2021 Women's Soccer Roster
Hinkle, Claire

Jersey Number 40
Claire Hinkle
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Tippecanoe
- Hometown:
- Tipp City, Ohio
Bio
Fall 2021 (Senior)
Spring 2021 (Junior)
2019 (Redshirt Freshman)
2018 (Freshman at Pittsburgh)
High School
Personal
- Played in 10 games starting 9
- Posted 3 shutouts on the season against Longwood, St. Bonaventure, and Rhode Island
- Had a save percentage of 67.3%
- Averaged 2.01 goals against
- Finished the season with 35 total saves
- Had a record of 3-6-1
Spring 2021 (Junior)
- Played and started in five games in net
- Finished with 17 saves, only seven goals allowed in five games (1.34 goals against average)
- Earned a shutout against GW, making a career-high 10 saves, helping UR earn their first win at GW since 2012
- Named A-10 Defensive Player of the Week after her 10-save performance at GW
- Only allowed one goal at George Mason in a 1-1 tie after 110 minutes
2019 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Played in eight games, making five starts in A-10 play at Duquesne (Oct. 3), George Washington (Oct. 6), at St. Bonaventure (Oct. 13), at Saint Louis (Oct. 24) and Saint Joseph's (Oct. 27)
- Made a season-high nine saves in a 2-1 loss at Duquesne
- Earned a shutout with five saves in the regular season finale against Saint Joseph's
- Finished with 28 saves in eight games and only allowed six goals in 481 minutes played
2018 (Freshman at Pittsburgh)
- Was a redshirted her freshman season at Pitt
High School
- Graduated Tippecanoe High School in 2018
- Helped team to district championship and a regional final as a freshman in 2014
- Won a conference championship as a sophomore and tied school record for shutouts in a single season
- Ended junior season undefeated in conference play and broke the career shutout record
- Earned second team All-GWOC honors and second team All-District honors
- As a senior, won a district title, beating the second-ranked team in the state and making it to a regional final
- Broke the career goals against average record at her high school
- Earned first team All-GWOC honors and All-District honors … ranked sixth all time in the state of Ohio for career shutouts
- Was selected as the Dayton Daily News Athlete of the Week
- Was awarded Penn Station Athlete of the Month for the Greater Dayton Area in 2018
- Was the starting point guard for the basketball team as a junior and senior
- Won four district titles, three conference titles, and a second team All-GWOC for basketball
- Earned scholar athlete awards for every season of competition in basketball and soccer
- Was voted top senior athlete by her high school class
- Was Valedictorian of her senior class, selected as a Franklin B. Walter Scholar from county, played club soccer for Ohio Galaxies and completed in the MRL
- Participated in a mission trip to Haiti, volunteers as Special Olympics soccer coach, volunteers at hometown church every Sunday.
Personal
- Born Claire Elizabeth Hinkle on Nov. 4, 1999
- Daughter of Jim and Lynn Hinkle
- Father played football, basketball and baseball at Kenyon College
- Has two older sisters, Kostas and Jennifer, has one younger brother, Matthew
- Intends to major in finance.
Soccer Postgame - ECU
Thursday, August 21
Soccer Postgame - VMI
Friday, August 15
Soccer Preview 2025
Tuesday, August 12
Soccer Postgame - Duquesne
Thursday, September 19