28 Nick Whittaker
28 Nick Whittaker
Height: 6-4
Weight: 215
Year: 2014
Hometown: Yarmouth, Maine
High School: Yarmouth
Position: RHP
Major: Exercise Science
Bats/Throws: R/R

Accolades:

GNAC Honor Roll: 4/4/11
GNAC All-Academic (2012) 

2012: Made 10 appearances with six starts as a sophomore…went 6-1 with a save and a 2.41 ERA…fanned 36 batters in 41 innings…tossed five innings of five-hit ball with two K’s and two unearned runs allowed to pick up the win in a start versus Endicott College on March 13th…fanned three in two innings of relief in a victory over Keene State College on March 16th…earned his first collegiate save after yielding a hit in a scoreless inning of relief versus Roger Williams University on March 23rd…struck out four batters over six frames to earn the win in a 3-1 victory over Albertus Magnus College on March 31st…upped his record to 3-0 after allowing one run off five hits with three K’s in three innings versus Colby College on April 6th…yielded three runs off seven hits with six strikeouts over six frames to earn the win against Lasell College on April 10th…struck out five in five frames to pick up the victory against Norwich University on April 18th…fanned a career-high 10 batters in five innings against Gordon College to improve to 6-0 on the year…suffered his only loss of the year in an NCAA Regional Tournament setback at the hands of Western New England on May 18th. 

2011: Made six appearances with three starts as a freshman pitcher…posted a 1.88 ERA with a 3-1 record…allowed 20 hits and 10 walks with 19 strikeouts in 24 innings…opponents hit just .235 (20-85) off him…made his first NCAA appearance in a loss to Franklin & Marshall on March 14th…earned his first college start against Fitchburg State on March 17th…allowed one unearned run off four hits and a walk with two strikeouts to suffer the loss that day…hurled nine innings of two-run, seven-hit ball with eight K’s and a walk but did not factor into the decision against Maine-Farmington on March 31st…collected his first collegiate win when he yielded two unearned runs off two hits while fanning eight against Rivier College on April 9th.

High School: Played varsity baseball for Marc Halsted at Yarmouth High School...enjoyed a fine senior campaign on the mound with 69 K's, a 2.36 ERA and a 7-1 record in 47 1/3 innings...earned First Team All-WMC, WMC Player of the Year and Yarmouth Forecaster Male Spring Athlete of the Year honors in 2010...helped lead his team to a 15-1 record and a trip to the Class B Regional Championship as a senior...participated in the Maine Senior All-Star and Maine vs. New Hampshire games in 2010.

Personal: Nicholas Tyler Whittaker, born on January 21st, 1992...son of Molly and Larry Whittaker...majoring in Exercise Science.

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