Norfolk State University Athletics

2012 (Senior Year): Played in and started 47 of the team’s 49 games on the season, all at third base … Batted .270 on the year with 16 runs, 38 hits, six doubles, four home runs, 21 RBI, 21 walks and a .939 fielding percentage … Struck out just seven times on the year, ranking 38th in the nation with a strikeout every 20.1 at bats … Led the team in home runs and ranked second in both RBI and walks … Ranked fourth in the MEAC in walks … Had nine multi-hit games on the year and tied for the team lead with five multi-RBI games … Had the best day of the season Feb. 25 against Army and Monmouth, going a combined 5-for-8 with four runs, seven RBI and a pair of home runs … Batted 2-for-4, including a two-run home run, in a 10-0 win March 8 at South Carolina State … Knocked in a pair of runs and went 2-for-3 April 6 in a 8-0 win at UMES … Hit a two-run, seventh-inning single May 11 against Florida A&M in the MEAC tournament to send the game into extra innings … Batted 2-for-4 and hit a solo home run April 15 during a 13-7 win over Morgan State.

2011 (Junior Year): Missed the first part of the season due to injury and competed in 36 games … Made 33 starts at third base and two at designated hitter … Batted .333 with 14 runs, 37 hits, four doubles, three home runs, 36 RBI and seven walks … Led the team in RBI … Batted 28-for-66 (.424) with runners on base, including .478 (22-of-46) with runners in scoring position … Had 12 multi-hit games … Also had a team-leading 11 games with two or more RBI … Caught fire near the end of the season, hitting 14-of-26 with 17 RBI and three runs in a seven-game stretch from April 30-May 12 … Hit a two-run single with two outs in the top of the seventh for a 5-3 win over Morgan State May 12 in the MEAC tournament opener … Went 3-for-5 with three runs and four RBI in Game 1 at UMES April 27 … Posted three RBI in Game 2 against Hampton March 24, then had three hits and two RBI the next game against Savannah State in Game 1 of a doubleheader … Added two hits and two RBI in Game 2 at Hampton April 28.

Junior College: Competed for two years at St. Johns River for Coach Rebecca Bennett … Earned honorable mention all-state her sophomore year … Named first-team all-conference sophomore year and second-team all-conference freshman year … Batted .310 her freshman year and .300 her sophomore year … Won the team’s Golden Glove Award freshman season and Silver Slugger Award sophomore year.

High School: A three-year member of the varsity softball team for coach Tammy Newman … Batted .420 her senior year and over .300 her sophomore and junior seasons … Named to the All-Tidewater First Team by the Virginian Pilot her senior year … Earned first-team all-city honors all three years … Named first-team all-district her sophomore and senior years and second-team all-district her junior season … Won the team’s Golden Glove Award her sophomore year, the Sportsmanship Award her junior year and the Silver Slugger Award her senior year … Competed on the JV softball team at Lakeland High School her freshman year … Also played on the volleyball team her sophomore, junior and senior years and on the basketball team her junior and senior seasons … Won the volleyball team’s Sportsmanship Award her sophomore and junior years and the Heart and Hustle Award her senior year … Coaches Award winner in basketball her senior year … Helped basketball team capture the district championship both years.

Personal: Full name is Whitney Kristin Holland … Born on July 6, 1989 … Daughter of John and Margaret Holland … Has one younger brother, Tyler … Majoring in sociology with a minor in criminal justice.