Biography
2012 CoSID Academic All-American
2012 All-Conference Selection
2012 All-ECAC Selection
2012 Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll Selection
2011 All-American
2011 All-Region Selection
2011 Northeast-10 All Conference Selection
2011 Northeast-10 Tournament Most Valuable Player
2011 Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll Honoree
2011 Honors Candidate
2010 All-Region honoree
2010 All-Northeast-10 Conference Selection
2010 Northeast-10 Conference All-Rookie Team Pick
As a Junior in 2012:
Earned Academic All-America honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America...All-Conference and All-ECAC selection...Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection....Appeared in 55 games on the year...Closed the season with a .380 batting average to go along with three home runs and 38 RBI...Also scored 47 runs...Posted 22 multiple-hit games, including two four-hit efforts...Recorded 10 multiple RBI performances...Led the NE-10 in doubles (20), setting a new SCSU single-season record...Third on the team in slugging percentage (.575), hits (68) and stolen bases (seven)...In the season opener against Concordia on 3/7, went 2-for-2 with three RBI along with one run...Tallied a homerun, three RBI and one run against Wayne State on 3/7...In game two of a doubleheader against Dowling on 3/8, registered four RBI, three hits and a run...Finished with two hits, three runs scored and three RBI in the doubleheader against Molloy on 3/10...Posted two hits, two RBI and a run scored in the second game of the doubleheader against Caldwell on 3/18... Finished with two hits and four runs scored in the twinbill against LeMoyne on 3/20...Tallied seven hits, five RBI and two runs in the doubleheader against Georgian Court on 3/21...Finished with four hits, two runs scored and a RBI in the doubleheader against Pace on 3/24...Posted three hits, two runs scored and a RBI in the doubleheader against Adelphi on 3/25...Had a hit, two RBI and three runs scored in the doubleheader against Franklin Pierce on 3/30...Finished with six hits, three RBI and three runs scored in the doubleheader against Saint Michael’s on 4/1...Totaled four hits, two runs scored and a RBI in the twinbill against AIC on 4/3...Posted hits in each of the games of the doubleheader against Southern New Hampshire on 4/6...Recorded three hits and three runs scored in the doubleheader against St. Anselm on 4/7...Posted two hits, three runs scored and a RBI in the doubleheader against Saint Rose on 4/9...Finished with three hits, three runs scored and three RBI in the doubleheader against Assumption on 4/11...In game two of a doubleheader against Merrimack on 4/15, tallied two hits and one run scored...Tallied three hits and one run in the doubleheader against New Haven on 4/17...Went 3-for-4 with a homerun and a RBI in the NE-10 Tournament game against Assumption on 4/27...Registered two hits and a run in the NCAA Regional game against Caldwell on 5/6...Finished with two hits and a run in the first NCAA Super Regional game Molloy on 5/11...Finished with two hits, two RBI and a run scored in the Super Regional clinching win over Molloy on 5/12...Posted two hits and scored a run in the College World Series contest against Central Oklahoma on 5/17.
