Jordan Kinard Class: Junior Hometown: Sand Springs, Okla. High School: Mannford HS Height: 6-1 Position: P Birthdate: 08/26/1989 Experience: 2L B/T: R/R

Career at Tulsa: A returning letterwinner ... has made 49 appearances and 41 starts ... has posted a career record of 27-12 ... has a 2.48 career ERA, 32 complete games and seven shutouts, has given up 185 hits, 108 runs, 94 earned runs, 130 walks and 274 strikeouts in 265.1 innings and has a .195 opponent batting average ... her seven shutouts ranks eighth in school history ... currently ranks among the top 10 in school history in four total-number categories: 27 wins is seventh, 274 strikeouts is seventh, 32 complete games is seventh, and seven shutouts is eighth ... has thrown two career no-hitters, both coming in her freshman season.

Sophomore (2009): Was an all-Conference USA Second Team selection ... appeared in 23 games and started 18, throwing 16 complete games ... had a 13-6 record, throwing 121.1 innings and allowed 96 hits, 57 runs, 54 earned runs, 60 walks and 130 strikeouts, and had a .219 opponent batting average ... was named C-USA Pitcher of the Week on March 9 after beating UCF with 13 strikeouts and allowing only two runs and four hits ... pitched a four-hit shutout, walked three and struck out eight vs. San Diego (2/13) ... pitched a one-hit shutout, walked four and struck out seven vs. South Dakota State (2/20) ... struck out seven and allowed only two hits, one run, and two walks vs. Mississippi Valley State (2/27) ... pitched a complete game in 6.0 innings, allowing two hits, one run, two walks and eight strikeouts at Memphis (3/21; game 1) ... pitched a complete game two-hitter, allowing two hits and one run with no walks and six strikeouts to win a 2-1 pitchers' duel at East Carolina (4/5) ... earned the win in a complete game effort and struck out 11 batters at UTEP (4/26) ... allowed just one run on five hits and one walk in a complete game effort, striking out eight batters vs. Southern Miss (5/2; game 2) ... earned an NCAA tournament win - the first of her career - and held OU to just three runs in an elimination game that TU won, 5-3 vs. Oklahoma (5/16).

Freshman (2008): Became a major force in the circle for the Golden Hurricane as her freshman season progressed, earning starts in the Conference USA Championship first round against UTEP and in the first game of the NCAA Norman Regional against Arkansas ... appeared in 26 games with 23 starts ... was a second-team All-Conference USA selection and a member of the C-USA All-Freshman Team ... posted a 14-6 record and led the Hurricane with a 1.94 ERA, in shutouts with five, hits allowed with 89, runs allowed with 51 (40 earned), strikeouts with 143, opponent batting average with .175, and allowed only 70 walks, while tying for the team lead with 16 complete games ... threw two no-hitters, one against Southern Miss on March 8 (Tulsa won 12-0 in five innings) and one against Missouri State on April 23 ... the no-hitter against Southern Miss was Tulsa's first against C-USA competition since TU joined the league prior to the 2006 season ... allowed more than three runs only four times and more than four runs only twice ... totaled double-digit strikeouts three times ... fanned 15 batters against Central Arkansas on Feb. 24, and 12 each against UAB on April 5 and Wichita State on April 30 ... her opponent batting average for a single-season was the lowest in school history, while her ERA ranked eighth, her 6.95 strikeouts per 7.0 innings ranked third, her 14 wins ranked seventh, her 16 complete games ranked eighth, her five shutouts ranked sixth, her 143 strikeouts ranked fourth and her 48 strikeouts-looking ranked third.

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Mannford High School ... broke the Oklahoma record for most strikeouts in a state tournament game with 31, and the state tournament with 63 ... posted a 28-1 record as a senior, including a 0.067 ERA with 19 shutouts and 406 strikeouts ... finished her prep career with 1,108 career strikeouts ... won the Ferguson Jenkins Award for her work both on the field and in the classroom ... earned all-state and all-region honors as a senior, including being named the Tulsa World Pitcher of the Year and a Wendy's Heisman Athlete ... was a three-time all-conference performer in softball, and a two-time all-conference selection in basketball ... helped lead the Pirates to a state title as a senior and a runner-up finish as a sophomore ... played club ball with Oklahoma Ultimate Gold and the Oklahoma Eclipse.

Personal: Born Jordan Brittany Kinard on August 26, 1989 in Tulsa, Okla. ... daughter of Greg and Tonya Kinard ... has one brother ... her biggest sports thrill is winning the softball state championship as a high school senior ... she chose her jersey number because her original choice (7) was taken, so she took the closest number ... favorite professional athlete is Dwyane Wade ... says the best thing about being a college athlete is the fact that she has so many opportunities, and balancing school and softball teaches time management and mental and physical toughness ... if she could meet one person dead or alive, it would be Jennifer Nettles from Sugarland, because she loves the band and Nettles is a role model in her life ... favorite movie is Dumb and Dumber and her favorite TV show is "Family Feud" ... favorite book is The Bible ... her dream as a child was to be a doctor ... major is nursing.

Kinard's Career Pitching Stats
Year       ERA   W-L   App  GS  CG SHO/CBO  SV     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  2B  3B  HR    BF  B/Avg  WP HBP SFA SHA BK
2008....  1.94  14-6    26  23  16   5/0     0  144.0   89   51   40   70  143  12   0  14   600   .175   9   9   1  10  0
2009....  3.12  13-6    23  18  16   2/0     0  121.1   96   57   54   60  131  14   4  20   519   .219   4   5   2  13  0
TOTAL...  2.48  27-12   49  41  32   7/0     0  265.1  185  108   94  130  274  26   4  34  1119   .195  13  14   3  23  0

Kinard's Career Fielding Stats
Year       PO   A   E  FLD%
2008....    3  16   3  .864
2009....    3  12   2  .882
TOTAL...    6  28   5  .872




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