On The Hill: Expected to be the starting place-kicker and back-up punter in 2009...Earned the Peter Martinez Most Improved Special Teams Player following spring drills...2008: Did not see action in 2008... 2007: Was a redshirt.

HS/Misc: Lettered for four years at Bowling Green HS, starting the final three ... Set the Purples all-time scoring record for kickers with 194 points ... Made the last 69 extra-point attempts of his career, including going 46-of-46 as a senior ... Opened the scoring in the 2007 Kentucky-Tennessee All-Star Game with a 34-yard field goal in the first period, later hitting all five extra-point attempts in the team’s 38-24 victory ... A two-time all-state selection and was named all-SKY Conference his final three years ... Also earned all-state honors in soccer, and was named the Most Valuable Player of the state championship match after helping the Purples claim the state title ... Lettered for three years in soccer and two in basketball ... Named all-region as a senior and all-district his final two years in soccer ... Father, Joe, ran cross country and track on the Hill and was a member of the school’s 1974 cross country team that was second in the nation ... Mother, Katy, was a tennis player and is a member of the WKU Athletic Hall of Fame ... Older brother Chris played soccer at WKU and is currently a women’s soccer assistant coach, and sister Kelly was a member of the school’s inaugural women’s soccer team ... Uncle, Jim, lettered in football for the Hilltoppers in 1976 and later was on the WKU coaching staff.

The Tinius File: Full Name — Casey Alan Tinius;  Parents — Joe and Katy Tinius (father, school superintendent;  mother, tennis professional);  Birth — Aug. 10, 1988, Bowling Green, Ky.;  HS — Bowling Green ’07;  HS Coach — Kevin Wallace (WKU);  HS Letters — football 4, soccer 3, basketball 2;  Major — business economics.