THIS YEAR: Very strong in the air … Reads game well … Will battle for playing time in defensive line.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years of varsity soccer at Apple Valley High School, graduating in 2008 … Earned all-conference second-team honors as a senior … Served as team captain for two years … Also played volleyball and kicked for the football team.

OTHER: Born Sept. 27, 1990, in Superior Township, Mich., to Michael and Cynthia Hinkle … Has one brother (Chase, 22) and one sister (Allyson, 20) … Sister, Allyson, plays soccer at Hope International … Majoring in coaching … Plans on becoming a technical director of a soccer club.