20 Jimmy Sinatro

Class: Senior Hometown: Sammamish, Wash. High School: Skyline

Height / Weight: 5-10 / 200 Position: Catcher Experience: 3L

2016: Played in 12 games as a senior, starting two...scored two runs on two hits and two walks...made season debut Feb. 20 at Grand Canyon...scored a run after drawing pinch-hit walk Feb. 26 versus Texas Southern...collected first hit of the year in start Feb. 27 against Incarnate Word...scored one run on one hit March 28 at Washington...made second start March 29 at Washington, drawing a walk...also saw action April 2 at Pacific, April 8 against Portland, and April 24 against Santa Clara...honored during Senior Day prior to April 24's game.

2015: Appeared in 20 games, starting 12…hit .173 with nine hits, eight BIs, five hits, six walks, and a .279 on base percentage…made season debut Feb. 20 at UC Davis as DH, scoring and bringing in a run on two hits…collected hits in all four games at UC Davis, also collecting two base knocks and RBIs Feb. 22…scored a run and brought in a run in 7-2 win March 7 at Tulane…brought in two runs on a hit and a walk March 13 versus San Francisco…picked up two hits and an RBI as a pinch hitter and defensive replacement behind the plate versus BYU March 21…started at catcher March 24 versus Washington...drew a walk as pinch hitter April 26 at Santa Clara.

2014: Played 45 games as a junior, starting 41…All-WCC Honorable Mention...tied for fourth on the team with a .286 batting average…led Bulldogs with 32 RBIs…also recorded 40 hits, six doubles, one home run, and 23 runs scored…led team with eight multi-RBI games, and tallied multiple hits in 12 games…smacked two hits apiece in three straight games March 11-14…hit first homer of the season March 29 vs. Loyola Marymount, tallying season-highs with three hits and four RBIs that day…recorded five-game hit streak March 29-April 2…made season-high 11 putouts at Saint Mary’s April 26…plated two RBIs and scored a run on two hits May 17 vs. Pepperdine.

2013: Appeared in 15 games…made two starts at catcher…went 4-for-15 at the plate for a .267 batting average…had one double and one RBI…first start came against Brown (Mar. 26)…second start was against Washington (Apr. 23)…first collegiate hit against San Francisco (Mar. 17)…went 2-for-2 with a double at Pepperdine (Apr. 21). 

Skyline High School: Played baseball for four years at Skyline, catching three of those and manning third base for one year...made All King-Co First Team in both 2011 and 2012…earned Student of the Month in October 2011 as well.

Club Experience: Played club ball for Lakeside Recovery out of Sammamish…helped squad take third place in the American Legion World Series…named American Legion World Series Catcher of the Tournament…also Player of the Legion State Tournament.

Personal: Parents are Liz and Matt…father Matt played professional baseball…has two brothers: Matt and Danny…majoring in sport management…career goal is to play baseball as long as possible…chose Gonzaga for the education, baseball program, campus, and location.