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Whitney Massey
2  Whitney Massey
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Salinas, Calif.

High School:
Everett Alvarez

Height:
5-5

Position:
IF/OF

Bats/Throws:
L/R

Whitney Massey Photo Gallery

Honors: NFCA All-Great Lakes Region first team (2012) ... All-Big Ten first team (2012)

Career: Career .400 on base percentage ranks sixth at UW, .857 OPS ranks fifth and 32 career doubles are tied for fourth all time

2012: Named to the NFCA All-Great Lakes Region first team, becoming just the third Badger to earn the honor ... selected first team All-Big Ten ... led the Badgers and the Big Ten with 22 doubles, a UW single-season record ... ended the season with a nation-leading 0.42 doubles per game ... led the Badgers with a .358 batting average, which ranked sixth on UW single-season record list ... recorded a .450 on base percentage, fifth best on UW single-season record list ... 1.018 OPS ranked fifth on UW single-season list, 58 hits tied for sixth, 36 RBI tied for third and 92 total bases rank fourth ... was one of two Wisconsin players to start every game ... hit first career grand slam at Loyola-Chicago (April 5) to score game-winning run ... recorded three RBI with a pair of doubles against No. 23 Michigan on May 5 ... walked three times against Minnesota on April 7 ... recorded 16 multi-hit games, including three games with three hits (at Nevada, against Western Illinois and versus Bradley) ... led Wisconsin with 10 multi-RBI games ... recorded an eight-game hit streak from April 22-May 2, marking hits against Penn State, Indiana State, Purdue, Bradley and Green Bay ... reached base in 10 consecutive games from April 21-May 2 ... finished the year on a five-game reached base streak

2011: Tied for sixth-most walks in a single-season at UW (23) ... picked up two hits against No. 2 Michigan (5/1) ... recorded second home run of the season as pinch hitter, going 1-for-1 with one run and three RBI against Iowa (4/27) ... went 2-for-3 with one double and one run in comeback victory over Minnesota (4/20) ... in doubleheader against South Dakota State (4/13), went 4-for-6 with three doubles, one run, one stolen base and two RBI ... went 1-for-2 with a run and two RBI against Loyola Chicago (3/31) ... scored two runs, one RBI and one walk against San Diego (3/19) ... hit first home run of season against Loyola Marymount (3/16) ... went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI against Northern Colorado (3/16) ... walked twice and scored two runs against Colorado State (2/20) ... tied a school record with three walks against Texas State (2/17)

2010: Four triples were second-most in single season at UW and most ever by a freshman ... among UW freshmen all-time, ranked fourth with 27 runs scored ... fifth with a .369 on-base percentage and 18 walks ... sixth with a .804 OPS (on-base + slugging) ... seventh with a .435 slugging percentage ... eighth with 23 RBI, five stolen bases and a .972 fielding percentage ... ninth with three home runs and 60 total bases ... tenth with .275 batting average ... led team in triples ... tied career highs in hits and runs and added a double and two walks by going 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI against Minnesota (5/12) ... went 2-for-3 with third career home run against Indiana (5/2) ... tied career high with two runs scored against Purdue (4/17) went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI against SDSU (4/11) ... went 2-for-3 against South Dakota State (4/8), notching fourth triple to set freshman school record, tying career-high two runs and tallying one RBI ... went 3-for-6 with four runs scored (two in each game) and two RBI in DH against Green Bay (3/31) ... tied career highs with two hits and two runs scored and one home run in game two of doubleheader against Ohio State (3/27) ... went 2-for-3, notching a career-high three RBI and tying career high in hits against Prairie View A&M (3/14) ... two hits vs. Buffalo (3/6) tied career high ... scored career-high two runs against Flordia Gulf Coast (2/20) ... set career high with two hits vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/21) ... hit first career home run against Cal State Fullerton (2/13)

High School: Four-time first-team all-league honoree ... three-time team captain ... named MVP in all four seasons ... named all-county as a senior and as a freshman ... won a batting title in her freshman season ... head coach was Johnny Pinedo ... played for a Sorcerer Gold team that finished 13th at Gold Nationals

Personal: Parents are Montie and Debi Massey ... has one older brother, Travis, and one older sister Alyson ... hobbies include sports, traveling and going to the beach when home ... major is sociology

Career Offensive Statistics
Season GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-SBA BB SO Avg. OBP SLG OPS HBP TB SH SF
2010 49/49 138 27 38 5 4 3 23 5-8 18 32 .275 .369 .435 .804 3 60 1 1
2011 51/40 116 16 27 5 0 2 12 3-6 23 33 .233 .366 .328 .694 2 38 4 1
2012 53/53 162 33 58 22 0 4 36 3-4 24 14 .358 .450 .568 1.018 4 92 4 1
Totals 153/142 416 76 123 32 4 9 71 11-18 65 79 .296 .400 .457 .857 9 190 9 3
Career Defensive Statistics
Season PO A E FLD Pct.
2010 93 47 4 .972
2011 101 46 9 .942
2012 120 84 5 .976
Totals 314 177 18 .965
Career Highs
At Bats 5 at Northwestern, May 9, 2010
Runs 3 (2x) MR vs. Western Illinois, April 10, 2012
Hits 3 (3x) MR vs. Bradley, May 1, 2012
Doubles 2 (4x) MR vs. Michigan, May 5, 2012
Triples 1 (4x) MR vs. South Dakota State, April 8, 2010
Home Runs 1 (8x) MR at Loyola, April 4, 2012
Runs Batted In 4 at Loyola, April 4, 2012
Walks 3 (2x) MR vs. Minnesota, April 7, 2012
Strikeouts 4 at Indiana, April 16, 2011
Stolen Bases 1 (11x) MR at Loyola, April 4, 2012
Hitting Streak 8, April 22-May 1, 2012
Season Highs
At Bats 4 (17x) MR at Nebraska, May 12, 2012
Runs 3 (2x) MR vs. Western Illinois, April 10, 2012
Hits 3 (3x) MR vs. Bradley, May 1, 2012
Doubles 2 (4x) MR vs. Michigan, May 5, 2012
Triples N/A
Home Runs 1 (4x) MR at Purdue, April 28, 2012
Runs Batted In 4 at Loyola, April 4, 2012
Walks 3 vs. Minnesota, April 7, 2012
Strikeouts 2 (2x) MR at Loyola, April 4, 2012
Stolen Bases 1 (3x) MR at Loyola, April 4, 2012
Hitting Streak 8, April 22-May 1, 2012