2024-25 Baseball
Roster
#12 Connor Hincks 2023-24 Baseball Roster
INF
Height
6-1
Weight
200
Class
Graduate Student
B/T
L/R
Hometown
Western Springs, IL
High School
Benet Academy/Virginia
Twitter
@CHincks_9
SENIOR SEASON (2024)
- Registered .272/.336/.480 (AVG/OB/SLG) on offense and fielded .993, appearing in all 52 regular-season games and starting in 51
- Ranked first in the ACC in fielding double plays (44) and tied-second in triples (five)
- Led team in at-bats (202) and triples (five) for the 2024 regular season
- Started the first and final game of the season-opening sweep of Rice (February 16-18); notched both of his hits, runs scored, RBIs, and his home run in 13-10 victory (Feb. 18), marking the first home run of his collegiate career
- Hit a three-run homer to help lift the Irish to a 13-4 victory over FIU (February 23)
- Recorded a single-game season-high five assists in the second game of the doubleheader vs. FIU (February 24)
- Combined for four hits – including a double and a homer – with five RBI, three runs and four walks in the four-game series at FIU (February 23-25)
- Drove in four runs on two RBI singles and a massive two run homer to secure a 14-3 win vs. Tennessee Tech (March 1)
- Nearly hit for the cycle, notching a single, double and RBI-triple in an 11-2 victory over Purdue (March 5)
- Totaled five hits–including two doubles–with two runs and three RBI in the series at Virginia Tech (March 8-10)
- Tripled and doubled with an RBI and two runs in a 10-3 win at Radford (March 12)
- Homered and tripled, drove in two runs and scored two runs in a 2-for-4 performance at Florida State (March 15)
- Posted four hits – including two RBI singles – and stole a base in the series win vs. Miami (FL) (March 22-24)
- Doubled and hit an RBI single in the series at NC State (March 28-30)
- Tallied three RBI vs. Clemson (April 7)
- Notched two runs on two hits with two RBI in the 11-2 win vs. Butler (April 10)
- Amassed four hits, three runs, an RBI and a walk in the series at No. 13 North Carolina (April 12-14)
- Smashed a two-run homer and an RBI triple in a 3-for-4 day during a 7-6 win over Valparaiso (April 16)
- Posted three hits with a triple and two RBI singles and scored three runs in a 14-3 seven-inning run-rule victory vs. Boston College (April 19)
- Homered twice, drove in four runs and scored three in the series win vs. No. 8 Wake Forest (April 25-28)
- Drew two walks, recorded an RBI and posted a season-high 12 putouts vs. Michigan St. (April 30)
- Batted in four runs on four hits with a double in the series win vs. Pittsburgh (May 3-5)
- Doubled and drove in a run in the 6-5 win against Toledo (May 10)
- Had two hits and two walks in the series at Louisville (May 16-17)
- Recorded 15 regular season games with 10 or more putouts
JUNIOR SEASON (2023)
- Saw action in seven games in 2023, starting one
- Notched his first-career hit and run scored vs. Wake Forest (3/18)
- Marked his first-career RBI in the 17-4 win over Georgia Tech (3/11)
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2022)
- Played in three games for the season.
Hincks transferred to Notre Dame ahead of the 2021 fall semester.
AS A FRESHMAN (2021 – Virginia)
- Did not play during his freshman season
PREP AND PERSONAL
- Played summer ball in 2023 with the Charlottesville Tom Sox and was voted team MVP
- Played travel ball with Team Demarini Illinois / Rake City for eight years
- Three-year letterwinner at Benet Academy
- The No. 11th overall player in Illinois according to Prep Baseball Report
- An All-Dupage County and Naperville Sun All-Area selection as a junior
- A two-way player throughout his career, tallying the most relief appearances on the team’s pitching staff as a sophomore while also playing shortstop
- Voted the team’s Most Valuable player his junior season after batting .433 with 20 RBIs, 28 runs and 12 stolen bases
- An honor roll student every year at Benet Academy; also a member of the National Honors Society
- Majoring in political science
- Son of Pat & Jacki Hincks
- Has two siblings, Paddy and Aidan
- His father Pat played college baseball at St. Mary’s University (Minn.)