Norfolk State University Athletics

2012 (Freshman Year): Played in 35 games with 25 starts … Made 14 starts at designated hitter, 10 at shortstop and one in left field … Batted .206 on the year with 13 hits in 63 at bats … Scored 12 runs and also added one home run, 12 RBI, seven walks and six hit-by-pitches … Went 2-for-3 in her collegiate debut against Marist Feb. 18 … Knocked in the winning run with an RBI fielder’s choice to cap a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh in a 4-3 win over Delaware Feb. 26 … Batted 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI in Game 2 of  DH at Delaware State April 20, a 6-1 win … Hit a combined 4-for-9 with four runs and an RBI in a three-game sweep of Morgan State April 14-15 … Clubbed a two-run home run and scored twice April 6 in a 10-0 win at UMES … Also knocked in two runs April 26 against Howard in a 7-0 victory.

High School: Competed on the JV softball team as a freshman and the varsity team her last three years under Coach David Noblin … Earned first-team All-Eastern Region honors her senior year … Named to the all-region second team as a junior … Two-time first-team All-Southeastern District honoree junior and senior seasons … Also named second-team All-Tidewater by the Virginian Pilot senior year … Batted .444 senior year with 23 runs, 28 hits, two doubles, a triple, 13 RBI and 20 stolen bases … Struck out just three times in 52 at bats … Team’s Offensive Player of the Year as a senior and co-Offensive Player of the Year as a junior … Team’s Rookie of the Year as a sophomore.

Personal: Full name is Whittni Rynee Gray … Born on Nov. 9, 1993 … Daughter of Sherri Gray … Has one older brother, Justin, and one younger sister, Brittni … Majoring in sociology.