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Jersey Number 8
Whitney Jones
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- P
- Bat/Throw:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Santa Monica, Calif.
- High School:
- Santa Monica
- Major:
- Sport Management
Statistics: Career | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016
Junior Year (2018)
- Pitched the third complete-game shutout of her career on May 4 against Indiana, allowing four hits over seven innings with six strikeouts and winning her ninth game
- Took a hard-luck loss, allowing three hits and two runs during a complete-game at Michigan State (April 29), but lost 2-0
- Allowed two earned runs in 11.1 innings during the Penn State series, winning Game 1 out of the bullpen and winning Game 2 with a six-inning start
- One of the heroes in Rutgers' 5-4 win at Florida Atlantic in a program-record 15 innings by pitching a career-high 12 frames with just one earned run
- Posted a win in four straight appearances from March 3-14
- Earned a complete-game victory in extra innings, throwing all eight frames and allowing one earned run in Rutgers' 4-3 win over Kennesaw State (Feb. 23), a program receiving votes in the national polls for most of the year
- Recorded a quality start against Texas, going six innings with five hits, a walk and one earned run
- Notched second career complete-game shutout against Middle Tennessee State (Feb. 10), hurling seven innings with five hits, zero walks and four strikeouts.
Sophomore Year (2017)
- Saw action in 29 games, starting 13 and pitching 86.1 innings
- Earned the second save of her career in the 4-3 win over Maryland (May 3)
- Picked up her fourth victory in relief in the 6-5 walk-off win over Michigan State (April 29)
- Despite a loss, tossed a career-high eight innings, allowing no walks and posting six scoreless innings of work against Michigan State (April 28)
- Earned the win in the 6-4 victory over Penn State (April 23), allowing only two earned runs in 6.2 innings after entering in relief
- Tossed 5.2 scoreless innings of work in relief in the win over Seton Hall (April 5), closing the game with back-to-back 1-2-3 innings for second win of year
- Picked up her first win of the season in a 6-5 comeback victory over North Dakota State (March 19), allowing only one run and one walk after entering in relief in the fourth inning
- Registered 5.1 innings in a 3-1 extra inning loss to Hofstra (Feb. 25), allowing only one earned run and posting a strikeout.
Freshman Year (2016)
- Saw action in 31 games, including 13 starts and 80.1 innings of work
- Entered the circle of the opener at No. 2 Michigan, retiring seven consecutive batters across the final three innings (May 6)
- Held a Michigan offense that entered the weekend averaging 8.49 runs a game to five runs across the first three innings of the finale (May 8)
- Tossed a career-high 7.0 innings in the 4-3 win over FIU, striking out two batters and allowing zero walks and only two earned runs
- Registered a 0.00 ERA in six innings pitched to earn the victory against LIU Brooklyn (Mar. 11)
- Posted a 2.33 ERA across 12 innings of work, including a record of 1-0 and a save...
- Picked up the second win of her career in RU’s 4-1 win over NC Central, registering four scoreless innings across 5.0 total innings of work (Mar. 6)
- In RU’s 6-2 win in its rematch with UNCG, entered in relief in the final inning with two runners on and no outs, forcing a foul out and inducing a groundout into a double play to earn the save (Mar. 5)
- Registered her first victory in a 10-0 shutout of Alcorn State, marking her first complete game and allowing only three hits and no walks
- Notched six innings in work No. 19 James Madison, posting four strikeouts
- Earned her first starting nod against Fordham, registering three strikeouts in four innings of work (Feb. 13).
- A four-year varsity starter at Santa Monica
- As a team captain in 2014, led her team to the CIF Championship for the second consecutive season for the first time in school history, and went on to capture the title
- Registered a win-loss record of 9-1 throughout the championship run, allowing only one earned run across 35 innings pitched in the playoffs
- Named the 2014 CIF Player of the Year
- Selected to the California All-State Second Team, as well as the California All-State Medium School First team by Max Preps in 2014
- Two-time award winner of Most Outstanding HS Pitcher (2012 and 2013)
- Four-time recipient of the Scholar Athlete Award at Santa Monica (2011-2014)
- Member of the National Honor Society, the National Honor Society of High School Scholars and the Santa Monica HS Delians Honor Society
- Volunteers her time in the community as a youth coach and umpire
- Born on August 8, 1997
- Daughter of Erin and Penn Jones
- Has two siblings, Hayley and Holt
- Intends to major in sport management and business.
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