Perfect Game Underclass All-American Games attendee
• Ranked 183 nationally by Perfect Game
• 2022 Area Code Games attendee
• Finance major in the Mendoza College of Business
• Father: Keys Tinney; Stepmother: Marlo Persichitte; Sisters: Rylee and Kate Tinney Stepsisters: Sophia, Haley, and Joie Persichitte
• Sister Rylee plays lacrosse at the University of Michigan