AS A JUNIOR (2013-14): A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... Saw action in 27 games, including 21 starts (18 at catcher, 3 at designated hitter) … Posted a .337 batting average in 83 at-bats with 18 runs scored on 28 hits, including seven extra-base hits, and 10 RBI … Also drew 11 walks … Recorded a .422 slugging percentage and a .411 on-base percentage … Also registered one sacrifice fly and a sac hit … Was 1-for-1 on stolen base attempts … Committed two errors in 100 total chances for a .980 fielding percentage … Tallied eight multiple-hit and one multiple-RBI outing … Also drew multiple walks on one occasion … Doubled twice and scored once on a 3-for-4 showing in game two against Pitt-Johnstown … Walked and scored twice on a 1-for-2 performance against Barton … Hit 2-for-3 with a sac fly and a run scored in game two against Montevallo … Recorded a hit in six-straight games in early March, including a .400 (4-for-10) series at Young Harris … Run also included a 2-for-4, 3-run contest in the series finale at Georgia College … Doubled in two runs and scored twice on a 3-for-5 showing in game two at Young Harris … Hit 3-for-5 with a RBI against St. Augustine’s … Walked and scored twice on a perfect 2-for-2 hitting line in game two against North Georgia … Recorded multiple hits in consecutive appearances at Francis Marion (2-for-3, RBI) and at Armstrong (2-for-4, RBI).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2012-13): Saw action in 30 games, including 27 starts (27 at catcher) … Posted a .322 batting average in 87 at-bats with 14 runs scored on 28 hits, including four extra-base hits, and 16 RBI … Also drew seven walks and was hit by pitch four times … Tallied a .368 slugging percentage and a .386 on-base percentage … Also accounted for six sacrifice hits and a trio of sac flies … Committed four errors in 222 total chances for a .982 fielding percentage … Recorded nine multiple-hit and three multiple-RBI games … Also drew multiple walks in one outing … Registered a season-best five-game hitting streak in early March, including a .500 (6-for-12) series against Young Harris … Registered one double in each bookend of the set … Went 2-for-3 in the series opener and hit 3-for-5 with two RBI and a pair of runs scored in the finale … Walked, doubled and drove in a pair of runs on a perfect 3-for-3 hitting line in game two against Francis Marion … Doubled and scored on a 2-for-4 showing in the opener with Armstrong … Hit 2-for-4 in each of his last two appearances of the season (game two at Augusta State, vs. Georgia College in PBC Tournament).
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2011-12): Saw action in 15 games, including 11 starts (11 at catcher) … Posted a .275 batting average in 11 at-bats with seven runs scored on 11 hits, including four extra-base hits, and five RBI … Tallied a .375 slugging percentage and a .370 on-base percentage … Also drew six walks and tallied four sacrifice hits … Did not commit an error in 95 total chances for a 1.000 fielding percentage … Recorded a trio of multiple-hit games and one multiple-RBI contest … Also recorded two multiple-walk outings … Walked twice and scored once in the second game of a doubleheader at Georgia College … Walked, doubled and scored twice on a 1-for-3 outing in game two against Augusta State … Walked three times and scored twice against St. Augustine’s … Doubled in a pair of runs and scored once on a 2-for-5 performance in game two at USC Aiken … Registered three hits (double) and a trio of RBI on a 3-for-5 showing against Pfeiffer.
AS A FRESHMAN (2010-11): Redshirted … Saw action in seven games … Posted a .750 batting average in four at-bats with one run scored on three hits and one RBI … Tallied a .750 slugging percentage and a .750 on-base percentage … Did not commit an error in 10 total chances for a fielding percentage of 1.000 … Registered a hit in three-straight games in March and April … Recorded first collegiate hit with a 1-for-1, 1-RBI outing at Barton … Also went 1-for-1 in the second game of a doubleheader at Francis Marion and against St. Andrews in late April.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: A two-time all-conference and all-state selection at Lawrence Academy for coach Robert Kravitz … Earned second consecutive all-state laurels after registering a .455 batting average with seven home runs and 40 RBI as a prep senior in leading Warriors to their second consecutive state championship … Also posted a 6-1 record and a 1.20 ERA on the mound … Earned all-Tarboro Easter Tournament MVP honors, as well as all-tournament laurels at the Louisburg Easter Tournament … Registered a 5-1 mark and a 1.5 ERA as a prep junior, while also tallying a .464 batting average with seven home runs and 42 RBI … Played travel ball with Legion Post 40 and coach Bob Jordan … Posted a 4-0 record and a 0.99 ERA, as well as a .474 batting average and 21 RBI, in last season of competition … Also collected four saves, as well as belted a pair of home runs … Was also a two-time all-conference selection in basketball for Lawrence Academy.
PERSONAL: The son of Neenie and Charles Whitehead … Has an older brother, Judd … Maintained a 3.9 cumulative grade point average at Lawrence Academy and graduated fifth in his 50-member senior class … Grandfather, Burgess “Whitey” Whitehead, is a former major leaguer with the Cardinals, Giants and Pirates (was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals “Gashouse Gang” that won the 1934 World Series) … Enrolled in pre-major studies at UNCP.
WHITEHEAD CAREER HIGHS
At-Bats: 6, twice - last vs. Shippensburg (1), 02/28/15
Hits: 5 vs. Coker, 03/24/15
Walks: 3 - vs. St. Augustine’s, 4/3/12
Runs Scored: 3, twice - last vs. Coker, 03/24/15
Doubles: 2, twice - last vs. Anderson (1), 01/31/15
Triples:
Home Runs: 1, twice - last vs. Coker, 03/24/15
RBI: 4, twice - last vs. Coker, 03/24/15
Stolen Bases: 1 vs. North Georgia (2), 3/30/14
Hitting Streak: 8 games (01/31/15 - 02/20/15)
