Wofford College Athletics

Sam Tinkham joined the Wofford baseball staff in the fall of 2018 as the volunteer assistant coach. He is in his third season working with the pitching staff along with Seth Cutler-Voltz.
    
Last season the team was 14-3 overall before the campaign was cut short. The Terriers had a 3.12 ERA which ranked fourth in the Southern Conference, and the 152 strikeouts were second in the league.
    
In the 2019 season Wofford won 36 games, tied for the second-most in school history. The 14-9 record in the Southern Conference to finish second overall, the highest in school history. In the Southern Conference Tournament, Wofford reached the championship series for the second time in school history before falling to Mercer. Seven Terriers earned All-Southern Conference honors, highlighted by Hayes Heinecke being named Freshman of the Year. Heinecke, Brett Rodriguez, John Dempsey, Hudson Byorick, Colin Davis and Mike Brown were named All-SoCon, with Heinecke, Dempsey and Matty Brown earning All-Freshman Team recognition. Heinecke and Dempsey added Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America honors. The pitching staff posted an ERA of 4.27, which ranked fourth in the SoCon and was the lowest for the Terriers since 1983. The 492 strikeouts for the staff were the third-most in school history.
    
During the 2018 season he was the director of baseball operations at Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to running the day-to-day operations of the program, he supervised the collection and analysis of advanced statistics from Trackman and Dartfish software. He helped organize and run both team and prospect camps, along with assisting in on campus recruiting. Tinkham was also responsible for planning all team travel arrangements.
    
He spent the 2017 season as the pitching coach at his alma mater, Grinnell College. Tinkham was responsible for developing, evaluating and instructing the pitching staff. He wrote preseason and in-season throwing programs to promote development and recovery. He coached five All-Conference selections, including two pitchers, and one All-Region selection.
    
Tinkham also spent a summer as the pitching coach at Baseball U CT, providing individual pitching instruction for all ages and teams during practices.
    
A native of Newington, Connecticut, Tinkham graduated from Grinnell College with a degree in history. While at Grinnell, he was a member of the baseball team and earned All-Conference honors twice. In 2014 he was named the Midwest Conference Pitcher of the Year and ABCA/Rawlings All-Region third team. He ranks fifth in program history in career wins and is second in career strikeouts. As team captain, he served as the liaison between the players and head coach. He also is completing a masters of education in sport leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University.

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