As a Sophomore in 2011:
All-American, All-Region selection and All-Northeast-10 Conference selection…Northeast-10 Tournament MVP…Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll honoree...Made 56 appearances on the season with 55 starts…Batted .442 (84-for-190) with 54 RBI and 11 homeruns…Led the Owls in batting average (.442), slugging percentage (.737), on base percentage (.471), hits (84), RBI (54), and triples (6)…Had 27 multi-hit games…Pounded out six hits and drove in six runs in a doubleheader against Dominican on 3/13…Had two hits and three RBI against Molloy on 3/16...Ripped a double, had two RBI and scored a run against Bridgeport on 3/18…Had two hits against Rollins on 3/20...Finished with two hits, a run and a RBI against Merrimack on 3/20...Finished with two hits, a RBI and a run against Augustana on 3/21...Tallied three hits, two runs scored and two RBI in the doubleheader against Georgian Court on 3/27...Had two hits against Assumption on 3/30...In a doubleheader against Pace on 4/2, collected two hits including a homerun, had three RBI and scored twice…Finished with four hits, a run scored and a RBI in the doubleheader against Adelphi on 4/3...Recorded four hits, stole two bases and scored four times in a doubleheader against Saint Rose on 4/6…Had a hit in each game of the doubleheader against Merrimack on 4/9...Finished with three hits, two runs scored and a RBI in the doubleheader against UMass-Lowell on 4/10...Finished 2-for-2 with a run scored and a RBI against C.W. Post on 4/14...Went 5-for-7 with two doubles, three runs, three RBI and two stolen bases in a doubleheader against Stonehill on 4/16…Closed 5-for-8 with a home run, scored five times and drove in three in a doubleheader against Le Moyne on 4/21…Had two hits, including a three-run homer, drove in four and scored once against St. Michael’s on 4/22...Finished 4-for-7 with four runs scored and three RBI against AIC on 4/25...Had hits in both games of the twinbill against New Haven on 4/26...Finished with five hits, including three homers, eight RBI and four runs scored in a doubleheader against Franklin Pierce on 4/29…Against Southern New Hampshire on 4/30, homered twice and finished with three RBI…Tallied three hits with one RBI and stole a base against Saint Anselm on 5/1…Finished the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament batting .400 with eight hits, five RBI and six runs scored…Named the Tournament MVP…Had two hits and a RBI against Merrimack on 5/6...Went 4-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBI against UMass-Lowell on 5/7...Tallied a hit, RBI and run scored against Adelphi on 5/8...Finished with a hit and a run scored against Merrimack on 5/8...Picked up an RBI and scored a run while delivering four hits in the NCAA Tournament game against Dominican on 5/14.
As a Freshman in 2010:
All-Region, All-Conference, Northeast-10 All-Tournament Team and Northeast-10 All-Rookie Team player…Made 50 appearances with 48 starts…Finished the season with .444 batting average, second-best in the Northeast-10…Second in the league in doubles (18), fourth in the league in hits (63) and on-base percentage (.494), fifth in slugging percentage (.662), sixth in total bases (94) and seventh in RBI (36)….Tallied three hits, three runs, two RBI, a double and a homerun against Nyack on 3/13…Had three hits and three RBI in a doubleheader against NYIT on 3/18…Recorded two hits, two RBI and two doubles against Georgian Court on 3/19…Had three hits, two RBI and two doubles against Georgian Court on 3/20…Smacked two RBI and a double against Assumption on 3/31…Had three hits and scored two runs in a doubleheader against Pace on 4/2…In a doubleheader against Adelphi on 4/3, finished with three hits, two runs scored and one RBI…Crushed a homerun and had three RBI against UMass-Lowell on 4/11…Had three hits and a RBI in the second game of the doubleheader against Stonehill on 4/19…Recorded four hits, two RBI and scored a run against Franklin Pierce in a doubleheader on 4/25…Tallied two hits and scored two runs in the second game of a doubleheader against Bentley 4/30…Had two doubles, a run and a RBI against Southern New Hampshire on 5/1…In a doubleheader against Saint Anselm on 5/2, finished with four hits, two runs scored and two RBI…Tallied two RBI and two hits against LeMoyne in the Northeast-10 Tournament on 5/7…Had three hits and drove in two in the NE-10 Tournament game against Adelphi on 5/8…Recorded a hit and a RBI in the NCAA Tournament win over Caldwell…Had a double and a RBI against New Haven on 5/15…Recorded three RBI and a homerun against Georgian Court on 5/15…Capped the year with a hit and a RBI in the NCAA Tournament game against New Haven.
Before Southern Connecticut State University:
Attended North Andover High School…Four time Cape Ann League All-Star and Eagle Tribune All-Star selections…All-Conference honoree in 2009…Named the team’s Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior…Led the team to two Cape Ann League Championships (2006, 2007) and a North Championship (2006)…Team captain in 2009…Also played field hockey.
Personal:
The daughter of Carol and Scott Whitley…Born in Winchester, Mass…A nursing major.