AS A JUNIOR (2017)
Second on team with 21 appearances ... worked mainly in a set-up role ... posted a 1-0 record with a 2.56 ERA ... third on the team with 53 strikeouts in 31.2 innings pitched ... walked just nine batters .... held opponents to a .277 batting average ... had nine appearances with three or more strikeouts ... struck out five in 2.0 innings of work on 2/28 vs. Flagler ... also struck out five in 2.1 innings vs. Eckerd in game two on 3/25 ... recorded third game with five K’s on 4/7 in 2.2 innings vs. Rollins ... punched out a combined 12 batters in three consecutive appearances on 4/7 and 4/8 vs. Rollins and 4/14 vs. Lander.

PRIOR TO FSC
Played two seasons at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn. for coaches David Jenkins and Phil Betterly ... pitched 70 innings and led the conference with 85 strikeouts as a sophomore.  Summer of 2016 split time between the Valley & Central Florida Leagues compiling 84 Ks in 51 innings.

HIGH SCHOOL
2014 graduate of Greenwich High School in Conn. ... Played 2 years of American Legion ball in CT under NY Mets scout Mike Abate … Played varsity baseball for 3 seasons under coaches Mike Mora and Phil Tarantino ... Infielder batted over .400 at the plate & piled up 120 Ks in 93 IP with just 18 walks off the mound in HS career … Tri-Captain & team MVP, hit .429 as a senior and led the league with 52 strikeouts ... Member of Varsity Swim team for three seasons under legendary Coach Terry Lowe (34 CT State Titles), placing 13th in men's 100-yard butterfly at CT state tournament as senior ... Studied to a 4 year 4.1 GPA … Won the Frank Lloyd Wright Architect of the Year Award (Ed. note, Florida Southern College is the home to the world's largest one-site collection of Wright architecture).

PERSONAL
Son of Jim and Jo Ann Hintzen ... has one sister, Joelle ... father played baseball at Iona College and for FL state champion Palm Beach State in 1984 under Moccasin Hall of Famer Frank Cacciatore ... Uncle, Bill Hintzen, played football at both SUNY-Brockport and Iona ... grandfather, Jerry Girardi, played basketball at Iona … lists the New York Mets as his favorite pro team... as a toddler, used to watch future Moccasin head coach Lance Niekro in the Cape Cod League when the Hintzen family vacationed there ... biology major with a minor in economics ... enjoys cooking, golf & fishing ... Summer of 2017 was 2-0 for Orleans in the prestigious Cape Cod League; posted a 1.98 ERA with two saves and 25 strikeout in 27.1 innings under Coach Kelly Nicholson; Pitched to the 2^nd lowest WHIP in the CCBL at 0.78, while appearing in the 5^th most games at 16; Earned the Charles F. Moore, Jr Award for Outstanding Performance on and off the field.