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- Height:
- 5-10
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- Weight:
- 0
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- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
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- Year:
- SR
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- Hometown:
- Kalamazoo, MI
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- High School:
- Gull Lake
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- Position:
- C/UTI
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- Years Coached (at Taylor):
- Gull Lake
Bio
2021 at Taylor: Started all 61 games behind the plate throughout her junior season … Posted career-bests in several offensive categories: 186 at-bats, 55 hits, 31 runs, 10 doubles, five home runs and 34 RBI’s … Drove in a career-best four RBI’s against Trinity International on March 9th … Ranked second in the nation with 455 total chances in the field and third with 420 total putouts … Led the league in total chances and putouts, while ranking fifth in at-bats … Tied for third on the team in doubles … Posted a strong fielding percentage of 0.987 behind the plate … Honored as CoSIDA Academic All-District … Recognized as Academic All-Crossroads League and NAIA Scholar-Athlete.
2020 at Taylor: Started all 14 games at catcher for the Trojans in her sophomore campaign … Set career-bests with a 0.375 batting average, a 0.457 on-base percentage and a 0.575 slugging percentage … Tied for first in both the NAIA and the Crossroads League in fielding percentage at 1.000 … Ranked fifth in the Crossroads League with 77 putouts and tied for fifth with 5.50 putouts per game; tied for fifth in the league with five doubles and seventh with 87 total chances … Led the Trojans in putouts, while ranking third in batting average, slugging percentage and doubles with five; tied for third on the team with 15 runs scored, fourth in on-base percentage and RBI’s with 10 … Failed to commit a single error in the field … Named an NAIA Scholar-Athlete.
2019 at Taylor: Started 11 games as a catcher in her freshman season … Collected two hits, two runs scored and a run batted-in … Recorded 43 putouts and four assists on 47 chances in the field without committing an error.
Prep: Played two years on varsity at Gull Lake for coach Kate Smith … Tabbed Female Athlete of the Year for Gull Lake … Received all-division honors in 2017 and 2018 … Named all-district in 2017 and all-region in 2018 … Was named all-division for basketball in 2017 and 2018 … Earned all-division honors for golf in 2016 and 2017 … Member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Mark and Brenda Whitman … Brother, Wyatt, is a graduate of Taylor and former player on the TU baseball team … Majoring in sports management.