2014 (Senior Year): Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Made 27 appearances on the season, including four starts … Held a 5-4 overall record with a 3.02 ERA in 95.1 innings … Struck out 30 batters on the year and also had one save … Gave up just six earned runs over 25.2 innings in her last eight outings … Earned the win in relief against North Carolina A&T on May 8 in the MEAC tournament, allowing two hits and striking out three in four scoreless innings … Allowed just four earned runs in 11.1 innings of work in four games against Hampton near the end of the season … Gave up just one hit in 3.2 scoreless innings of relief for the victory in game 2 against Morgan State on April 12 … Earned her lone save of the year the next day against the Bears, pitching two scoreless innings … Picked up her first two wins of the season against Coppin State on March 22 and 23 … Allowed three earned runs and five hits in nine innings of work over the two games … Also got the win on April 6 at UMES … Struck out a season high four and gave up three runs, all unearned in 5.2 innings in relief against UMBC on March 2 … Earlier in the season on Feb. 16, gave up just one hit and no runs in four innings of relief against UMBC … Gave up just one unearned run in four innings of work in game 2 at Longwood on April 22.
2013 (Junior Year): Pitched in seven games on the year with three starts … Held a 1-1 record in 13.1 innings of work with a 5.78 ERA … Pitched her best game of the year April 14 in game 2 at Morgan State, giving up two unearned runs on six hits in a seven-inning complete game effort … Walked in her only plate appearance of the season.
Delaware Tech: Competed for two years under coach Wayne Price … Earned first-team National Junior College Association of America (NJCAA) All-Region 19 honors her freshman year and second-team all-region accolades her sophomore season in the Division II classification … Led her team to the District K (Region 19) championship in 2012 and a 35-3 overall record … Went 14-3 in the circle with a 2.68 ERA … Struck out 61 and allowed 101 hits in 99.1 innings of work … Also had three hits in five at bats with two doubles, two runs and three RBI … Led her team to the District K (Region 19) championship in 2011 as well and a 36-6 overall record … Went 15-6 with a 3.01 ERA … Struck out 89 and allowed 114 hits in 116.1 innings … Batted 5-for-15 at the plate in 2011 with three doubles and three RBI.
Club: Competed for U.S. East at the 2011 Big League Softball World Series, falling just short of the title game.
High School: Competed on the varsity team all four years under coach Jodi Green … Earned first-team All-Henlopen Southern Division Conference and first-team all-state honors senior year at pitcher … Team MVP … Tabbed second-team all-conference as a junior pitcher and honorable mention as a sophomore … Earned second-team at-large honors her freshman year … Competed for Laurel in the Senior League World Series each year from 2007-09 … Led host Laurel to the title game in 2009, dropping a 3-2 contest to West Ouachita Little League in Calhoun, La., in a game broadcast on ESPN2 … Also a member of the basketball team her senior year.
Personal: Full name is Stephanie Elizabeth Wheatley … Born on Feb. 3, 1992 … Daughter of Inok Wheatley … Has an older sister, Stacey, and two younger brothers, Christian and Shane … Majoring in elementary education … Wants to teach in the first grade … Enjoys reading, shopping and doing nails.
Wheatley's Career Hitting StatsYEAR | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | SO | SB-ATT |
2013 | .000 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 |
2014 | .000 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
Totals | .000 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 |
Wheatley's Career Pitching StatsYEAR | ERA | W-L | APP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
2013 | 5.78 | 1-1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
2014 | 3.02 | 5-4 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 107 | 56 | 41 | 29 | 30 |
Totals | 3.36 | 6-5 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108.1 | 133 | 77 | 52 | 34 | 37 |