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2021
Second on the team with a .331 batting average…Ended the year ranked seventh in the MAC in runs scored (46) and RBIs (41)…18 extra-base hits (11 doubles, three triples, four home runs)…Played in 51 games, making 46 starts; started 21 games in center field, 19 games in left field, and seven at DH…19 multi-hit games…Opened the season with an RBI in each of the first five games…Tied career-high with three hits at Kent State (April 9), at Eastern Michigan (May 18), and at Northern Illinois (May 21 & 22)…Five straight multi-hit games from May 18-23…Career-high five RBIs at Ball State (March 27).
2020
Appeared in nine games for the Rockets in 2020, five as a position player and four as a pitcher…Totaled 10.1 innings on the mound, striking out seven…Made three starts as a pitcher: Feb. 15 at ETSU, Feb. 22 vs. Incarnate Word, and March 1 at Alabama State…Started two games at designated hitter and one in center field…Went 3-for-7 at the plate, all three hits went for extra bases (two doubles, one triple).
PRIOR TO TOLEDO
Previously played at Division II Francis Marion University...Named to Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor roll three times and to the Francis Marion Athletic-Academic Honor Roll six times...At Cardinal Newman High School he hit .449, posted a .563 on-base percentage, scored 29 runs, and stole 18 bases as a senior...Two-time all-state selection (2015 and 2016)...Also earned all state honors in football and wrestling... Won two individual state wrestling championships (2014 and 2015)
PERSONAL
Full name is Nicholas Daniel Winterstein...Parents are Tom and Angie Winterstein...Has four brothers: Tommy, Danny, JD, and Robby...Currently pursuing an MBA.
