2009 Softball Roster
Roster
Whitney Erickson
- Position:
- Catcher/Third Base
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Monte Vista
- Hometown:
- Danville, CA
2009: Started one game for the Rockets against Morehead State (2/27).
2008: Appeared and started in 38 games... Batted .278 with 30 hits... Hit a team-high eight home runs and drove in 25 runs... Finished second on the team with a .537 slugging percentage, which ranks first among returning players... Scored 17 runs... Second on the team in fielding percentage with .979... Second on the team in put outs, recording 133...Posted six multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games... Posted a season-high five RBI against Central Michigan including back-to-back two-run homeruns... Received NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete honors for second consecutive year.
2007: Started the season off strong against Michigan State in the Alabama Crimson Tide Tournament but injured her knee in the following game... Was granted a medical redshirt for the season... Received NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete honors.
2006: Started 14 of 17 games before suffering a season-ending injury.
High School: Earned three varsity letters in softball... NCS Scholar Athlete all three years... Team co-captain junior and senior seasons... Named all-conference shortstop sophomore and junior years and all-conference catcher senior year... Contra Costa Times All-County second team catcher senior year... Led Monte Vista to first conference championship in 18 years... First female ever to be starting pitcher in Los Angeles District Little League Baseball All-Star Tournament (3-0, 0.60 ERA).
Personal: Born Whitney Hunter Erickson on September 29, 1987 in Los Angeles County... Daughter of Todd Erickson (Susan) and Sheila Shegos (Scott)... Has two brothers, two half-brothers, a step brother and three step sisters... Majoring in business with marketing emphasis.
