Tres Tinkle (born June 3, 1996) is an American professional

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player for

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of the Spanish

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. He played

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for the

Oregon State Beavers The Oregon State Beavers are the athletic teams that represent Oregon State University, located in Corvallis, Oregon. The Beavers compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ( Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for c ...

Early life and high school career

Tinkle was born in

Missoula, Montana Missoula ( ; fla, label=Salish language, Séliš, Nłʔay, lit=Place of the Small Bull Trout, script=Latn; kut, Tuhuⱡnana, script=Latn) is a city in the U.S. state of Montana; it is the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Missoula Cou ...

to Lisa and

Wayne Tinkle Wayne Francis Tinkle II (born January 26, 1966) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's team of the Pac-12 Conference. Prior to his arrival in Corvallis in 2014, he was the head coach for ...

on June 3, 1996. He played high school basketball at Hellgate High School for coach Jeff Hays, lettering all four years. He averaged over 20 points and 7 rebounds his sophomore, junior, and senior years, finishing his high school career with a school-record of 1,580 points. He led the team to the 2013 Class AA state championship as a sophomore, the state title game as a junior, and third place as a senior. He was named First Team All-State and All-Western Conference all four years and was named Gatorade Montana Boys' Basketball Player of the Year in 2014 and 2015. He also played

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with Anthony Davis Idaho Select and Earl Watson Elite. Tinkle attended the Nike EYBL,

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Top 100 Camp,

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Skills Academy and the

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Skills Academy. A consensus four-star recruit, he was ranked 91st overall by

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, 82nd overall by

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, 88th overall by

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and 93rd overall by

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College career

As a freshman, Tinkle played in 27 games, starting 11, before missing the final five games with a right foot injury. He averaged 13.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.5 blocked shots in 27.7 minutes per game, earning a

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All-Freshman Honorable Mention. As a sophomore, Tinkle started six games, averaging 20.2 points before being sidelined for the rest of the season with a broken right wrist. Tinkle met the requirements for a medical redshirt, and regained his year of eligibility. Tinkle averaged 17.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game as a redshirt sophomore as Oregon State finished 16–16. As a redshirt junior, Tinkle averaged 20.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, helping the Beavers finish 18–13 overall and 10–8 in the Pac-12 — their best in-league record since 1990. He considered jumping to the pros after the season, but came back to Oregon State for his final year. Tinkle scored his 2,000th career point on January 18, 2020, in a loss to

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, becoming the 16th Pac-12 player in history to surpass the milestone. Tinkle shot 9 for 20 from the field and scored 22 points as well as collecting eight rebounds as the Beavers fell to the Cougars 89–76. At the conclusion of the regular season, Tinkle was named the first-team All-Pac-12 for the third consecutive season.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Tinkle signed an

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contract with the

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. He was waived by the Lakers on December 15. On December 19, he was signed and immediately waived by the

Toronto Raptors The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. They play their home games a ...

for the purpose of joining their G-League team,

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, as an affiliate player. On August 18, 2021, Tinkle signed with

Vanoli Cremona Guerino Vanoli Basket, also known as Vanoli Cremona, is a professional basketball team of the city of Cremona. The team played in the LBA, the top Italian basketball league, for 12 years until 2021. From 1999 to 2011 the society had the name of ...

of the Italian

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(LBA). On June 14, 2022, Tinkle signed with

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of the French

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. On August 5, 2023, he signed with

of the Spanish

Career statistics

College

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Personal life

Tinkle's father, Wayne, is the current Men's Basketball Coach at Oregon State. His mother Lisa formerly played basketball at the

University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fal ...

. He has two sisters, Joslyn, who played professionally for the Seattle Storm and the

Sydney Uni Flames The Sydney Flames are an Australian professional basketball team based in Sydney, New South Wales. The Flames compete in the Women's National Basketball League The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is the pre-eminent professional wo ...

professional women's basketball team, and Elle, formerly a member of the

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women's basketball team. He chose to go to Oregon State to play basketball under his dad. His favorite athlete is

Dwyane Wade Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. (; born January 17, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. Wade spent the majority of his 16-year career playing for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and won three NBA champi ...

. Tinkle graduated high school with a 3.9 GPA and is majoring in University Exploratory Studies.

References

External links

Oregon State Beavers bio
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