Yvonne Whaley

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Photo by: Justin Pondexter/Pitt Athletics

Position:
INF
Hometown:
Houston, Texas
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
J. Frank Dobie
B/T:
L/R

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2023 All-ACC First Team
2023 NFCA All-Region First Team
2023 ACC Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient
2023 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2022 All-ACC Third Team
2021 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2019 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
3x Pitt Student-Athlete of the Week

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2023)
Earned a spot on the All-ACC First Team after batting .439 (65-for-148) overall and .429 (36-for-84) in conference play … Broke program records in single-season batting average (.439), career batting average (.394), and on-base percentage (.494), while tying the single-season program record in doubles (17) … Ended the regular season leading the ACC with 17 doubles and was the second toughest batter to strikeout among conference players, recording just five strikeouts in 148 at-bats … Became just the third Panther to earn NFCA first team honors, joining Giorgiana Zeremenko (2018) and Savannah King (2015) … Selected as the first pick in the sixth round, 21st overall, by the Oklahoma City Spark in the inaugural WPF Draft, becoming the first Panther to be drafted since McKayla Taylor and Giorgiana Zeremenko were selected in the inaugural American Softball Association (ASBA) Draft in 2018 … Missed opening weekend due to an ankle injury ... Returned the next weekend and went .727 (8-for-11) at the plate with five RBI, three doubles and three runs scored over three games ... helped Pitt reach the championship game of the FIU Panther Invitational by going 4-for-4 with four RBI against FIU … Finished her collegiate career with a .360 career batting average (198-for-550) with 110 runs scored and 67 RBI ... has not batted below .326 in her last four seasons…Led the team in batting average (.439), hits (65), runs (38), doubles (17), and on-base percentage (.494) … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

AS A SENIOR (2022)
Appeared and started in all 41 games at shortstop … Led the team in batting average (.344), hits (45), runs (21) and stolen bases (8) … Second on the team in total bases with 55 and a .387 on-base percentage … In 131 at bats, struck out only 11 times, resulting in 92% of at bats with the ball in play … Tallied four doubles, two home runs, five RBI and 10 walks … Finished 14^th in the ACC in conference play batting average with a .358 mark … Totaled 24 hits, 12 runs, two doubles, two homers, four RBI, three stolen bases and a .419 on-base percentage and .478 slugging percentage in conference action … Had 15 multi-hit games with two games with three hits … Finished the season with a hit in 15 of her last 18 games … Became the first player since Giorgiana Zeremenko (2018) to hit above .340 in a single-season … Recorded six hits in total in four games in the Texas A&M Invitational … Went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs vs. Tennessee Tech (2/25) … Back-to-back two hit performances vs. Bowling Green (3/11) and Houston Baptist (3/11) … Had three hits in four at bats and a run vs. Notre Dame (3/19) … In five games from Mar. 25 to April 6, recorded eight hits, a double, stolen base and three runs … Finished the three game Boston College series with five hits, three RBI, a home run, two walks and three runs … Went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI, two runs and a walk at Virginia (4/23).

2021 (AT TEXAS TECH)
Appeared in 46 games, starting in 44 … Led the team in multiple offensive categories, including batting average (.342), hits (50), doubles (9) and tied for first in runs (24) and on-base percentage (.381) … Recorded 15 RBI, eight stolen bases and nine walks … Had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, recording 59 putouts and turning one double play … Received Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

2020 (AT TEXAS TECH)
Appeared in 22 games, starting in 19 before the season was shut down due to COVID-19 … Second on team in batting average (.326) and runs (14) … Tallied 15 hits, two doubles, a triple, six RBI and had eight walks and eight stolen bases … Led the team with a .436 on-base percentage … Earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2019 (AT TEXAS TECH)
Appeared in 43 games, starting in 33 … Batted .291 with 23 hits, 13 runs, four doubles and eight RBI … Recorded her first collegiate hit vs. Nebraska Feb. 8 … Named Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended J. Frank Dobie High School in Houston, Texas … Hit .417 with 35 hits freshman year, .539 with 48 hits sophomore season, .651 with 56 hits junior year and .570 with 57 hits her senior campaign … Her .651 batting average junior year broke the J. Frank Dobie High School single-season record … Four-time 22-6A First Team selection, two-time TSWA All-State Honorable Mention honoree and was named District MVP senior season … Four-year letterwinner in volleyball and named 22-6A First Team senior year … Also competed in track senior season.

CLUB
Played for Sudden Impact from 2014-17 … Member of Scrapyard International from 2017-18.

SUMMER LEAGUE
Played in the Alliance Fastpitch Collegiate Summer Series for Team Alliance during the summer of 2022, playing in Kansas City, Mo., Plano, Texas, and Lake Elsinore, Calif.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Terrance and Esmeralda Whaley … Is the youngest of seven … Has three sisters, Gabby, Nikki and Denise and three brothers, Terrance, Marcus and Jason … Cousin Chris played football for the University of Texas … Coaches 12U travel ball during the summertime … Loves sour gummy worms and playing with her German Shepherd puppy Ruth.