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- Whitney
- Saunders
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- Position
- Third Base
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- Class
- Junior
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- Height
- 5' 3
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- Bat/Throw
- R/R
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- High School/Other
- Tazewell
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- Hometown
- Tazewell, Va.
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Year | Avg | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OB% | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | E | FLD% |
2015 | .000 | 34-0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
2016 | .286 | 25-2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .778 |
2017 | .000 | 13-6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 15 | 10 | 3 | .893 |
Career | .133 | 72-8 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .133 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .235 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 19 | 16 | 5 | .875 |
Updated: June 27, 2017
2017: Played in 13 games with a career-high six starts … Registered five starts at third base … Started the final four games of the season at the hot corner … Started behind the plate at Liberty (4/18).
2016: Played in 25 games, starting two … Logged two hits, scoring seven runs … Collected three putouts, assisting four … Made her first collegiate start versus Ohio State, assisting one as third baseman … Notched her first career hit against Morehead State, scoring two runs … Logged a hit at No. 8 Florida State.
2015: A valuable pinch runner … Played in 34 games, scoring 11 runs … Drew a walk … Had two stolen bases … Scored the game-tying run on a spectacular slide in the NCAA Tournament.
High School: Lettered four times for Coach Tom Keene at Tazewell High … Was first-team all-district and second-team all-region as a senior … Was first-team all-district as a junior and second team as a sophomore … Lettered three times in volleyball … Was first-team all-conference her senior season … Named first-team all-district and second-team all-region as a junior … Was second-team all-district as a sophomore … Played basketball for four seasons, earning first-team all-conference honors as a senior … Was second-team all-district as both a junior and sophomore.
Personal: Whitney Nicole Saunders was born December 20, 1995 in Richlands, Virginia … The daughter of David and Vivian Saunders … Has two older siblings, Tonya Taylor and David Saunders … Majoring in general biological sciences.