Baseball
#18

Rob Whitley Season 2009

PositionP
Weight167 lbs
Height5-10
ClassJunior
HometownDanville, Va.
High SchoolGeorge Washington

18 - Rob WhitleyPosition: Pitcher
Class: Junior
Height: 5' 10"

Weight: 167 lbs.

High School: George Washington
Hometown: Danville, Va.

 
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“Rob had a great summer and we hope he comes into the season with some confidence to be the pitcher we think he can be. He didn't pitch a whole lot in the fall because we wanted to make sure his arm stayed healthy, but we need him to build momentum from the good summer that he had and to help give us some bullpen depth. He's got the stuff to do it.”

- Coach Pete Hughes

2008: Appeared in five games, starting three, but ended the year with a team-worst ERA of 15.15 ... Pitched 1.1 innings of relief in the second game against Coastal Carolina ... Gave up three hits but did not allow a run ... Started at Davidson and was touched for nine runs on 11 hits in two-plus innings ... Had four strikeouts and walked two batters ... Started and pitched 4.2 innings at Radford ... Allowed five runs on six hits and had six wild pitches ... Took the loss against Fordham, giving up eight runs, six earned, in 3.1 innings ... Pitched a perfect inning against the Yankees.

2007: Pitched in 10 games, six as a starter ... Saw his first action in relief at Charlotte ... Pitched one inning, allowing three runs on three hits ... Made his first collegiate start against Albany ... Pitched three innings, allowing three hits and two unearned runs ... Faced three batters in game one against A&T ... Started against Marist but pitched just one inning ... Picked up his first collegiate win by hurling six shutout innings against Radford ... Struck out six and walked just one, while allowing five hits ... Started and pitched three innings against Liberty in Blacksburg ... Gave up five runs, four earned ... Did not figure in the decision ... Picked up a win in a start at VMI with six shutout innings ... Struck out six and allowed just two hits ... Pitched 1.2 innings in a suspended game at Duke and took the loss ... Also picked up a loss in a home start against Charlotte, giving up six runs in four innings of work ... Finished 2-2 on the season ... Posted 25 strikeouts and walked 11 batters in 26.2 innings of work.

High School: Struck out 117 batters in 63 innings as a senior for Coach Scooter Dunn at George Washington High ... Posted a 6-3 record with one save and a 1.75 earned run average ... Also carried a .391 batting average, driving in 14 runs ... Earned first-team all-district honors as both a pitcher and designated hitter ... Was honorable mention all-region as a DH ... Named the Danville Register & Bee Player of the Year ... Finished with a 3-2 pitching mark as a junior ... Compiled a 2.64 ERA and struck out 75 batters in 48 innings of work ... As a junior, ranked by Baseball America as No. 76 of top-400 high school players in the class of 2006 ... Played in the 2005 Virginia Commonwealth Games ... Was a Puma preseason All-American in 2006.

Personal: Robert Ridley Whitley ... Born 9/30/88 in Danville, Va. ... Son of Tom and Jennifer Whitley ... Enrolled in residential property management.

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