As a Junior (2017)
Redshirted due to an injury ... Named to SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
As a Sophomore (2016)
Made 13 appearances with 12 starts to finish with a 6.66 ERA and a 1-5 record … Part of starting rotation for majority of season, pitching 52.2 innings and striking out 31 … All decisions came in conference play with win coming against Auburn (March 26) … Threw 6.0 scorless innings in win over Auburn, giving up just three hits with three strikeouts … Had a 6.75 ERA in conference play … Tied a career-high of five strikeouts twice during season, vs. No. 2 Florida (April 15) and No. 2 Texas A&M (May 1) … Went a season-long 7.0 innings vs. Eastern Illinois (March 6), giving up just one earned run while scattering four hits ... Recorded two or more strikeouts in eight of last nine appearances, all in SEC play.
As a Freshman (2015)
>>> SEC All-Freshman Team (Coaches)
>>> Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America
>>> SEC Pitcher of the Week (May 4)
>>> SEC Freshman of the Week (May 18)
Came on strong at the end of the season, posting a 5-1 record over his final 10 starts to help anchor the starting rotation … Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team (Coaches) after going 5-0 in conference play with a 2.90 earned run average … Earned Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America honors, becoming the 18th Freshman All-American in program history … Was named SEC Pitcher and Freshman of the Week during the season, the only player in the league to earn both honors … Named SEC Pitcher of the Week (May 4) after tossing a two-hit shutout at Alabama (May 2) for his second complete game of the year … Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after his final start of the regular season, recording 7.0 scoreless innings at Georgia (May 15) and allowing just four hits … Posted a season-high five strikeouts in a complete-game victory over Kentucky (April 12) … Allowed three earned runs or less in 17 of his 18 starts on the year … Finished with a 3.21 ERA, the lowest among starting pitchers on the staff … Was the only pitcher on the team to record a complete game, notching two on the season … Tied for fourth in school history and set the freshman record with 18 games started on the year ... Named to 2014-15 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.
Ankeny Centennial HS
Ranked as the 37th-best recruit nationally and the No. 1 recruit in the state of Iowa according to Perfect Game … Ranked as the 43rd-best prospect nationally for the 2014 MLB Draft by Baseball America … Named MaxPreps 2014 Preseason Mr. Baseball in Iowa … 2014 First Team Pre-Season Louisville Slugger High School All-American… Named a Perfect Game Preseason First Team All-American in 2014 … Participated in Perfect Game Iowa Spring Wood Bat League in 2014 … Attended 2014 Perfect Game Spring Top Prospect Showcase and National Pre-Draft Showcase … 2014 Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year for Iowa … Named a 2013 first team preseason high school underclassmen All-American and a 2012 second team preseason high school underclassmen All-American by Perfect Game … Helped the USA Baseball 18U National Team to the IBAF 18U World Cup championship in August 2013, hitting .308 with six RBI and going 0-1 with a 1.93 ERA on the mound … Played in the Perfect Game All-American Classic at Petco Park in August 2013 … Earned Pitcher of the Year honors and was named first team All-State as a junior after going 8-0 with a 0.59 ERA and hitting .388 with eight home runs and 38 RBI … Coached by Mark Hey at Ankeny Centennial High School … Played his summer baseball with Marucci Elite, coached by Chad Raley.
In the Draft
2014 – New York Mets, 28th round (835 overall)
Personal
Son of Todd and Shelly McKinney … Has one brother, Kalvin, and one sister, Kara … Mother played basketball at Iowa Central Community College … Business major.
Redshirted due to an injury ... Named to SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
As a Sophomore (2016)
Made 13 appearances with 12 starts to finish with a 6.66 ERA and a 1-5 record … Part of starting rotation for majority of season, pitching 52.2 innings and striking out 31 … All decisions came in conference play with win coming against Auburn (March 26) … Threw 6.0 scorless innings in win over Auburn, giving up just three hits with three strikeouts … Had a 6.75 ERA in conference play … Tied a career-high of five strikeouts twice during season, vs. No. 2 Florida (April 15) and No. 2 Texas A&M (May 1) … Went a season-long 7.0 innings vs. Eastern Illinois (March 6), giving up just one earned run while scattering four hits ... Recorded two or more strikeouts in eight of last nine appearances, all in SEC play.
As a Freshman (2015)
>>> SEC All-Freshman Team (Coaches)
>>> Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America
>>> SEC Pitcher of the Week (May 4)
>>> SEC Freshman of the Week (May 18)
Came on strong at the end of the season, posting a 5-1 record over his final 10 starts to help anchor the starting rotation … Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team (Coaches) after going 5-0 in conference play with a 2.90 earned run average … Earned Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America honors, becoming the 18th Freshman All-American in program history … Was named SEC Pitcher and Freshman of the Week during the season, the only player in the league to earn both honors … Named SEC Pitcher of the Week (May 4) after tossing a two-hit shutout at Alabama (May 2) for his second complete game of the year … Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after his final start of the regular season, recording 7.0 scoreless innings at Georgia (May 15) and allowing just four hits … Posted a season-high five strikeouts in a complete-game victory over Kentucky (April 12) … Allowed three earned runs or less in 17 of his 18 starts on the year … Finished with a 3.21 ERA, the lowest among starting pitchers on the staff … Was the only pitcher on the team to record a complete game, notching two on the season … Tied for fourth in school history and set the freshman record with 18 games started on the year ... Named to 2014-15 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.
Ankeny Centennial HS
Ranked as the 37th-best recruit nationally and the No. 1 recruit in the state of Iowa according to Perfect Game … Ranked as the 43rd-best prospect nationally for the 2014 MLB Draft by Baseball America … Named MaxPreps 2014 Preseason Mr. Baseball in Iowa … 2014 First Team Pre-Season Louisville Slugger High School All-American… Named a Perfect Game Preseason First Team All-American in 2014 … Participated in Perfect Game Iowa Spring Wood Bat League in 2014 … Attended 2014 Perfect Game Spring Top Prospect Showcase and National Pre-Draft Showcase … 2014 Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year for Iowa … Named a 2013 first team preseason high school underclassmen All-American and a 2012 second team preseason high school underclassmen All-American by Perfect Game … Helped the USA Baseball 18U National Team to the IBAF 18U World Cup championship in August 2013, hitting .308 with six RBI and going 0-1 with a 1.93 ERA on the mound … Played in the Perfect Game All-American Classic at Petco Park in August 2013 … Earned Pitcher of the Year honors and was named first team All-State as a junior after going 8-0 with a 0.59 ERA and hitting .388 with eight home runs and 38 RBI … Coached by Mark Hey at Ankeny Centennial High School … Played his summer baseball with Marucci Elite, coached by Chad Raley.
In the Draft
2014 – New York Mets, 28th round (835 overall)
Personal
Son of Todd and Shelly McKinney … Has one brother, Kalvin, and one sister, Kara … Mother played basketball at Iowa Central Community College … Business major.