Outlook

Bo Shinkle returns to the area after playing the 2024 season at Kent State University … 

Freshman Year at Kent State 2024

Played in 34 games, 20 as a starter, for coach Jeff Duncan at Kent State University … Hit .247 (21-for-85) with two doubles,15 walks, 18 runs scored and nine RBI … Was perfect in the field with 32 putouts and two assists … Had four multiple-hit games …In his second collegiate game went 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI in an 8-2 win at UNCW (2-17-04) … Singled in a run to give Kent State a short-lived 1-0 lead an 8-3 setback at UNCW the next day (2-18-24) … Singled, stole a base and scored in an 8-4 win at Jacksonville State (3-3-24) … Picked up his second multi-hit tame with two singles and scored a run in an 11-7 win over Tiffin (3-5-24) … Ripped a pair of RBI singled to help Kent State to a 27-0 blowout over Youngstown State (3-12-24) … Drove two runs in the top of the night in an eventual 7-5 loss at Western Michigan (3-29-24) …. Followed with a double and a run scored in a 5-4 win at Western Michigan (3-30-24) …  Started a season long five-game hitting streak with a single in 5-4 win over Pittsburgh (4-9-24) … Extended the streak to four games with a single and a double, two runs and an RBI in a 13-8 victory at Youngstown State (4-23-24) … Capped the streak with an RBI single in a 10-5 loss to Clarion (4-24-24) … Hit .316 (6-for-19) over the streak. 

High School

Was a three-year starter for coach Tyler Kincaid at Blue Valley Southwest High School, Overland Park, Kan. … Graduated 2023  … Rated the No 19 overall prospect and the No. 1 outfielder in the state of Kansas by Prep Baseball Report for the class of 2023 … Rated the No. 17 overall prospect and No. 3 outfielder in Kansas by Perfect Game, and was a top-500 prospect nationally … Earned Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches 5A All-State and All-Eastern Kansas League first-team as an outfielder his junior and senior years … Also named All-State first-team by Sports in Kansas … Racked up 15 RBIs with 15 extra base hits and a .392 batting average as a junior … Ripped an RBI ground-rule double that fueled a four-run second inning that propelled the Timberwolves to a 5-2 victory over Bishop Carroll for the team’s second consecutive Kansas 5A baseball championship his junior year … Also doubled in the fifth, stole third and scored … Also helped lead the team to a EKL title …. Hit .567 with 35 hits, seven double, a triple 30 runs and 16 RBI as a senior … Was a part of 5A Kansas State Championship teams in 2021 and 2022 … Principle’s Honor Roll recipient. 

Personal

Born Bo Christian Shinkle on July 17, 2004, in Olathe, Kan. … Son of Jeff and Pam Shinkle …Has four siblings, Blake, Brent, Brody and Brooke … His brother Blake played baseball at the University of Kansas, and his brother Brent played baseball and golf at College of the Ozarks … Majoring in business … Favorite food chicken parmesan … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chick-fil-A … Favorite restaurant is Texas Roadhouse … Favorite TV show is The Ranch … Favorite sports movie is Benchwarmers … Favorite music entertainer is Zach Bryan … Favorite athlete is Bryce Harper … Favorite sports teams are the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals … Best player has played against is former Blue Valley Southwest and current Arkansas Razorback pitcher Ben Bybee.