Bio

Winklepleck, a 2007 graduate, earned NAIA All-America recognition and first-team All-GPAC honors in both baseball and football. He was a three-year starter in baseball as a third baseman and outfielder and a four-year starter at defensive back in football. Winklepleck was a three-time first team All-GPAC performer in football and was Morningside's all-time leader with 20 career interceptions at the time of his graduation.

He also amassed career totals of 136 solos and 211 assists for 347 total tackles, 18 pass breakups, 18.5 tackles for losses of 61 yards, and eight fumble recoveries. Winklepleck led the Mustangs in fumble recoveries in each of his four seasons with the team.

As a junior, Winklepleck was named a Football Gazette first-team All-American and a NAIA second-team All-American as well as a Football Gazette second-team All-American and an honorable mention NAIA All-American.

In baseball, Winklepleck collected 184 hits in 484 at-bats to finish with a .380 career batting average with 37 doubles, six triples, 11 home runs, 110 RBIs, 152 runs scored, 95 walks, and 44 stolen bases. His 152 runs scored was a school record and he was named Morningside's MVP following his sophomore and senior seasons.

Winklepleck was a NAIA honorable mention All-American and a first-team All-GPAC performer as a senior when he had 77 hits in 177 at bats to finish ninth in the nation with a .435 batting average. He also had 15 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 45 RBIs, and led the Mustangs with 18 stolen bases, a .610 slugging percentage, a .558 on-base percentage, and school-record totals of 65 runs and 49 walks. The 49 walks is still a school record, while his 77 hits that season was the second highest total in the Morningside annals at the time.