Outlook

Bo Shinkle returned to the area after playing the 2024 season at Kent State University ... Signe a letter-of-intent with Gonzaga University.

Sophomore Year 2025 at Johnson County

Earned All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division first-team and was named Most Valuable Player … Became just the fourth player in team history to be selected MVP … Also earned All-Region 6 first-team … Named as a KJCCC/Rawlings Gold Glove recipient in the outfield … Played in 61 games, 57 as a starter … Batted .485 (75-or-195) with 13 doubles, five triples, six home runs, 45 walks, 34 stolen bases, 82 runs scored and 59 driven in … Led the team in runs scored, triples, steals and walks, is tied for second in average and was third in hits and RBI … Ranked first in the conference in runs, steals and walks, tied for first in triples, fourth in hits and tied for eighth in batting average … His 82 runs scored tied for 10^th in the NJCAA … Produced 20 multiple-hit games and 16 multiple-RBI games.  … Twice during the season Shinkle was selected as the KJCCC East Division Player of the Week, earning he honor in weeks six and seven … Went 4-for-4 in the JCCC debut, with two doubles, three runs scored and two RBI in a 21-11 loss at Amarillo (2-1-25) … Followed with two singles, a stolen base, two runs and an RBI in an 18-5 win at Amarillo (2-2-25) … Went 2-for-3 with two RBI in an 11-6 win at Crowder (2-8-25) … Ripped a double and a triple, stole two bases, scored three runs and drove in one in an 18-7 victory at Pratt (2-23-25) … Started a season-long 17-game hitting streak with two singles and two RBI in a 13-2 win at Iowa Western (2-28-25) … Batted .692 (9-for-13) with two doubles, a triple, six runs and five RBI while helping the Cavaliers sweep a four-game series against Allen and was named KJCCC East Player of the Week … Was a home run shy of a cycle in a 10-0 win over Red Devis (3-6-25) .… Had two hits, including a double, scored three runs and drove in two in a 17-3 win at Allen (3-8-25) … Ripped three singles and scored in a 5-1 win in the second games (3-8-25) … The following week was again selected KJCCC East Player of the Week after helping JCCC to another sweep over Highland … Batted .643 (9-for-14) with a double, three home runs, nine runs scored, three stolen bases and 11 RBI … In the weekend doubleheader against the Scotties he blasted a three-run home to help JCCC comeback for an 11-10 win and followed in game two with a three-run shot and a sacrifice RBI in a 14-1 win (3-15-25) … Batted .500 (29-for-58 ) with five doubles, a triple, three home runs, 21 runs scored, five stolen bases and 21 RBI over the streak … Went 5-for-5 with a double, triple, three stolen bases, three runs scored and an RBI in a 16-6 win over Neosho County (4-12-25) … His five hits tied a JCCC single-game record …  Blasted a three-run home run, walked and scored twice in a 10-0 win over Fort Scott (5-1-25) … Singled, doubles, walked three times and scored three runs in an 18-4 win at Fort Scott (5-2-25) … Walked three times and scored three runs in a 15-3 win over Garden City to secure a win in the best-of-three series in the first round of the Region 6 Tournament (5-8-25) .. Was 2-for-2 with a home runs, two runs and two RBI in a 13-0 win over Fort Scott in the Region 6/Plains District Tournament in Salina (5-13-25) … Followed with two singles, a walk, two runs and an RBI in a 9-1 win over Kansas City Kansas (5-14-25) … Hit .389 (7-for-18) with a double, a home run, 10 walks, 10 runs scored and three RBI over the six games in the Region 6 Tournament .. Named to the Region 6/Plains District All-Tournament Team … Collected three RBI in the JUCO World Series, tying for ninth most recorded in team history … Also stole two bases to tie for the second-most recorded.

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.