ROCKINGHAM — Senior baseball player Isaac Hinshaw has been named the Official Richmond County Male Student-Athlete of the Week presented by Rockingham NC Self Storage.
Near the midway point of his senior season, Hinshaw produced offensively in the Raiders’ road win at Union Pines High School.
Playing his second full season as a varsity starter in the infield, Hinshaw earned his first career recognition.
Athletic Profile
Year: Senior
Spring sport: Baseball
Position: First base
Varsity experience: 2 seasons
“CLASSROOM CREDITS” WITH ISAAC HINSHAW
Closing in on the end of his high school academic and athletic careers, Hinshaw is taking one final semester loaded with dual-enrollment courses between Richmond and Richmond Community College.
Boasting a 4.65 weighted GPA, Hinshaw recorded straight As during the first semester. At the high school he had Economics and Personal Finance Honors and Weight Training Honors, while acing Communications 231, Economics 251 and English 112 at the college.
This spring, Hinshaw is taking two classes at Richmond — English IV Honors and Weight Training Honors — and three more at RichmondCC — Computer Information Systems 110, Art 111 and Psychology 150.
“GOING YARD” WITH ISAAC HINSHAW
Before starting spring break, the Raider baseball team played just one of its two scheduled Sandhills Athletic Conference games against Union Pines.
Richmond cruised to an 8-1 win over the Vikings and Hinshaw accounted for two of the team’s five hits and recorded a game-high three runs batted in.
Going 2-for-3 at the plate with a walk (.667 average), Hinshaw gave the Raiders a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. With two runners on and two outs, he hit a line-drive single to center.
With the Raiders leading 6-1 in the top of the seventh, Hinshaw unleashed on a 3-1 offering for a solo blast over the elevated wall in right field. It was his first homer of the season.
Through 14 games, Hinshaw is batting .265 with two doubles, a home run and nine RBI. He’s tied for second on the team in RBI.
The Raiders (9-5, 5-2 SAC) host Lee County High School April 9 at 7 p.m. to pick up conference play after break.
“RAPID RESPONSE QUESTIONS” WITH ISAAC HINSHAW
Walk us through your couple of at-bats against Union Pines. How were you able to drive in three runs and how’d the home run feel?
Hinshaw: In my first at-bat I came up with runners on second and third with two outs, and I knew I needed to get those runs in. I simplified my approach by not getting too big and tried to just put the bat on the ball. And I singled up the middle to score two.
In the last inning, I came up with no outs and nobody on and we were up by five. I knew that if I got my pitch, I was going to put a good swing on it. I got into a 3-1 count and he threw me a fastball down and in that I barreled and got it out of the park. It felt good to hit my first homer this year.
What have you learned about yourself as a baseball player this season? In what ways have you helped the team?
Hinshaw: This season I have learned that this team is very talented and we are a good team. I believe we have the potential to be a great team, and to get to that, we just have to work on the little things and be mentally tougher.
What do you and the team hope to accomplish throughout the rest of the season?
Hinshaw: Throughout the rest of the season, as a team, we hope to be in the position to be able to compete for a conference championship.
How would you define the term student athlete? And what is your favorite class this semester and why?
Hinshaw: A student-athlete is someone who puts themselves in a position to succeed on the field by working hard in the classroom and having good time-management.
My favorite class this semester is weight training because I get to spend time getting better with my teammates.
What are your plans for after high school? What do you want to study and why?
Hinshaw: I plan to attend N.C. State University and major in computer science because NC State has always been my dream school
The Richmond Observer will publish two more Official Richmond County Student-Athletes of the Week next week.
